Washington’s proposed “Carolina Principles” turn AI regulation into a competitiveness strategy: fewer new rules, greater reliance on existing regulators, and more room for American technology companies to expand. The United States is asking the world’s largest economies to avoid building broad new regulations or regulatory bodies specifically for artificial intelligence. At a G20 technology gathering…
The advertising giant is shrinking at the same time its technology platform is growing more capable. That combination points to a deeper change in how advertising work gets organized. WPP may eliminate as many as another 1,000 jobs before the end of the year, extending a reduction that has already removed roughly 11,000 positions since…
The government says digitizing traffic enforcement can reduce bribery and improve road safety. It also moves discretion from the roadside into cameras, databases and control rooms. Beginning in September, Ghana plans to fundamentally change what happens when a driver breaks a traffic law. Police officers will stop conducting routine roadside checks for more than 47…
Humanoid robots are breaking athletic records in Beijing. China’s larger bet depends on whether those same machines can navigate warehouses, restaurants and factories when the physical world refuses to behave perfectly. A humanoid robot ran 100 meters in 9.39 seconds at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing this weekend, faster than Usain Bolt’s human world record…
The kingdom has spent years citing non-oil growth as proof the economy is changing. June’s business data offer a harder test: whether that growth reaches payrolls, revenues and permits, or stops at the aggregate. Arab News reported that Saudi Arabia’s Operating Revenues Index rose 6.1 percent year on year in June, supported by a 16.9 percent…
The layoffs are small by Apple’s standards. Where they land says more: resources are moving off the old Siri architecture and away from the most expensive parts of Vision Pro, toward AI systems and lighter hardware. Mark Gurman reported for Bloomberg that Apple is eliminating more than 200 positions across Siri, software engineering and Vision Pro, with roughly 100…
The same iPhone can now carry a different intelligence stack depending on which government regulates it. Reuters reported Friday that Apple has trained a large language model specifically for China with support from Alibaba. The China-specific system is part of a broader Apple Intelligence configuration expected to reach the country in the coming months. Alibaba’s…
The headlines call it an AI pivot. The WARN Act filings call it something else. Oracle is planning another round of job cuts, this time estimated at 20,000 to 30,000 positions — the largest single reduction in a series that has now run four times in under twelve months. The affected teams span the company’s…
Nearly half of Saudi Arabia’s internet users now use artificial intelligence. But only 17.3% use it for work-related tasks. That gap may tell us more about where AI adoption actually stands than the headline number does. Saudi Arabia’s Communications, Space and Technology Commission reported that AI-tool use reached 45.2% of internet users in 2025, more than double…
SSC News Desk The people at Google who work on making artificial intelligence safe and aligned with human values have a message for job applicants: do not let the AI screen your resume. The document existed quietly until Bloomberg obtained it. Google DeepMind’s AGI Safety and Alignment Team — the division responsible for ensuring the company’s most…