… Having access to agents that outpace others means “the outcomes of negotiations and transactions will be structurally biased towards those with greater access,” Srnicek said. “Agentic inequality can harden into systems of dominance.” AI-powered agents and robots could generate about $2.9 trillion i… …
… But these AI agents are not working that well. A benchmark developed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University showed that AI agents still fail at most basic office tasks, such as arranging meetings and reimbursing travel expenses. …
… The complicated cases will arise when the platforms share humans and agents,” Krishnaswamy said. “We don’t have a mandate on gen-AI, but it’s something we’re trying to understand.” Adams said that in addition to lawyers, journalists, and other civil society groups, the board should consider hiring …
… AI developers, software companies, security researchers, open-source maintainers, and governments across the world “all have essential roles to play,” Anthropic said. “The work of defending the world’s cyber infrastructure might take years.” The White House has shot down a plan to expand access to …
… As municipalities like Mexico City and Juárez build vast surveillance networks in the name of public safety, researchers say the privacy trade-offs are too high. “They are systems that, on the one hand, do not seem to have much of an impact in the reduction of crime nor criminal investigations,” Sa… …