A Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism survey of nearly 19,000 people across nine countries found 46% believe scientists' use of generative AI will benefit society, the highest trust rating among ten groups tested. Health-care professionals ranked second, while politicians and political parties were seen as having the most negative impact from AI use. People who use AI tools daily or weekly showed greater trust in its positive impact across all sectors than infrequent users.
nature.com
· 2026-11-10
LinkedIn announced new verification tools letting members confirm their workplace or university through vouches from two or more connected colleagues who've known them for at least a year. Company page admins can now also remove profiles falsely claiming affiliation with their organization from search results. LinkedIn says over 115 million of its roughly one billion members have already added some form of verification to their profiles.
cnet.com
· 2026-09-23
At the AI Everything MEA conference in Cairo, a fintech operator shared a real-world example of how ambiguous data definitions can distort AI and analytics outcomes. Using SMS notification charges and interest postings as an example, they showed how automatically generated, non-customer-initiated transactions can inflate 'Monthly Active User' counts, leading marketing, product, and finance teams to draw three conflicting conclusions from the same dataset.
engineering.moniepoint.com
· 2026-08-31
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