https://innovatingwithai.com/magazine/ Reporting and analysis on AI in work, business and society from Innovating with AI Magazine. en-us Tue, 02 Jun 2026 21:12:24 +0000 https://innovatingwithai.com/can-an-ai-actually-teach-you-to-be-a-better-human/ https://innovatingwithai.com/can-an-ai-actually-teach-you-to-be-a-better-human/ Tue, 02 Jun 2026 21:12:24 +0000 Michael Kurko Soft skills like empathy and leadership have long been considered uniquely human; too intuitive and personal to be taught by a machine. But developers are building AI systems that aim to do exactly that. https://innovatingwithai.com/is-there-a-new-ai-wealth-gap/ https://innovatingwithai.com/is-there-a-new-ai-wealth-gap/ Tue, 02 Jun 2026 20:55:55 +0000 Toni Matthews-El IWAI contributor Toni Matthews-El digs into the data, sharing her concerns and advice that newcomers to AI should take into consideration. https://innovatingwithai.com/the-rise-of-small-language-models-and-localized-ai/ https://innovatingwithai.com/the-rise-of-small-language-models-and-localized-ai/ Tue, 02 Jun 2026 20:35:09 +0000 Toni Matthews-El From flip phones to film cameras, more people are stepping away from the always-online world. Small, local AI models may offer a way to keep the benefits of automation and assistance without going fully back to the cloud. https://innovatingwithai.com/cloudflare-blocking-ai-crawlers/ https://innovatingwithai.com/cloudflare-blocking-ai-crawlers/ Mon, 09 Mar 2026 17:51:28 +0000 Tim Keary With AI overviews slashing click-through rates by 58%, publishers face a stark choice: block the crawlers and go invisible, or open up and compete for a new kind of visitor. https://innovatingwithai.com/when-your-ai-chatbot-invents-a-policy-who-pays-the-price/ https://innovatingwithai.com/when-your-ai-chatbot-invents-a-policy-who-pays-the-price/ Wed, 04 Feb 2026 21:30:30 +0000 Amy Smith Small businesses see the promise of automation and insights. They also see the fine print – and for many, it’s reason enough to wait. https://innovatingwithai.com/sell-schools-the-ai-detector-sell-students-the-workaround-inside-a-troubling-double-game/ https://innovatingwithai.com/sell-schools-the-ai-detector-sell-students-the-workaround-inside-a-troubling-double-game/ Mon, 02 Feb 2026 15:14:08 +0000 Toni Matthews-El As students face expulsion and workers lose jobs, critics say flawed detection tools are ruining lives – while their makers profit from both sides. https://innovatingwithai.com/your-ai-friend-will-never-reject-you/ https://innovatingwithai.com/your-ai-friend-will-never-reject-you/ Wed, 17 Dec 2025 15:54:25 +0000 Toni Matthews-El Millions are finding comfort in chatbots that listen without judgment – and some experts see real promise. Others point to tragic gaps in a technology racing ahead of its guardrails. https://innovatingwithai.com/the-15-trillion-crisis-how-ai-is-amplifying-cybercrime/ https://innovatingwithai.com/the-15-trillion-crisis-how-ai-is-amplifying-cybercrime/ Thu, 13 Nov 2025 16:46:23 +0000 Amy Smith Cybercrime costs are soaring as artificial intelligence transforms phishing emails from obvious fakes into personalized traps even tech-savvy users can’t spot https://innovatingwithai.com/former-mastercard-vp-companies-are-getting-ai-wrong-by-ignoring-this-one-thing/ https://innovatingwithai.com/former-mastercard-vp-companies-are-getting-ai-wrong-by-ignoring-this-one-thing/ Thu, 13 Nov 2025 16:28:14 +0000 Toni Matthews-El Customer experience may be the key to building trust in AI. https://innovatingwithai.com/how-much-energy-does-ai-actually-consume/ https://innovatingwithai.com/how-much-energy-does-ai-actually-consume/ Thu, 02 Oct 2025 19:34:29 +0000 Tim Keary A look at the energy usage of AI, and why vendors should disclose it https://innovatingwithai.com/artists-view-of-ai-generated-pieces/ https://innovatingwithai.com/artists-view-of-ai-generated-pieces/ Tue, 23 Sep 2025 15:04:20 +0000 Zephin Livingston For many artists, much of the joy of creating art comes from the process of creation itself; from actually making the art from scratch with their hands and minds. https://innovatingwithai.com/is-the-ai-boom-leaving-women-professionals-behind/ https://innovatingwithai.com/is-the-ai-boom-leaving-women-professionals-behind/ Fri, 12 Sep 2025 19:26:17 +0000 Toni Matthews-El A disconcerting aspect of the conversation around the AI boom gender gap is that it seems to ignore how many capable women are already navigating the space, using their knowledge to not only advance the technology, but to do so in an ethical and responsible way. https://innovatingwithai.com/is-ai-changing-everything-or-doing-nothing/ https://innovatingwithai.com/is-ai-changing-everything-or-doing-nothing/ Tue, 09 Sep 2025 16:17:33 +0000 Rob Howard The two parallel universes of AI adoption. https://innovatingwithai.com/real-estate-agents-see-positive-impact-from-ai-tools/ https://innovatingwithai.com/real-estate-agents-see-positive-impact-from-ai-tools/ Thu, 04 Sep 2025 19:12:58 +0000 Anna Baluch Time is money. AI can give real estate professionals more hours back in their day, allowing them to focus on what robots simply can’t replace: strengthening client relationships and growing their business. https://innovatingwithai.com/the-case-for-ai-in-school/ https://innovatingwithai.com/the-case-for-ai-in-school/ Fri, 29 Aug 2025 18:38:24 +0000 Jay Egger 70% of students are using ChatGPT for school—and that’s not a bad thing. https://innovatingwithai.com/coding-without-code/ https://innovatingwithai.com/coding-without-code/ Wed, 20 Aug 2025 20:34:49 +0000 Michael Kurko Krista Fabregas never saw herself as a coder. But when she built an AI-powered content automation pipeline to publish an article that outranked Forbes, she knew she was onto something. “That article was fully AI-generated from the start,” she admitted. I just entered a keyword and sent it to my automation tool.” A longtime content […] https://innovatingwithai.com/exploring-duolingos-ai-first-controversy/ https://innovatingwithai.com/exploring-duolingos-ai-first-controversy/ Wed, 20 Aug 2025 20:34:34 +0000 Toni Matthews-El Though Duolingo insisted it will remain a company that “cares very deeply about its employees,” minds were already made up after reading the phrase “AI-first,” and with it came an unspoken association: “Human-last.” https://innovatingwithai.com/does-ai-cause-discrimination-at-grocery-stores/ https://innovatingwithai.com/does-ai-cause-discrimination-at-grocery-stores/ Mon, 07 Jul 2025 19:12:21 +0000 Amy Smith AI is increasingly being utilized to predict various aspects of grocery supply chains. Data on climate, access to water, and consumer shopping habits all combine to inform farmers how to determine planting cash crops versus nutrition crops. https://innovatingwithai.com/is-ai-search-replacing-traditional-search/ https://innovatingwithai.com/is-ai-search-replacing-traditional-search/ Tue, 01 Jul 2025 14:31:24 +0000 Tim Keary More than a trend – new data suggests AI search is a more efficient way to answer questions. https://innovatingwithai.com/openai-declares-war-on-apple/ https://innovatingwithai.com/openai-declares-war-on-apple/ Fri, 23 May 2025 15:41:55 +0000 Rob Howard Are AI-first devices the future? https://innovatingwithai.com/openais-mystery-business-model/ https://innovatingwithai.com/openais-mystery-business-model/ Fri, 02 May 2025 18:16:51 +0000 Rob Howard Three theories for how one of the world’s most valuable companies will actually turn a profit. https://innovatingwithai.com/the-ai-chip-war-burns-nvidia-again/ https://innovatingwithai.com/the-ai-chip-war-burns-nvidia-again/ Thu, 17 Apr 2025 02:36:55 +0000 Rob Howard Geopolitics is a thorn in the side of AI advancement. https://innovatingwithai.com/deepseek-panic/ https://innovatingwithai.com/deepseek-panic/ Fri, 21 Feb 2025 02:41:06 +0000 Rob Howard One month later, has anything changed? https://innovatingwithai.com/predictions-for-2025/ https://innovatingwithai.com/predictions-for-2025/ Tue, 07 Jan 2025 03:05:22 +0000 Rob Howard Coders are cooked. https://innovatingwithai.com/is-private-ai-data-even-possible/ https://innovatingwithai.com/is-private-ai-data-even-possible/ Wed, 28 Feb 2024 03:09:00 +0000 Rob Howard The challenge of protecting yourself and your clients as AI rapidly expands.