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It wasn’t one dramatic moment that made me stop and take note of a move toward agentic artificial intelligence (AI). My attention was drawn more and more through increasing questions from clients. For years, they’d been asking questions like, “Can this model summarize a contract? Can it classify these tickets? Can it draft an email?”
Well before the current US-Israel-Iran conflict began on Feb. 28, 2026, and the Memorandum of Understanding was signed on June 17, Iran was experiencing an acute water crisis caused by long-term precipitation decline, drought, and groundwater depletion (aspects also affecting others in the region). In November 2025, Silva Boltuc, a well-regarded international affairs specialist, put
Today’s ESG Updates Microsoft Matches 100% of Its Electricity Use with Renewables: The announcement is a major step toward its 2030 carbon‑negative goal and broader clean-energy market transformation. Utility Global Raises $100 Million to Decarbonise Hard-to-Abate Sectors With Hydrogen: Utility Global has raised $100 million in Series D funding to scale its electricity-free H2Gen technology
The world of drug discovery, long characterised by years of painstaking trial-and-error, is undergoing a seismic transformation. Recent research led by Alex Zhavoronkov, founder and CEO of Insilico Medicine, a Hong Kong-based biotech company, has resulted in a breakthrough: the first drug fully generated by artificial intelligence has entered Phase IIa clinical trials. The drug, Rentosertib
Electric vehicles (EVs) are not a new concept; their existence goes as far back as the 19th century. But modern interest in EVs grew in the 1990s and 2000s, pushed by the need to reduce fossil fuel usage. Traditional petroleum-based fuels were becoming more expensive, and the tremendous environmental damage caused by emissions needed to
Moody’s, the last of the three major credit agencies to still believe in America, finally threw up its hands as if to say, Nope, not even we can spin this. It, too, has recently downgraded the U.S. government’s credit rating, from its top-tier triple-A status to double A1. “Successive U.S. administrations and Congress have failed to
A look at recent efforts by fashion giants Chloé, Stella McCartney, Patagonia, LVMH, and MUJI to position themselves as sustainable fashion brands Sustainability in fashion has evolved from a trend into a movement. A wave of companies — from venture capital firms to luxury houses and minimalist retailers — are shaping a future for fashion
This summer, best-selling journalist Steven Brill, who is also the co-founder of NewsGuard, a company that tracks online misinformation which gave him a front-row view on the rise of fake news, wrote a profound and startling analysis of the phenomenon with the stark title of “The Death of Truth,” clarifying in the subtitle that this
Renewable energy sources are climate crisis heroes. Solar power is one such source of energy. In just one second, the Sun produces enough energy to power the Earth for over two hours — essential work in the global boiling era. With renewable energy on track to account for 95% of the expansion in global power
Returning to an old argument about the impacts of gun ownership following the mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine. With each mass shooting, the United States goes through a period of mourning and a kabuki dance, at least at the Federal level. Advocates for what we have as national non-gun regulation often point to Switzerland to
Imagine it now, you wake up in your mushroom house and do some pilates on your mushroom mat with a mushroom protein shake. You then grab your mushroom shoes, bag, and wallet so that you can walk to the cafe made of mushrooms down the road to buy your morning mushroom latte. Sounds like someone’s
In a grainy video, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appears to tell his people to lay down their arms and surrender to Russia. The video — quickly debunked by Zelenskyy — was a deep fake, a digital imitation generated by artificial intelligence (AI) to mimic his voice and facial expressions. A deepfake of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky