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 third of FDA-cleared AI medical devices were rewritten after approval, and 86% of those updates published no evidence that patients actually benefited.
Nov 8, 2026 AI Impact News
On the desk
A Philippine bill would make employers prove AI replaced a job, warn the government a full six months early, retrain staff first and pay double severance.
Nov 8, 2026 AI Impact News
On the desk
State and local pension funds hold $578 billion to $707 billion in AI stock, 35% of their reported equity. Nvidia's 9% drop sent the bill to taxpayers.
Nov 7, 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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