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Hello, friends, and welcome to another busy week's AI & Finance newsletter, where we're discussing the good and bad of AI. To get us started on that note, we'd like mention a Pew Research Center survey published on March 12, which found that about 50% of Americans are more concerned than excited about the future of AI, with more than half of overall respondents stating that they believe that AI will worsen people's ability to think creatively and form relationships. They may be right, according to research published in the Harvard business review, which found that although AI users are discovering productivity gains, they're also finding that repeated use of multiple AI tools is leading to "brain fry," a type of burnout that overwhelms knowledge workers and eventually crimps their productivity. Adding to matters, separate research published in Computers in Human Behavior found that advisors in all stripes-particularly financial advisors-feel less motivated to work with clients who are consulting AI for second opinions. It's not all fun and games on the AI front-but there's plenty of good news to report, too, as you'll see... CHECK IT ALL OUT BELOW!
Welcome to another AI & Finance, where we're doing away with our refusal to discuss pop culture AI references to contrast how different today's AI disruption appears from common visions of how technology will change humanity. The Matrix movies have not aged particularly well as far as plot, special effects and predictions about the future are concerned, but like many dystopian dramas involving artificial intelligence, they're full of cool ideas and offer a fun ride to those willing to suspend disbelief. It's funny, however, how different the AI-driven future looks from the vision set out in the Matrix and its prequel and sequel... CONTINUE HERE
The small fish often swim in the big fish's wake. So it is with technology, an area where small businesses, in particular, are often flailing for guidance on what to do and how to do it, but when it comes to quickly evolving and emerging areas of technology like AI, the leaders of large enterprises may be just as bewildered as the leaders of their smaller counterparts. So, even the biggest business fish often look up to the whale shark of employers in the U.S.: The federal government. The government establishes standards not just through direct regulation-think of FDA inspectors looking for... CONTINUE HERE
The venture capital activity cooled off a bit this week, with four fundraising announcements coming solidly in above the $100 million threshold. The biggest announcement, per FinSMEs, came from Paris, France-based Advanced Machine Intelligence (AMI), which raised $1.03 billion in seed funding at a $3.5 billion valuation. AMI, an AI researcher, will "advance AI research and develop applications where reliability, controllability, and safety really matter, especially for industrial process control, automation, wearable devices, robotics, healthcare, and beyond," according to the announcement. Our second-place announcement was from Palo Alto, Calif.-based industrial robotics provider Mind Robotics, which raised a $500 million Series A to "expand... CONTINUE HERE
The week of March 13-19, 2026 highlighted a deepening shift from AI experimentation to full-scale deployment across enterprise, government, and financial systems. Major technology firms pushed forward with new model capabilities and infrastructure expansion, while financial institutions accelerated adoption in payments, compliance, and advisory workflows. At the same time, regulators and policymakers sharpened their focus on governance, and markets continued to react to AI's disruptive implications for labor, productivity, and competitive advantage. The following ten stories capture the most important developments shaping the AI landscape over the past seven days. Major technology companies including Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and Meta expanded commitments to ... CONTINUE HERE
In this week's podcast, Al & Ivy dig into the unfolding scandal at the Bureau of Labor Statistics-breaking down the agency's long pattern of data errors, political fallout, and why America's most trusted jobs numbers may no longer deserve that trust. The content was generated through NotebookLM from this source: "BLS Has Lengthy History of Inaccuracies, Incompetence" published on the official White House website. The provided text, originating from The White House, critically examines the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), specifically under the leadership of former Commissioner Erika McEntarfer. The source asserts that public trust in the BLS has been significantly undermined... CONTINUE HERE
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