OpenAI launches the Economic Research Exchange to study AI's impact on workers and the economy, but the move comes under scrutiny as both OpenAI and Anthropic have quietly filed for IPOs, sparking serious questions about whether profit-driven shareholder pressures will ultimately override their proclaimed commitments to the public good.
OpenAI launches the Economic Research Exchange, giving selected researchers access to AI tools and datasets to study how artificial intelligence impacts workers, businesses, and economic inequality, with proposals open now through July 5, 2026.
Anthropic reveals Claude now generates over 80% of its production code, delivering an 8x surge in engineer output, while warning companies that adopting AI-driven development requires not just technical overhaul but urgent cultural and psychological change management to address growing developer anxiety.
Canada launches 'AI for All,' an ambitious national strategy targeting $200 billion in economic growth and 250,000 new jobs by 2034, backed by new AI safety legislation, a national literacy initiative, sovereign supercomputing infrastructure, and 12 international partnerships.
A new open-source AI hiring agent launches on GitHub, capable of parsing resumes, analyzing GitHub activity, and delivering scored, explainable candidate evaluations using either local Ollama models or Google Gemini for flexible, privacy-conscious deployment.
Slack's Workflow Builder is transforming workplace productivity, now powering over 3 million daily automations and delivering up to 35% time savings, with companies like Wayfair reclaiming 25,000 hours annually and Canva slashing meeting times by over 90% using AI-driven, no-code automation tools.
Meta taps 28-year-old Scale AI co-founder Alexandr Wang to lead a secretive AI lab called TBD, assembling 100 elite researchers and releasing a competitive new model as Zuckerberg races to close the gap with OpenAI and Google — but internal tensions, setbacks, and rival speed are threatening to slow the …
Anthropic's Claude Code team is abandoning six-month roadmaps in favor of rapid, just-in-time planning as agentic AI eliminates coding bottlenecks, reshapes team roles, and shifts human focus toward security, product judgment, and creative systems thinking.
Gusto launches 'Gusto Cofounder,' an AI agent powered by OpenAI that lets small business owners automate payroll, expenses, and reporting using plain-language prompts, with built-in integrations and a competitive edge from its deep existing presence within thousands of businesses.
OpenAI breaks ground on 'The Barn,' a massive 1GW data center campus in Saline, Michigan, promising 2,500+ union construction jobs, 450 permanent positions, $1 billion in tax revenue, and $45 million in AI credits for Michigan students, with key protections ensuring no electricity cost increases for local residents.