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
Companies are quietly firing their most experienced workers and blaming AI — but surveys say these are cost cuts, not efficiency. The robot took the fall.
Sep 5, 2026 AI Impact News
On the desk
He never played a down. Google’s AI said he was a 49ers receiver anyway — and 26 women lost $1.3 million believing a machine over their own doubts.
Sep 4, 2026 AI Impact News
On the desk
Workers save 11 hours a week with AI — then burn 6.4 babysitting it. Glean’s index finds 69% now ship work they can’t defend. Meet the new unpaid shift.
Sep 3, 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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