Should I Care? A new survey finds 85% of organizations want to be running AI agents within three years — but 76% admit their current infrastructure, processes, and people aren’t ready to support it. The ambition is there; the operational reality is not. technologyreview.com
Should I Care? Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt was booed by University of Arizona graduates when he suggested their generation’s role is to help shape AI. It’s a public signal that the young people entering a workforce being reshaped by AI are skeptical of the optimism being sold to them. technologyreview.com
Should I Care? Pope Leo XIV published a formal encyclical on artificial intelligence — the Catholic Church’s first major statement on the technology — arguing that AI is never neutral and demanding courageous action from both individuals and policymakers. It’s the most widely-read institution on earth taking a public position, and it won’t be ignored. technologyreview.com
Should I Care? AI tools now give small businesses access to capabilities that used to require entire departments — accounting, design, market research, product development. Most aren’t using them yet, which means the gap between early adopters and everyone else is growing every month. technologyreview.com
Should I Care? Healthcare systems worldwide are understaffed and overwhelmed, and agentic AI is being seriously tested as a way to reduce fragmentation and administrative burden — not to replace doctors, but to handle the work that’s burning them out. If it works at scale, the first thing you notice may be shorter wait times. technologyreview.com
Should I Care? People without lawyers are using AI to file federal lawsuits at scale, flooding courts with documents that often contain errors, hallucinated case citations, and weak legal arguments. Judges are spending significant time reviewing filings that no human properly checked before submission. technologyreview.com
