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You applied for a job. You never got an interview. You never talked to a human. You were just…rejected.
Welcome to hiring in 2026. By some estimates, over 80% of employers now use automated systems to screen applicants before a human ever looks at a resume. These tools promise efficiency and objectivity. What they often
Editor’s Note: The 2026 International AI Safety Report deserves close attention from cybersecurity, information governance, and eDiscovery professionals for one reason above all others: it quantifies what many in these fields have sensed but lacked hard data to confirm. The report documents that AI systems now discover 77% of software vulnerabilities in competitive settings, that
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On February 3, 2026, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office publicly confirmed that it has launched formal investigations into X Internet Unlimited Company and X.AI LLC, focused on the Grok artificial intelligence system.Continue Reading ›
AI meeting agents are everywhere. They join Zoom calls, transcribe conversations, summarize action items, and promise to save employees hours of note-taking. From a business perspective, the upside is obvious: better documentation, fewer “I don’t remember saying that” disputes, and cleaner follow-up.
But like most shiny tech, AI meeting agents come with real employment law
I have sat across the table from hundreds of business owners who all say some version of the same thing: “I did not think this would become a problem.” That sentence usually comes right before a costly fix that could have been avoided with a little planning.
From the perspective of a business lawyer, most
On 3 February 2026, the second International AI Safety Report (the “Report”) was published—providing a comprehensive, science-based assessment of the capabilities and risks of general-purpose AI (“GPAI”). The Report touts itself as the largest global collaboration on AI safety to date—led by Turing Award winner Yoshua Bengio, backed by an Expert Advisory Panel with nominees from more than 30 countries and international organizations, and authored by over 100 AI experts.
The Report does not make specific policy recommendations; instead, it synthesizes scientific evidence to provide an evidence base for decision-makers. This blog summarizes the Report’s key findings across its three central questions: (i) what can GPAI do today, and how might its capabilities change? (ii) what emerging risks does it pose? And (iii) what risk management approaches exist?
The 16-year-old stepbrother of Anna Kepner was arrested and charged last week in connection with the teenager’s death, according to ABC News. The arrest comes three months after Anna died on the Carnival Horizon on November 7, 2025. Her death was ruled a homicide by mechanical asphyxiation. The teenager was previously named as a
