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AI News Weekly - Issue #443: Sundar Pichai dismisses AI job fears - Jun 6th 2025

Powered by columbia.edu Welcome Interested in sponsorship opportunities? Join the AI conversation and transform your advertising strategy with AI weekly sponsorship aiweekly.co In the News Sundar Pichai dismisses AI job fears, emphasizes expansion plans In a Bloomberg interview Wednesday night in downtown San Francisco, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai pushed back against concerns that AI could eventually make half the company’s 180,000-person workforce redundant. techcrunch.com Sponsor Be the Person on Your Team Who Knows How to Actually Use AI The AI for Business & Finance Certificate Program from Wall Street Prep + Columbia Business School Exec Ed gives you hands-on experience using AI in the kinds of workflows you tackle every day—like building models, automating tasks, and analyzing data—with the support of world-class faculty. Save $500 when you enroll by June 16: $200 off for early enrollment + $300 with code AIWEEKLY. Learn more columbia.edu In The News Reddit sues AI company Anthropic for allegedly ‘scraping’ user comments to train chatbot Social media platform claims firm used bots to access content, without requesting consent, to train Claude theguardian.com Samsung phones are getting a weird AI shopping platform nobody asked for I do not, and I can’t emphasize this enough, ever want to see an ad on my lock screen. theverge.com English-speaking countries more nervous about rise of AI, polls suggest Exclusive: Excitement is higher elsewhere, in global split that seems to mirror level of trust in government regulation theguardian.com Applied use cases The Washington Post is planning to let amateur writers submit columns — with the help of AI The newspaper will use an AI tool, called Ember, to guide nonprofessional writers through their column, according to The New York Times. theverge.com Super Trouper meets supercomputer: AI helping Abba star to write musical Björn Ulvaeus tells audience at SXSW London the technology is ‘very bad at lyrics’ but has helped him break through creative impasses theguardian.com Here’s what’s inside Meta’s experimental new smart glasses Meta has revealed more information about Aria Gen 2, its experimental smart glasses designed to serve as a test platform for research about augmented reality, AI, and robotics. theverge.com Ethics US removes ‘safety’ from AI Safety Institute The new Center for AI Standards and Innovation will ‘ensure US dominance’ of AI standards. theverge.com How AI can enhance digital inclusion and fight inequality The stark reality of wealth disparity, where the richest 1% now holds more wealth than the bottom 95%, is not only alarming but also a trend that continues to accelerate. weforum.org AI enables shift from enablement to strategic leadership CIOs and business leaders know they’re sitting on a goldmine of business data. artificialintelligence-news.com Robotics Top 50 robotics innovations special report We are passionate about the impact robotics can have on the world. That’s why for 14 years, the RBR50 Robotics Innovation Awards have honored the most innovative robotics companies, technologies, and applications from around the world. therobotreport.com New system enables robots to solve manipulation problems in seconds Researchers developed an algorithm that lets a robot “think ahead” and consider thousands of potential motion plans simultaneously. mit.edu Hugging Face says its new robotics model is so efficient it can run on a MacBook It’s becoming a little easier to build sophisticated robotics projects at home. techcrunch.com Research Ethical and Bias Considerations in Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning As AI gains prominence in pathology and medicine, the ethical implications and potential biases within such integrated AI models will require careful scrutiny. sciencedirect.com CRISPR screening redefines therapeutic target identification and drug discovery with precision and scalability This review outlines the fundamental principles and applications of CRISPR screening technology, delves into specific case studies and technical challenges, and highlights its expanding role in drug discovery and target identification. sciencedirect.com Data Strategy for Active Distribution Networks By modeling the relations between data, grid planning and operation, and grid performan

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AI News Weekly - Issue #443: Sundar Pichai dismisses AI job fears - Jun 6th 2025

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Sundar Pichai dismisses AI job fears, emphasizes expansion plans

In a Bloomberg interview Wednesday night in downtown San Francisco, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai pushed back against concerns that AI could eventually make half the company’s 180,000-person workforce redundant.

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In The News

Reddit sues AI company Anthropic for allegedly ‘scraping’ user comments to train chatbot

Social media platform claims firm used bots to access content, without requesting consent, to train Claude

theguardian.com

Samsung phones are getting a weird AI shopping platform nobody asked for

I do not, and I can’t emphasize this enough, ever want to see an ad on my lock screen.

theverge.com

English-speaking countries more nervous about rise of AI, polls suggest

Exclusive: Excitement is higher elsewhere, in global split that seems to mirror level of trust in government regulation

theguardian.com

Applied use cases

The Washington Post is planning to let amateur writers submit columns — with the help of AI

The newspaper will use an AI tool, called Ember, to guide nonprofessional writers through their column, according to The New York Times.

theverge.com

Super Trouper meets supercomputer: AI helping Abba star to write musical

Björn Ulvaeus tells audience at SXSW London the technology is ‘very bad at lyrics’ but has helped him break through creative impasses

theguardian.com

Here’s what’s inside Meta’s experimental new smart glasses

Meta has revealed more information about Aria Gen 2, its experimental smart glasses designed to serve as a test platform for research about augmented reality, AI, and robotics.

theverge.com

Ethics

US removes ‘safety’ from AI Safety Institute

The new Center for AI Standards and Innovation will ‘ensure US dominance’ of AI standards.

theverge.com

How AI can enhance digital inclusion and fight inequality

The stark reality of wealth disparity, where the richest 1% now holds more wealth than the bottom 95%, is not only alarming but also a trend that continues to accelerate.

weforum.org

AI enables shift from enablement to strategic leadership

CIOs and business leaders know they’re sitting on a goldmine of business data.

artificialintelligence-news.com

Robotics

Top 50 robotics innovations special report

We are passionate about the impact robotics can have on the world. That’s why for 14 years, the RBR50 Robotics Innovation Awards have honored the most innovative robotics companies, technologies, and applications from around the world.

therobotreport.com

New system enables robots to solve manipulation problems in seconds

Researchers developed an algorithm that lets a robot “think ahead” and consider thousands of potential motion plans simultaneously.

mit.edu

Hugging Face says its new robotics model is so efficient it can run on a MacBook

It’s becoming a little easier to build sophisticated robotics projects at home.

techcrunch.com

Research

Ethical and Bias Considerations in Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning

As AI gains prominence in pathology and medicine, the ethical implications and potential biases within such integrated AI models will require careful scrutiny.

sciencedirect.com

CRISPR screening redefines therapeutic target identification and drug discovery with precision and scalability

This review outlines the fundamental principles and applications of CRISPR screening technology, delves into specific case studies and technical challenges, and highlights its expanding role in drug discovery and target identification.

sciencedirect.com

Data Strategy for Active Distribution Networks

By modeling the relations between data, grid planning and operation, and grid performance, the framework supports efficient cyber system upgrades to mitigate operational violation while accounting for budget limitations.

sciencedirect.com

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