Sectors
Where AI is changing things, sector by sector. Each sector brings together the latest developments, the rules that apply and the Lines of Thought running through it.
18 developmentsDefence and securityMilitary AI, autonomous weapons, defence contracts and the fight over who sets the limits. Hegseth launches Project Meridian with Musk, Luckey and Gingrich to plan future war29 developmentsHealth and life sciencesMedical AI approvals, clinical evidence, AI-discovered drugs and the rules on care decisions. UK accepts all 44 recommendations of doctor-led commission on regulating health AI22 developmentsFinanceAI in banks, insurers and markets, financial-stability warnings and payments made by agents. Kansas City Fed's Schmid asks whether the AI ecosystem is becoming too big to fail17 developmentsWork and educationJobs data, hiring algorithms, workplace laws, unions and AI in schools. California bans AI-only firing and requires notice of AI-driven mass layoffs25 developmentsMedia, elections and online safetyCopyright fights, deepfakes, election rules, chatbots and children online. OpenAI starts watermarking ChatGPT and Codex text in the EU to meet AI Act rules48 developmentsFrontier models and safetyModel releases, safety testing, frontier-AI laws and the incidents that shape them. OpenAI publishes a batch of new maths results from an internal model, with Lean proofs30 developmentsChips, compute and energyExport controls, chip deals, data centres and the power to run them. Kansas City Fed's Schmid asks whether the AI ecosystem is becoming too big to fail24 developmentsScience and researchWhat AI is discovering in maths, biology, medicine, weather and materials, and how far to trust it. OpenAI publishes a batch of new maths results from an internal model, with Lean proofs49 developmentsGovernment and geopoliticsNational AI strategies, public-sector use, procurement and global agreements. UK accepts all 44 recommendations of doctor-led commission on regulating health AI
The AI week, traced
Every Monday: the developments that mattered, where each came from and what it connects to. Five minutes, free.