Six major global banks have issued a warning about the emerging market for agentic commerce. Their concern is straightforward: Consumers are being asked to give artificial intelligence increasing authority over purchasing decisions, payment methods and sensitive financial information before the industry has established consistent protections around that authority. The report,...
AI Needs Accident Investigators. It Also Needs a Black Box and a Control Layer.
The aviation industry learned a fundamental lesson about safety decades ago: When a complex system fails, understanding what happened is essential to preventing it from happening again. Aircraft are designed with operational controls, flight recorders and established procedures for investigating accidents. Each plays a different role in making the overall...
AI Drift Is Real. The Answer Should Be More Human Control.
A new campaign from the Center for Humane Technology is putting the phrase “AI drift” in New York City subway stations. Mashable describes the concept as the gradual erosion of human abilities as AI takes on more of our thinking, communicating, creating and decision-making. The campaign asks provocative questions: Are...