Albania has appointed the world’s first-ever AI government official in hopes of rooting out some of the Balkan state’s long-running corruption. As Politico Europe reports, the new AI minister — which should not be confused with a minister of AI, which a few countries already have, including Canada and the United Arab Emirates — has been

SEO isn’t what it used to be. In 2025, businesses are facing a massive shake-up: it’s no longer enough to rank on Google, you now have to be visible — and cited — in AI assistants like Gemini, Copilot, or ChatGPT. An article from El País Profesional calls this new paradigm “AI SEO” (or GEO

Governments from Washington to Brussels to Beijing are finally saying “enough” to ad-hoc AI regulation. A new era of AI policy is being shaped — one that seeks consistency, safety, and global competitiveness. Here’s what’s changing and why it matters. What’s Going On Policymakers are now treating artificial intelligence as more than a tech issue

Kotlin 2.2.20 has been released, with the latest version of the concise, multiplatform, “pragmatic” programming language bringing its WebAssembly-compilation component, Kotlin/Wasm, into beta. JetBrains announced Kotlin 2.2.20 release on September 10. The release includes a beta version of the Kotlin/Wasm tool for compiling Kotlin code into WebAssembly (Wasm), with improvements to exception handling in JavaScript

Users will be able to do more with files stored in Box’s cloud service with new AI features announced by the company this week at its BoxWorks event. The features will allow customers to extract and understand previously untouched information stored in documents and other files. These new features include safeguards that protect the data

People are starting to “talk like AI,” according to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.  While teachers and business leaders complain about people using AI chatbots to write and communicate — and more and more public figures use AI-controlled avatars to communicate on their behalf — even authentic human speech is starting to sound “fake” and “machine-like,” according to Altman, who posted his views Monday on X.  Altman isn’t just suggesting that

Anthropic has added a new Memory feature to its generative AI-based chatbot Claude for Team and Enterprise plan users to boost productivity. The new optional feature will allow admins and users to control what Claude remembers about their chats, otherwise known as context. Retaining context in generative AI-based tools like Claude, ChatGPT, and Microsoft Copilot

Artificial intelligence is now used in courtrooms for legal research, decision support, document automation, e-discovery, contract analysis, and even predicting case outcomes. In some instances, the technology is even being used for jury selection, with AI-assisted voir dire tools analyzing verbal responses and facial expressions for bias. The legal community is one of the top

Microsoft’s Copilots for sales, service and finance will be included in Microsoft 365 Copilot subscriptions at no extra cost, Microsoft said this week.  The M365 Copilot launched in 2023, providing access to the AI assistant in apps such as Outlook, Teams and Word. The core subscription costs $30 per user per month.  Last year, Microsoft introduced M365

The European Commission has concluded its lengthy investigation into Microsoft’s bundling of Teams into sales of its productivity software suites.  Microsoft offered commitments to address competition concerns going forward, pre-empting a fine from the regulator. The deal requires the company to sell Microsoft 365 (M365) and Office 365 (O365) at a reduced price without Teams