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Investors fear an AI bubble. What about computer scientists?
AI companies are spending eye-watering amounts of money on infrastructure and training to improve AI. Many investors are getting nervous. Beyond the short term financial markets, tech experts say the AI revolution is real, but the economic impacts may be longer term.
Analysis
The hidden humans powering the AI economy
We usually hear two sides to the AI and employment story: star engineers earning enormous salaries, and job loss for many others. But from gig workers paid poorly to annotate data, to people with advanced degrees training specialized AI, it takes a huge labour force to develop AI.
Analysis
Apple unveils cool gear, but questions remain on its AI strategy
Apple unveiled upgrades and tweaks to its lineup of phones, earbuds and watches, but questions remain about the apparent lack of an ambitious AI strategy.
People are turning to AI for emotional support. Are chatbots up to the job?
People are using chatbots such as ChatGPT and custom-designed companion bots as emotional support or advisors on life decisions. But there is disturbing evidence they may not be able to handle serious emotional issues, and could cause harm.
The next generation of smart glasses is getting a push from AI
Big tech companies are going all-in on AI-enabled glasses. For consumers who've grown increasingly comfortable with using AI every day, they offer a convenient new contact point right before your eyes. But it's unavoidable that some personal data and privacy will be sacrificed. Will everyone want to buy in?
The race to provide AI agents for tedious tasks is on, but should we trust them with our data?
OpenAI recently began rolling out an AI agent that aims to be a virtual personal assistant, completing tasks like booking appointments, hotels or flights. And they’re not alone. But experts caution that this technology comes with security and reliability risks.
How a Northern Irish town descended into 3 days of anti-immigrant violence
Protests in the small Northern Irish town of Ballymena spiralled into acts of anti-immigrant violence this week after two teenagers who spoke Romanian were charged with sexually assaulting a local girl.
This Canadian 'content farm' topped the politics charts on YouTube — before it was taken down
A YouTube channel that was the most viewed Canada-based news and politics account during much of the 2025 election has been removed for violating YouTube's policies on spam, deceptive practices and scams.
ChatGPT now lets users create fake images of politicians. We stress-tested it
ChatGPT now comes bundled with an updated image generator, and OpenAI has removed the ban on images of public figures. We tested the guardrails to see if we could generate fake images that could deceive voters in an election.
CBC Investigates
Fake election news ads are luring people into investment schemes. We got some taken down
Fake ads that purport to show CBC News articles are once more circulating online — with the end goal of convincing Canadians to sign up for sketchy investment schemes. The CBC’s Visual Investigations unit looks into how the ads have changed and what to watch out for.