AI’s breakneck adoption is hitting a reality check. Lawsuits are probing what model makers must disclose, platforms are scrambling to curb low-quality content and protect teens, and even Nvidia’s glow is drawing scrutiny amid broader market jitters. Policymakers are also moving, tightening the crypto rulebook, while big-tech leaders press for friendlier digital taxes. In boardrooms, CFOs face a fork in the road: let automation isolate finance teams or redesign workflows to unlock real productivity. Meanwhile, stablecoins push legacy rails to modernize, GDP gets a boost from AI investment, and healthcare headlines highlight both cost pressures and regulatory shifts.
News Trends to Watch
AI & Tech
- Forbes: Lawsuit Against OpenAI And ChatGPT Raises Hard Questions About When AI Makers Should Be Reporting User Prompts
- NBC News: Humans are being hired to make AI slop look less sloppy
- NPR: ‘AI slop’ videos may be annoying, but they’re racking up views — and ad money
- NPR: AI and Nvidia have been bright spots in an uncertain economy, but there are doubts now
- Reuters: Meta to add new AI safeguards after Reuters report raises teen safety concerns
Politics and Regulation:
- Bloomberg: Zuckerberg Pressed Trump on Digital Taxes Before Tariff Threat
- CoinDesk: U.S. SEC, CFTC Combine Forces to Clear Registered Firms’ Trading of Spot Crypto
- Cointelegraph: US regulator opens pathway for Americans to trade on offshore crypto exchanges
- Politico: Trump’s warning on digital rules was aimed at this country
Finance & Investment
- Financial Times: Stablecoins will force finance to modernise
- Fortune: Gartner predicts an AI-fueled ‘lonely enterprise’ for finance workers if CFOs don’t take action
- Reuters: US second-quarter GDP revised higher as businesses boost investment in AI
- Yahoo Finance:AI revolution could lift S&P 500 to 7,750 next year, strategist says
Healthcare
- Axios: Trump admin agrees to restore public health webpages
- Barron’s: Healthcare Stocks Are ‘Priced at Panic Levels.’ It’s Time to Buy.
- CNBC: The vaccine and public health debate at the center of CDC upheaval, explained
- Fortune: Social Security and Medicare cuts are coming because the bond market will eventually bring Congress to its knees, economist says
- The New York Times:Medicare Will Require Prior Approval for Certain Procedures
Clients in the News
- CNN: Top exec reveals the ‘stupidest thing’ companies adopting AI can do (Cognigy)
- NACD: What Trump’s AI Action Plan Could Mean for Boards (Avenue Z)
- The National:The missing pieces to the Federal Reserve’s inflation puzzle (Easterly)
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