Generative AI Explained: What It Is and How It Works
TRUE or FALSE: It’s better to post an AI-generated “thought piece” on LinkedIn than to post nothing at all. To many, the answer is FALSE. Every AI-generated post chips away at something.Not all at once. Slowly. The polished phrasing.The careful little paragraphs.The hollow confidence pretending to be insight. After a while, people stop reading what […]
Welcome to AI Insider’s The Week Ahead in AI. See the key developments and events we’re watching May 17- 23. Weekend AI News Briefs Pope Approves Creation of Interdicasterial Commission on Artificial Intelligence Pope Leo XIV approved creation of an Interdicasterial Commission on Artificial Intelligence to coordinate the Vatican’s approach to AI policy, ethics and human […]
A policy analysis from the perspective of mid-2026 Canada was the first country in the world to launch a national AI strategy. That distinction, announced in 2017 and backed by the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR), was a genuine act of foresight. Nearly a decade later, the Pan-Canadian Artificial Intelligence Strategy (PCAIS) stands as both a celebrated […]
Insider Brief China made roughly 90 percent of the world’s humanoid robots last year. It operates the largest fleet of industrial robots on the planet. Its factories installed more robots over the past five years than every other country combined. And yet, at the heart of nearly every intelligent robot rolling off a Chinese production […]
Every enterprise AI deployment, from the simplest classifier to the most complex agentic system, depends on infrastructure. The CEOs building that infrastructure are, in many ways, building the foundation of the entire AI economy. From GPU clouds and model serving platforms to vector databases and data observability, these leaders are defining how organizations train, deploy, […]
Insider Brief A new paper from researchers affiliated with Google DeepMind, OpenAI, Anthropic and several universities reports that the artificial intelligence industry is too focused on preventing harm and not focused enough on helping humans thrive, outlining a framework called “positive alignment” that would train AI systems to actively support human flourishing rather than merely […]
Artificial intelligence is fundamentally rewiring how medicines are discovered, designed, and brought to market. The CEOs leading this transformation are compressing timelines that once took a decade into years, and in some cases, months. From generative protein design to AI-optimized clinical trials, these leaders are building the platforms that the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies now […]
Insider Brief Artificial intelligence now appears in product launches, earnings calls, regulatory filings, and everyday conversations about technology. The term is applied broadly, often to systems with little in common. That breadth is the source of most confusion about what AI actually is and how different types of systems behave. A 2025 YouTube controversy made […]