2025

Why it matters: Book Review of Stephen Witt’s The Thinking Machine explores AI, ethics, and power in a riveting narrative.

Why it matters: Innovative AI agents boost charity fundraising with real-time engagement, smart data use, and higher donations.

Why it matters: China accelerates AI growth, challenging US dominance as both nations race in research, talent, and tech deployment.

Why it matters: Consciousness Shapes Reality: New Scientific Insights explores how awareness may influence physical reality.

Why it matters: Navigating Game Theory in the AI Age explores how AI uses strategic thinking to make real-world decisions.

The process of discovering molecules that have the properties needed to create new medicines and materials is cumbersome and expensive, consuming vast computational resources and months of human labor to narrow down the enormous space of potential candidates. Large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT could streamline this process, but enabling an LLM to understand and…

People in Japan treat cooperative artificial agents with the same level of respect as they do humans, while Americans are significantly more likely to exploit AI for personal gain, according to a new study published in Scientific Reports by researchers from LMU Munich and Waseda University Tokyo. As self-driving vehicles and other AI autonomous robots…

Medicaid has become a central point of a heated political battle, as Republican lawmakers push for deep cuts to help fund tax reductions. President Donald Trump and GOP leaders aim to slash Medicaid spending by $880 billion over the next decade, trimming roughly 10% of the program’s budget. However, the consequences could be severe as…

Customer expectations have skyrocketed but so have the challenges businesses face in meeting them. Today’s consumers demand personalized and consistent support across every channel—yet high operational costs, talent shortages, and language barriers make this increasingly difficult. Traditional service models that rely on massive workforces and non-integrated or independent cloud instance technologies just can’t keep up….

Chris Mahl is President and Chief Executive Officer at Pryon. With more than two decades of experience at some of the world’s most well-known enterprise software companies, Chris specializes in scaling go-to-market and operational strategies for technology companies at all stages of growth. Pryon provides a trusted, safe,
and proven path to implementing generative AI in…