AI IMPACTTHE HUMAN SIDE OF AI
Clear reporting on the people, work, communities, and decisions being reshaped by artificial intelligence.
THE DAILY DESK
Lead report
A Guardian investigation found Microsoft has far fewer AI chips than its own numbers suggest. Satya Nadella admits the real shortage: nowhere to plug them in.
Aug 18, 2026 AI Impact News
On the desk
UNAM’s AI-proctored entrance exam missed mass cheating. Now 58,000 students—including honest applicants—must retake the high-stakes test in person again.
Aug 17, 2026 AI Impact News
On the desk
The AI jobs apocalypse never showed up as mass layoffs — it showed up as silence. Young workers in AI-exposed jobs now sit 19% below where they should be.
Aug 16, 2026 AI Impact News
THE IMPACT TEST
What does this change for a real person — at work, at home, or in the community?
OUR EDITORIAL LENS
AI coverage often stops at the demo. We follow the second-order effects: the job redesigned, the neighborhood burdened, the patient helped, the decision made opaque.
Our newsroom brings together negative and positive impact stories, grounded in public evidence and written for people who want to understand what is actually changing.
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