The greatest danger posed by AI is not the technology itself, but the race to deploy it before we know how to control it. The recent Hugging Face breach shows how seemingly minor human errors can be amplified by AI, underscoring the risks of treating safety as an afterthought.
Tesla (TSLA -2.14%) shareholders had a rough Thursday. Shares of the electric car maker sank about 15% following the company’s second-quarter report, closing at $319.69 — near the bottom of a 52-week range that runs from $297.82 to $498.83. But Wall Street barely budged. The average analyst price target on the stock sits near $412…
Unnecessary treatment reflects a gap between what patients believe about their health and their true condition; people often seek and consume care for diseases they suspect, but do not know that actually have. The value a patient places on testing therefore depends on their priors about being sick, and when those beliefs are biased, the…
Innovation Jul 20, 2026 Courtney C. Radsch For too long, governments have stood by and allowed the creation of business models built on the commercial exploitation of users’ personal data and that reward social and psychological manipulation. With the AI industry poised…
This year provides a good illustration of how this strategy often falls flat.
Andrew Besford led the roundtable on AI in healthcare NHS leaders at a Global Government Forum roundtable made clear that AI has the potential to support neighbourhood health and preventative care but warned that success will depend on avoiding the mistakes of previous digital transformation programmes At a recent Global Government Forum (GGF) roundtable, participants stressed that organisations should use AI to solve real problems in healthcare, rather than chasing new…
Commerzbank’s Dr. Henry Hao notes that China’s Q2 2026 GDP growth slowed to 4.3% year-on-year, below Beijing’s 4.5%-5% target and consensus expectations. Fixed-asset investment contracted sharply, while June industrial output and retail sales surprised on the upside. With H1 GDP at 4.7%, policymakers face mounting pressure to accelerate support in H2 to avoid missing the…