It might seem like the stuff of science fiction, but we're now living in a world where it's quite possible to lose control over your own narrative due to artificial intelligence.
That's what's being alleged by a Yale Law School scholar who says she was wrongly suspended over a series of stories posted about her on an "AI-empowered" website.
The details of that particular controversy are being investigated, but it doesn't require an investigation to know that we're likely to see these problems pop up with increasing frequency as AI tools move faster than we can regulate. As a result, in the near future you can expect things to get more turbulent in the context of AI.
Cody Combs
Future Editor
The Big Story
Our most important commodity
In brief | While he took the stage at Nvidia's GTC 2025, one of the most important AI conferences of recent years, chief executive Jensen Huang wasted no time in telling the packed crowd that AI is about to enter a new phase, Agentic AI, which in turn will lead to the era of Physical AI.
We're moving on from Generative AI, where it's basically a question-and-answer relationship we have with technology, to a place where AI can think and act on our behalf. Soon, he said, AI will be used in robots to help with spatial awareness and interactions with humans.
Most reasonable minds would agree that the idea is quite amazing, but it will also require an unprecedented amount of computing power, and therefore electricity from the power grid.
Why it matters | Will the world's power grid be ready to help fulfil these lofty AI dreams, and at the same time, will we be able to prevent a chasm from opening between energy needs and energy wants? Certainly, there are efforts under way in the UAE to provide for the burgeoning energy needs presented by AI.
Those efforts are expected to help position the UAE for the new economy fuelled by AI and data centres, but will other countries and entities take note? The statistics are crystal clear. The need for data centres is growing fast. It would be foolish not to plan accordingly.
Quoted | "Energy is our most important commodity ... Everything is related ultimately to energy"
– Jensen Huang, Nvidia founder and chief executive
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Predicting the future: Signal or noise?
China's BYD just supercharged its ambitions amid the crowded electric vehicle sector, jolting the global EV market with a new charger it says can provide more than just power.
This is a signal: On paper, choosing to purchase an electric vehicle seems obvious, but on closer inspection problems around "range anxiety" and concerns about the length of time it takes to charge batteries always seem to blunt EV enthusiasm. Anything that speeds up the charging process is a big win for consumers, and if you're a car maker, it's an obvious aim to try to stay one step ahead with battery and charging innovation.
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