AI news of 25 October 2026 · Humans Versus Robots

data center regulation

What the US Movement Against Data Centers Can Learn From Abroad Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Activist warns US data center expansion risks repeating environmental and community problems seen globally.

Wired 15h ago 5 min read

AI search, publishing

Google’s AI search changes upended online publishing

Google's AI search integration disrupts online publishing business models and traffic.

The Verge 17h ago

generative video

Grok releases the first seven minutes of its AI-generated ‘Odyssey’ Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Grok releases seven minutes of AI-generated video footage described as competent but lacking artistry and human interest.

TechCrunch 3h ago

AI spending, returns

AI delivers ‘zero financial payoff’ to most companies, Apollo economist says Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Corporate AI investments have yet to deliver financial returns outside technology sector, economist finds.

TechCrunch 8h ago

AI job losses

America has lost 200k of jobs in media, film and the arts. How much is AI? Opens at the publisher in a new tab

US media, film and arts sectors shed 200,000 jobs. Report examines how much AI contributed to losses.

Hacker News 1d ago

AI community moderation

r/opensource just banned AI, non-English speakers, and more

Open source subreddit bans AI projects amid moderation policy changes.

The Verge 16h ago

medical AI, CNN

A 10-year-old CNN outperforms frontier LLMs for skin cancer diagnosis Opens at the publisher in a new tab

A 10-year-old convolutional neural network outperforms current frontier large language models at skin cancer diagnosis.

Hacker News 8h ago

AI economy, automation

Show HN: I put employees inside S&P 500 market-cap bubbles

Visualization shows S&P 500 companies by market cap versus employee count, revealing low headcount at high-value firms.

Hacker News 10h ago

AI failures

The AI graveyard: a running list of projects and startups that didn’t make it Opens at the publisher in a new tab

List of failed AI projects and startups that shut down or underperformed expectations.

TechCrunch 1d ago

mass layoffs

Lee Chang Dong ponders the ethics of the camera

Film explores ethics after conglomerate layoffs in 2009 that led to worker suicides.

The Verge 1d ago

Your future hasn’t been written yet. No one’s has.
So make it a good one.

What the US Movement Against Data Centers Can Learn From Abroad Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Google’s AI search changes upended online publishing

Grok releases the first seven minutes of its AI-generated ‘Odyssey’ Opens at the publisher in a new tab

AI delivers ‘zero financial payoff’ to most companies, Apollo economist says Opens at the publisher in a new tab

America has lost 200k of jobs in media, film and the arts. How much is AI? Opens at the publisher in a new tab

r/opensource just banned AI, non-English speakers, and more

A 10-year-old CNN outperforms frontier LLMs for skin cancer diagnosis Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Show HN: I put employees inside S&P 500 market-cap bubbles

The AI graveyard: a running list of projects and startups that didn’t make it Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Lee Chang Dong ponders the ethics of the camera

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