AI in everyday work
Everything we have published on AI in everyday work, newest first. Background, research and plain explanation — not only the headline of the day.
Trump administration moves to block public from enforcing environmental protection laws
For decades, regular citizens and advocacy groups have filed suits that forced companies and the federal government to clean up the environment. Trump officials have moved to limit that power.
The Catholic principle guiding popes through tech upheavals, from the Industrial Revolution to AI
Pope Leo is one of many popes to respond to technological change by drawing on a Catholic principle called ‘subsidiarity.’
Sub-Saharan Africa: Why do less than 12 percent of Africans have AI access?
While African capitals announce their national AI strategies and tech giants launch their “innovation hubs” across the continent, millions of households are still living without reliable electricity.
Schools are rethinking whether every student needs a laptop
Rather than considering how much time students spend on screens, the more useful question is whether they are asking questions and solving problems with the help of technology.
How AI is upgrading African dictatorship
A March 2026 study by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) and the African Digital Rights Network found that 11 African governments had collectively spent more than USD 2 billion on AI-powered s
Employers everywhere are using AI – but business schools aren’t preparing students for the shift
Amid the rise of AI, researchers found that employers still value skills like communication, professionalism and teamwork among prospective and new employees.
Can AI help build peace? African youth are showing a path forward
How are African youth using AI to build peace? What are some of the challenges that come with using AI for peace?
Brazil opens investigation on Google over its AI’s impact on the journalism industry
Commissioner Diogo Thomson considered that the insertion of generative AI has “significantly altered the dynamics of access, visibility, and monetization of journalistic content in the digital environ
As AI reshapes newsrooms, leading media outlets are charting different paths for its use
From the BBC’s implementation of AI guardrails to Reuters’ embrace of AI tools to disseminate breaking financial news, newsrooms’ missions and values are shaping their technological futures.
AI cameras are surveilling the roads in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Over 1,000 cases were filed in 10 days as Bangladesh launches an AI-powered traffic enforcement system for the first time, while the fate of unregistered battery-powered rickshaws stays unclear.
Strong manufacturing and lower unemployment: when rising orders make capital more expensive
Strong manufacturing and lower unemployment can support cyclical earnings, but watch whether the pick-up in orders is being paid for with dearer capital and a higher discount rate
A rally near record highs is no match for inflation: can earnings and cash flow keep up with rising prices?
In a rally near record highs it is not enough to check whether the numbers look good; what matters is whether inflation is pushing up the price of money faster than companies can improve their margins
Two chip companies beat expectations: what that means for the rest of the market
With concentrated indices, do not watch the name of the market but the weight of a handful of the largest companies, and whether results really clear expectations that have already been paid for.
The AI capex waterfall: does revenue growth really pay the dividend, or just pile on debt?
With AI dividend stocks it is not enough to track exposure to data centres; what matters is whether revenue growth genuinely covers the dividend out of free cash flow, without a dangerous
Memory chips: weaker guidance need not mean the end of AI. Why prices, inventories and the mix decide
Do not read weaker guidance in memory chips as the automatic end of the AI boom; separate HBM from ordinary DRAM and NAND, and watch price per bit, ASPs, bit shipments, fab utilisation and customer inventories.