Microsoft counted again. This time Filipinos led the world.
Microsoft found one in four Filipino AI users already at the most advanced level, an AI manager fired its first human worker in San Francisco, and Google made its visible AI watermark optional.
1 in 4 Filipino AI users lead the world
Microsoft surveyed 20,000 workers in more than 20 countries and found 25 percent of Filipino AI users are already at the most advanced level of use, against 16 percent worldwide.
An AI boss fired its first human
A version of Claude, Anthropic's AI, has run a real San Francisco shop with staff on real contracts since March, and last month it fired an employee for being late on 17 of 23 shifts.
Google lets you erase its AI mark
Google said Friday that users of Gemini, its AI app, can switch off the visible watermark it stamps on AI images, video and songs, though a hidden mark called SynthID stays inside the file.
Driverless trucks hit California roads
California's motor vehicle agency gave Aurora and Kodiak permits to test self-driving trucks on public roads, and Kodiak has already put its first ones out around Mountain View, with a human still in the seat.
3 in 10 Asean hacks now use AI
IBM's 2026 breach report found nearly three in ten Southeast Asian organizations broken into last year were hit with AI-made attacks, and the average break-in cost them 4.12 million dollars.