5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (152+ words) A century ago, labor unions fought for eight-hour days and a 40-hour work week. Today, they find themselves confronting AI. With AI on the rise, labor leaders have been calling for guardrails. They want more transparency into how companies are…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (1518+ words) Demonstrators participate in the "Stop the AI Race" protest march in San Francisco on July 11, 2026. Researchers who spoke to NPR say the leading AI companies are too focused on racing to develop more capable and autonomous AI systems while safety…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (522+ words) Many financial technology companies are applying to become banks. The Indicator finds out what it takes to go through this process and what benefits come with a bank charter. Fintech companies - think payment apps and crypto firms - are not banks....

6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (357+ words) Unions are trying to figure out where they stand on AI. While some are focused on greater protections for workers, the building trades unions are already reaping benefits from the data center boom. Labor unions have tried to protect workers…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (72+ words) NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Jacob Coxon, a former researcher at the AI company Anthropic who resigned in protest over the dangers of AI. Former Anthropic researcher outlines threat of AI going rogue NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Jacob Coxon,…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (209+ words) The warning in former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon’s resignation announcement is stark. “The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade,” he writes. “No other human activity poses this level of…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (193+ words) Pages from the Anthropic website and the company's logo are displayed on a computer screen in New York on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026. Patrick Sison/AP hide caption The AI company Anthropic has issued a report on its efforts to disrupt so-called…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (76+ words) A researcher at the AI company Anthropic resigned with a warning that the entire artificial intelligence industry is designing tools that humans will soon lose control of. Anthropic researcher resigns amid AI safety concerns A researcher at the AI company…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (262+ words) The way we work has changed dramatically over the last decade. Using AI is quickly becoming the norm in many workplaces when, just a few years ago, it felt closer to science fiction. And the hybrid work model that began…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (449+ words) Anthropic, the artificial intelligence company behind the Claude assistant, has created an interactive tool to show how AI might affect the U.S economy a little or a lot in the next few years. Imen Ben Youssef/AFP hide caption In…...