In late December 2025, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders issued a sharply worded warning about the societal risks of artificial intelligence, calling its unregulated expansion a “profound threat to the foundations of democracy, civil society, and economic equality.” Speaking in Vermont before a group of labor organizers and academics, Sanders expressed deep concern about the unchecked…

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has stepped into the arena of national AI policy—not as a proponent of rapid innovation, but as one of its most vociferous skeptics. In politically charged remarks made in late December 2025, DeSantis drew a hard line against what he sees as a growing threat: the unchecked rise of artificial intelligence,…

Virtual influencers are entering a new phase of prominence, rapidly transforming from novelty CGI characters to complex digital personas that rival their human counterparts. Artificial intelligence, generative content platforms, and synthetic media capabilities are converging to give rise to AI-driven influencers—avatars engineered for brand alignment, audience precision, and round-the-clock engagement. As this technology becomes commercially…

Artificial intelligence (AI) investment is undergoing a structural metamorphosis in 2025, buoyed by unparalleled advances across model architectures, enterprise adoption, and semiconductor engineering. As global venture capital recalibrates its strategy post-ZIRP and amid macroeconomic flux, top-tier investors are more selective—yet bullish—on generative AI, full-stack AI products, and tooling infrastructure. Investors no longer simply fund foundational…

As artificial intelligence (AI) increasingly restructures global economic, political, and social frameworks, the parallels with medieval European feudalism are too critical to ignore. What was once a power struggle bound by land ownership and inherited privilege is now reshaped by centralized data monopolies, algorithmic gatekeeping, and digital dependence. The ideological resurgence of AI is not…

In a move that underscores Southeast Asia’s growing adoption of autonomous and AI-driven defense technologies, Vietnam has recently begun deploying advanced humanoid robots for enhanced border security in the northern province of Lao Cai. According to reporting from Earth.com and corroborated by several regional security bulletins, the initiative is being piloted along key segments of…