NY Times Writers Embracing AI: “Using AI for research and investigations is ‘by far the biggest use of our resources and I think the biggest opportunity right now when it comes to AI in media,’ [Zach] Seward NY Times editorial director of A.I. initiatives] said. His team mostly works by helping a reporter use AI technology for one project, and then creating a repeatable process from that experience for others in the newsroom to use.” -Joshua Benton, NiemanLab, 23 Sep. 2025.
Using Copyrighted Material Is Fair Use: “Two recent rulings in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California – Bartz v. Anthropic and Kadrey v. Meta – mark the first time courts have held that using copyrighted material to train generative AI models qualifies as fair use; the court also, for the first time, characterized this practice as a “highly transformative” – a key factor in fair use analysis – because it gives the material a new and different purpose, strengthening the legal case for fair use . Although both decisions reached the same result, their fair use reasoning differed.” -Angela Luna, American Action Forum, 23 Sep. 2025.
Yale Artificial Intelligence Policy: “As students join Yale’s extracurricular scene, they are met with numerous organizations focused on artificial intelligence — such as the Yale Artificial Intelligence Association, the Yale Artificial Intelligence Alignment and the Yale Artificial Intelligence Policy Initiative…. ‘Our priority is to bring a very informed perspective on AI and its trajectory. I think what we offer for people who join our club and attend our meetings is that they can walk away knowing how AI works, how we might expect it to grow, how we might control it, and we answer these questions in some technical depth and in a general sense as well,’ Yejun Yun ’28, co-founder of the Yale Artificial Intelligence Alignment, said.” -Melissa Adamantidi, Yale Daily News, 23 Sep. 2025.
Technology Must Empower Individuals: “Transformation is fundamentally about people. Before technology can drive change, it must be tailored to empower individuals, enhance their efficacy, and unlock their creative potential. My experience across diverse sectors has shown me that successful transformation begins with understanding the unique needs of people—whether employees, customers, or stakeholders—and designing solutions that resonate with them. Technology, when customised effectively, becomes a powerful enabler. It can personalise experiences, streamline processes, and amplify human creativity.” –Lyon Poh, Partner and the Head of Corporate Transformation at KPMG in Singapore, The Asian Business Review, 23 Sep. 2025.
Microsoft’s Fairwater: “Microsoft has unveiled Fairwater, its largest and most advanced AI data center to date, located in Wisconsin. Fairwater is the first of several identical datacenters under development across the U.S., as well as new projects in Norway and the UK. These sites represent tens of billions of dollars in investment and hundreds of thousands of GPUs. Microsoft says the aim is to link them together into a single, global Azure AI data center, effectively creating a distributed AI supercomputer.” -Adam Hales, Windows Central, 23 Sep. 2025.
90% of Technology Professionals Use AI: “The overwhelming majority of tech industry workers use artificial intelligence on the job for tasks like writing and modifying code, a new Google study has found. The report, coming from Google’s DORA research division and based on 5,000 responses from technology professionals around the world, found that 90% of respondents are using AI in their job, up 14% from last year…. The adoption of AI tools comes at a challenging time for entry-level tech workers. The unemployment rate for recent computer science and computer engineering graduates is now higher than that for fields like art history and English.” -Lisa Eadicicco, CNN, 23 Sep. 2025..
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