"AI Is In The Headlines Again!"

You Don't Say. 3 Big AI Stories, and What They Mean

If there's one constant refrain we’ve heard in 2023, it has to be the recurring headline: “AI is in the news again this week.” My eyes no longer reflexively roll when I heard it, which is a testament to just how long AI has gobbled up more and more of our collective attention span.

Of course, the real question we should be asking is: why wouldn't AI be in the headlines?

AI is not a passing trend, it's not a mere buzzword, and it's certainly not going away anytime soon. The genie is well and truly out of the bottle.

Yes, arguably, the most profound event in the long arc of human evolution is happening right now. We are witnessing what is almost certainly the greatest shift in our society since the industrial revolution, and, as Sundar Pichai (Google’s CEO) points out, maybe even since we first learned to control fire. AI, with its immense potential and its equally significant challenges, is transforming how we live, work, communicate, and even think. So, yeah, it's in the news again. An…