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A new survey-based study examines how AI adoption in U.S. workplaces affects employment, looking beyond layoffs to also measure job creation and promotions tied to tools like ChatGPT. The research suggests that while some workers face displacement, others are seeing new roles or career advancement as a result of AI integration.
President Trump awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to Artemis II astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen, who flew around the moon in April. At the same ceremony, he signed an executive order establishing a Presidential Commission, chaired by NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, to draft plans within 120 days for a new United States Space Academy meant to train personnel for NASA, the Space Force, and private space companies.
Waymo has begun adding electric vehicles manufactured in China, made by Zeekr, to its robotaxi fleet even as the U.S. maintains steep tariffs and restrictions that effectively block most Chinese-made EVs from American consumers. The vehicles are imported and retrofitted with Waymo's self-driving technology before entering commercial service.
Bitcoin's price climbed this week alongside growing attention to U.S. Treasury debt buyback programs and an expansion of American sanctions policy. Investors appear to be reacting to signs of strain within the dollar-based financial system, pushing more capital toward crypto as a hedge.
An industry commentary argues that data center providers can no longer treat energy access as a late-stage formality. With surplus grid capacity disappearing, the piece calls for providers to engage utilities earlier and plan for long-term power partnerships rather than opportunistic siting.
Apple has launched an updated version of its Polishing Cloth on its online store, with U.S. pricing dropping to $9 from the previous $19. It's still unclear whether the new cloth differs in size or material beyond the price change, but Apple says it remains a soft, nonabrasive cloth safe for all Apple displays, including nano-texture screens.
Dick's Sporting Goods shares dropped 15% pre-market after the retailer missed second-quarter earnings expectations and cut its full-year outlook for Foot Locker, whose comparable sales fell 3.6%. Meanwhile, Nvidia announced its Groq 3 LPX rack is entering full production later this year, the first commercial payoff from its $20 billion Groq acquisition, even as its stock posted a seventh straight day of losses ahead of Wednesday's earnings report.
The EU has enacted the AI Act, a roughly 50,000-word, 113-article law representing the first comprehensive AI regulation worldwide. The U.S., by contrast, has no federal AI law, instead relying on executive orders, agency guidance from bodies like NIST and the FTC, and a rapidly growing number of state laws, which more than doubled from 49 in 2023 to 131 in 2024.
Taiwanese prosecutors have charged nine individuals in connection with an alleged scheme to illegally smuggle AI servers, according to reporting on the case. The same roundup notes the U.S. has sanctioned suspected Iranian hackers on what officials called 'economic D-Day,' and Alabama has issued a subpoena to OpenAI over a cyberattack tied to its systems.
Builderall's CEO, hired specifically to break into the U.S. market, instead chose to focus resources on Latin America after analyzing the company's existing customer data. He found that while U.S. users were growing organically without acquisition spend, the underlying data pointed to a bigger, underexploited opportunity closer to the company's roots.
Iran's national currency fell to its weakest level ever on Monday, coinciding with Washington's preparations to unveil additional sanctions targeting the country's economy. Officials said the new measures are designed to intensify pressure on an economy already weakened by existing sanctions and a U.S. naval blockade.
A growing number of American universities are rolling out three-year bachelor's degree options aimed at reducing tuition costs and time to graduation. The push targets nontraditional and older students, such as 34-year-old Giles Sims, who have been held back in the job market by not holding a degree. Advocates say the accelerated model addresses rising concerns over college affordability.