Editorial: Open and closed AI both matter — the debate needs nuance
Open-weight models bring transparency, competition and access; closed models offer control and safety layers. Why framing it as a binary fight serves no one.
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Articles & Analysis — Page 5
Deep dives, analysis, features and opinion on artificial intelligence.
How AI is used in healthcare today: from scans to clinical notes
Medical imaging, clinical documentation, triage, drug discovery and patient tools: where AI is already used in healthcare, what the evidence shows and the open risks.
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AI in healthcare: the risks, the rules and how hospitals evaluate tools
How regulators approve medical AI, why models fail in new hospitals, and the checklist health organizations use to evaluate AI tools before patients are affected.
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AI in drug discovery: from protein structures to clinical trials
How AlphaFold, generative chemistry and machine learning are changing how drugs are discovered and tested, what has reached clinical trials, and what remains hype.
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How AI is used in banking and finance
Fraud detection, credit decisions, customer service, trading, compliance and wealth management: where banks and fintechs use AI, and the rules that constrain it.
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AI and your money: personal finance tools, and the AI scams to avoid
How to use AI assistants for budgeting and financial learning safely, what they cannot do, and how AI-powered investment and impersonation scams work.
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How AI is changing insurance: underwriting, claims and fraud
Insurers use AI to price risk, process claims faster and detect fraud. The main applications, the fairness concerns, and how regulators are responding.
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Generative AI for insurance teams: practical use cases and guardrails
Where generative AI helps insurance teams today — claims summaries, policy Q&A, correspondence, underwriting research — and the guardrails needed for regulated work.
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How AI is used in law: research, contracts and the hallucination problem
Legal research, contract review, e-discovery and drafting: how lawyers use AI, what happened when fake case citations reached courts, and the ethics rules that apply.
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AI contract review: a practical guide for legal teams
How to review contracts faster and safely with AI: build a clause playbook, choose tools, test accuracy, protect confidentiality and keep lawyers in control.
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How AI is changing marketing and advertising
Generative creative, personalization, ad targeting, SEO in an AI-search world and marketing analytics: the main uses of AI in marketing and the risks for brands.
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Generative engine optimization: how to get cited by AI search and assistants
As people ask AI assistants instead of searching, brands want to be cited in AI answers. What generative engine optimization means and the practices that actually help.
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How AI is used in e-commerce and retail
Recommendations, search, shopping assistants, pricing, inventory forecasting and store operations: how retailers use AI and what it changes for shoppers.
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AI for small online shops: a practical guide
How small e-commerce businesses can use AI for product descriptions, photos, customer service, marketing and forecasting — affordable tools, workflows and pitfalls.
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How AI is changing video games: development, NPCs and players
From AlphaStar to AI-powered characters and generative assets: how AI is used to play, make and personalize games, and why it is controversial with game workers.
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AI NPCs and procedural worlds: how games are becoming generative
How language models power conversational game characters, how procedural generation creates worlds, and the design, cost and safety challenges studios face.
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How AI is changing journalism and news media
Automated stories, transcription, investigations, AI search and licensing deals: how newsrooms use AI and why the business of news is under pressure.
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AI in entertainment: streaming, TV production and the Hollywood debate
How streaming services use AI for recommendations and production, how studios use it in post-production, and what the 2023 Hollywood strikes secured on AI.
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