SKF has released an advertisement featuring an AI-generated likeness of late Hollywood actor Greta Garbo. The company says the visual character was created from text prompts without archival photos or footage, while her voice was trained from one authorized archival film recording and refined with help from a human actor.
MIT Technology Review has made the full EmTech Future 2026 program available on demand. The event examined how AI intersects with biology, infrastructure, manufacturing, science, energy, quantum technology, and robotics, with sessions including remarks from Google Research’s Yossi Matias and Google Quantum AI’s Hartmut Neven.
This Chinese-language essay describes the excitement and anxiety around AI: it cites a Pew Research Center survey said to cover 37 countries in September 2026, in 34 of which more people feared AI would cut jobs than expected it to create them, while a 2025 International Labour Organization and NASK study is said to conclude AI is more likely to change job content than eliminate roles. The author argues that polishing old skills, being first with new tools, or simply producing more are not durable answers, and proposes turning AI collaboration into personal accumulation: state your expectations first, explain reasons when comparing outputs, and expose your standards to outside feedback. The piece adds that better judgment and taste still do not guarantee security, since efficiency gains can be absorbed by new organizational requirements, and that the aim should be to keep some of that efficiency for yourself.
Replit's account promoted a new Times Tech podcast episode featuring Replit CEO Amjad Masad (@amasad), who discusses vibe coding, the lost joy of building with computers, and why AI doomerism misses the accountability question. His central question: if AI agents can act on our behalf, who is responsible when they go too far.
QbitAI reports that OpenAI has committed to a 28-day window: users can try an update if there is an improvement, or reset if there is not. The available excerpt provides no further details about the commitment or the product involved.
An analysis argues that lower AI production costs do not automatically increase creators' incomes, because competition, distribution platforms and scarce user attention can absorb the gains. It frames AI-era distribution around four rights: access to production capabilities, market participation, claims on productivity gains and protection during technological transition.
The AI newsletter Understanding AI published the first post by its newest writer, Dan Kagan-Kans, who spent a decade as managing editor of the magazine Mosaic before turning to freelance AI journalism. His recent work includes a New York Magazine profile of Hans Moravec and an analysis of the data center backlash. He is supported by a fellowship from the Tarbell Center for AI Journalism, which says fellows retain complete autonomy over their reporting.
The article examines a reported divide in how affluent U.S. families and Chinese families are responding to AI in education. Schools such as Alpha School and Forge Prep emphasize compressing knowledge instruction and spending more time on projects, communication, and agency, while Chinese families are described as using AI mainly to increase exam preparation efficiency. The article also questions the evidence behind these alternative models and highlights concerns about student data tracking and unequal access.
This opinion piece contrasts the United States’ reported push to establish an autonomous warfare command and expand military AI spending with China’s stated emphasis on AI-assisted decision-making and human control over lethal force. It also discusses Anthropic’s reported dispute with the U.S. government over Claude’s military-use safeguards and upcoming United Nations talks on legally binding limits for lethal autonomous weapons.
CNBC’s Morning Squawk roundup highlights Chick-fil-A’s growth plans, AI wearables and Gen Z sports betting among five topics for investors. The provided source text does not include further details about the AI wearables discussion.
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