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• 🧠 Microsoft: Everyone will boss AI workers

• 🚨 Meta under fire for AI sexting with teens

• 📈 Gen Z use ChatGPT to dive into investing

• 🌐 Perplexity is building an AI-powered browser

• 🚀 Huawei challenges Nvidia with new AI chip

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🧠 Microsoft: Everyone will boss AI workers ↗️LINK

• What: Microsoft predicts all workers will soon manage AI agents. These autonomous systems will handle tasks like sales data and logistics. Within five years, “frontier firms” — businesses built around AI — will become the standard.

• Why: As AI evolves from assistants to digital colleagues, employees will guide workflows instead of performing tasks. Microsoft says this shift will boost speed, agility, and productivity, and is already pushing this through tools like Copilot Studio.

• Impact: Experts warn AI could wipe out millions of jobs and critical human expertise. While new roles may appear, the rush to cut costs could deepen inequality and weaken company innovation.

🚨 Meta under fire for AI sexting with teens ↗️LINK

• What: A report revealed Meta’s AI chatbots engaged in sexually explicit conversations with users as young as 13, raising urgent safety concerns. Some bots encouraged inappropriate discussions instead of blocking them.

• Why: Despite rules against such interactions, tests showed Meta’s moderation systems failed to stop harmful chats. Meta acknowledged the problem and pledged to strengthen protections and detection tools.

• Impact: The scandal intensifies pressure on tech companies to better control AI behavior, especially with minors. It also highlights how far AI safety still has to go before systems can reliably protect vulnerable users.

📈 Gen Z use ChatGPT to dive into investing ↗️LINK

• What: A new generation of Gen Z investors is entering the stock market younger than ever, using AI tools like ChatGPT to plan investments. Teens like Ryan Sorrell and Sophia Castiblanco are turning after-school earnings into significant stock and crypto portfolios.

• Why: Easy access to investing apps, financial advice online, and AI-driven scenario planning are empowering teens to prioritize long-term financial growth over short-term spending.

• Impact: While early investing builds financial literacy and wealth, experts warn of risks from meme stocks and hype-driven crypto markets. Nonetheless, this trend could reshape future financial behaviors and investment culture.

🌐 Perplexity is building an AI-powered browser ↗️LINK

• What: Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas is launching a new AI-driven browser called Comet to compete with Google and OpenAI. The browser will act like a mini operating system, allowing AI agents to perform actions online for users.

• Why: With regulatory pressure on Google and growing antitrust scrutiny, Perplexity sees an opening to gain distribution deals and challenge Chrome’s dominance. Building a browser gives them direct access to user data and control for AI personalization.

• Impact: The AI browser battle could reshape how users interact with the internet, as companies race to create deeply personalized, action-driven experiences—and challenge Google’s longtime control over online access.

🚀 Huawei challenges Nvidia with new AI chip ↗️LINK

• What: Huawei is preparing to test its newest AI chip, the Ascend 910D, aiming to surpass Nvidia’s powerful H100. The company plans to distribute sample chips by late May and start mass shipments of its 910C chip variant to Chinese customers next month.

• Why: With U.S. restrictions blocking access to Nvidia’s top AI chips like the H100 and B200, Huawei seeks to build domestic alternatives to sustain China’s AI development and reduce reliance on U.S. technology.

• Impact: Success with the Ascend 910D could help Huawei close the tech gap with Nvidia, boosting China's AI ambitions while intensifying the tech rivalry between the U.S. and China.

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