UNESCO / UCL. “AI Large Language Models: New Report Shows Small Changes Can Reduce Energy Use by 90%.” UNESCO, 8 July 2025, https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/ai-large-language-models-new-report-shows-small-changes-can-reduce-energy-use-90 This report highlights strategies to make large language models more energy-efficient without sacrificing performance, showing how small changes…

Stewart, Josie, Brooke Tanner, and Nicol Turner Lee. “As Energy Demands for AI Increase, So Should Company Transparency.” Brookings Institution, 14 July 2025, https://www.brookings.edu/articles/as-energy-demands-for-ai-increase-so-should-company-transparency/. This article discusses how the rising energy consumption of AI, particularly in large-scale data centers, poses environmental and…

Metz, Cade. “Jeff Bezos Creates A.I. Start-Up Where He Will Be Co-Chief Executive.” New York Times, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2025, www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/technology/bezos-project-prometheus.html. In this article, Cade Metz details Jeff Bezos’ plan for an AI start-up called Project Prometheus. It…

McBain, Sophie. “Are We Living in a Golden Age of Stupidity?” The Guardian, 18 Oct. 2025. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/oct/18/are-we-living-in-a-golden-age-of-stupidity-technology Sophie McBain argues that modern technology, especially social media and generative AI, may be weakening our ability to think deeply and independently. She…

Tobin, Meaghan, and Metz, Cade. “Anthropic Says Chinese Hackers Used Its A.I. in Online Attack.” The New York Times, 14 Nov. 2025, https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/business/chinese-hackers-artificial-intelligence.html In this article, the authors report that the AI company Anthropic revealed its system was exploited by…

Brown, Sara. “Machine Learning and Generative AI: What are they good for in 2025?” MIT Sloan Ideas Made to Matter, 2 June 2025, https://mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-to-matter/machine-learning-and-generative-ai-what-are-they-good-for In this article, Sara Brown breaks down what machine learning and generative AI actually do and…

M. Kalinski et al., “Addressing Character Consistency Challenges in AI Filmmaking,” 2025 International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC), Honolulu, HI, USA, 2025, pp. 642-648, doi: 10.1109/ICNC64010.2025.10993630. https://ieeexplore-ieee-org.ezproxy.emich.edu/document/10993630 When watching longer form AI generated video content, viewers may notice that the…

Yang, Andrew. @officialandrewyang. “I wish the data was different. #ai”. TikTok, https://www.tiktok.com/@officialandrewyang/video/7567157197084429599?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7569312212142999071 Former 2020 presidential candidate and attorney Andrew Yang turned to TikTok in late October to remind everyone that media criticized him for warning that AI might negatively effect…

Grose, Jessica. “Dehumanizing and Dystopian: How Gen Z-Ers See Work.” New York Times, New York Times, 5 Nov. 2025, www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/opinion/gen-z-work.html. In this article, Grose discusses how the onslaught of AI has left many members of the younger generation feeling hopeless…

Myers, Steven Lee, and Stuart A. Thompson. “Right-Wing Chatbots Turbocharge America’s Political and Cultural Wars.” New York Times, New York Times, 4 Nov. 2025, www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/business/right-wing-chatbots-gab-arya-chatgpt-gemini.html. In this article, the authors discuss how chatbots such as Enoch and Arya are being…