Lucas Mearian
Senior Reporter
Senior Reporter Lucas Mearian covers Windows, Future of Work issues, mobile, AI in the enterprise, and healthcare IT.
The fax is still king in healthcare — and it’s not going away anytime soon
Fax machines and servers may be old tech, but they're trusted. And, until someone comes up with a more secure and prolific method for transmitting patient information and prescription requests, the aging systems aren't going anywhere. ...
Senate hearings see a clear and present danger from AI — and opportunities
Two Senate committees met separately Tuesday with industry experts, including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, on how to control artificial intelligence as it barrels down the development highway, threatening privacy and rights as it goes.
Survey: Most workers would welcome digital monitoring to boost productivity
Knowledge workers in the US, UK, India, and China are often overwhelmed by the number of applications they use, according to research firm Gartner, and would are okay being monitored if it helps them do their jobs better.
Google unveils AI updates for Workspace collaboration suite
The company announced a variety of AI-based upgrades to Workspace, its suite of collaboration tools and applications for business users.
After the remote-work rush, vacant offices and empty downtowns
With hybrid and remote work now the norm, employers are not renewing leases and choosing carefully the buildings they do want for their workers. Office space now must compete with every other location where work can be done.
How many jobs are available in technology in the US?
There are far more tech job openings than people to fill them.
White House unveils AI rules to address safety and privacy
President Biden's rules are not legally binding, but they do offer guidance and begin a conversation at the national level about real and existential threats posed by generative AI technologies such as ChatGPT.
Q&A: Google’s Geoffrey Hinton — humanity just a 'passing phase' in the evolution of intelligence
The Google engineering fellow who recently resigned was key to the development of generative AI and chatbots; he now believes he underestimated the existential threat they pose, and once AI can create its own goals, humans won't be...
AI deep fakes, mistakes, and biases may be unavoidable, but controllable
AI experts at MIT this week admitted there's nothing on the horizon that indicates generative AI technology such as ChatGPT will ever be free of mistakes and could well be used for malicious purposes. But there are ways to curb the...
Q&A: At MIT event, Tom Siebel sees ‘terrifying’ consequences from using AI
At MIT Technology Review's EmTech Digital conference, Tom Siebel, the CEO of C3 AI and founder of CRM vendor Siebel Systems, said he's been asked by government and military officials to create AI for what he sees as unethical...
As Europeans strike first to rein in AI, the US follows
The European Union is putting the finishing touches on legislation that would hold accountable companies that create generative AI platforms, like ChatGPT, that often take the content they generate from unnamed sources.