In January 2024, a finance worker at the multinational engineering firm Arup in Hong Kong received an email from the company’s UK-based chief financial officer requesting a secret transaction. Suspicious, the worker joined a video conference call to clarify. On…
Standfirst Artificial intelligence can generate almost anything instantly. It still cannot generate history. As digital technology makes content abundant, trust has become the one asset AI cannot manufacture. Article Before the first ball is struck at Wimbledon, another contest has…
Standfirst A farmer who cannot repair his own tractor. A driver asked to pay every month for heated seats already installed in the car. Customers discovering that television shows they purchased have disappeared from their digital libraries. These incidents seem…
Standfirst For three decades, the internet rewarded those who created more information. Generative AI is overturning that bargain. As content becomes abundant and inexpensive to produce, economic power is shifting toward the companies that decide what billions of people see,…
Technology companies have spent decades monetizing information, entertainment and attention. Artificial intelligence is opening a new commercial frontier: emotional connection. When Google agreed to pay roughly $2.7 billion in 2024 to license technology from Character.AI and rehire its founders, Noam…