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Lead Story · IEEE Spectrum AI

Pakistani Judges Give Their Verdict on JudgeGPT

Judges around the world have made headlines for illicitly using generative AI in their work. But in Pakistan, a large-scale trial of a specially designed AI tool for judges found the technology–together with appropriate training–boosted the number of cases resolved by 6.3% with no obvious drop in the quality of judgements. With a backlog of 2.26 million cases and fewer than two judges per 100,000 people – compared to 22 in the EU and 8 in Brazil – Pakistan’s judiciary was in sore need of help. S

Aug 12, 2026

The Guardian Technology

AI was supposed to destroy jobs. Where’s the carnage?

The AI jobs apocalypse never showed up. Still, jobs are changing and economists expect more to come. The prediction was stark: artificial intelligence advancements would wipe out jobs en masse. “Half”

Aug 12, 2026

Semafor Technology

Progressive lawmakers prepare AI regulation push

“The foundational idea here is that you shouldn't lose your freedoms because of the development of AI,” Progressive Caucus Chair Rep. Greg Casar, D-Texas, told Semafor.

Aug 12, 2026

Semafor Technology

More OpenAI executives exit

Longtime OpenAI executive Brad Lightcap announced his exit Tuesday, continuing a months-long leadership exodus from the company.

Aug 11, 2026

Semafor Technology

China's annual summer retreat signals its AI ambitions

China’s leaders invited dozens of scientists and technology experts to the annual gathering as Beijing aims to achieve “self-reliance and strength in science and technology” by 2030.

Aug 11, 2026

Wired

A New Trick Reveals AI Models’ Inner Thoughts

Researchers devised a way to extract “reasoning traces” from Claude, GPT, and Gemini. What they found, they say, indicates that some Chinese AI may be trained on leading US models.

Aug 11, 2026

MIT Technology Review

MIT Technology Review

These startups are chasing the next big thing in LLMs

MIT Technology Review’s What’s Next series looks across industries, trends, and technologies to give you a first look at the future. You can read the rest of them here. Way back in the summer of 2017,

Aug 10, 2026

MIT Technology Review

MIT Technology Review

AI for science needs reasoning, not just data

Every few decades, someone announces that science has reached its end. In 1903, the revered physicist Albert Michelson wrote that the “facts of physical science have all been discovered.” In the 1980s

Aug 10, 2026