Browsing: When

The U.S. government on Tuesday launched its very own AI chatbot — or do we have to call it an SI chatbot now? Regardless, the engineers who worked on the chatbot would undoubtedly know that as a government-hosted, public-facing AI tool, the internet was going to red team the heck out of this thing.

MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to help you understand what’s coming next.You can read more from the series here.

Upwork (Nasdaq: UPWK) released its second annual Future Workforce Index 2026, combining a survey of 2,400 U.S. skilled knowledge workers with Upwork Marketplace data. The research finds that the share of skilled U.S. knowledge workers who freelance rose from 28% to 38% in one year, while 58% of full-time employees are now considering freelancing, up…

Journalist and science fiction author Cory Doctorow in his home office in Los Angeles. He says society will have to find a way to recover skills lost to AI once the bubble bursts. Photograph: Jessica Pons/The GuardianJournalist and science fiction author Cory Doctorow in his home office in Los Angeles. He says society will have…