What happens when AI policy meets implementation — and when what companies say about safety, governance, and responsibility meets what they actually do. Analysis from an award-winning journalist and product strategist who has worked across media, government, and technology.
Amazon Just Shipped an AI Recruiter Into an Active Lawsuit
Amazon Connect Talent ships agentic AI hiring into the Workday lawsuit era. The “recruiter approves” defense has not survived the dismissal stage.
AI Comms Isn’t Built to Hear the Audience That’s Moving the Market
AI job descriptions across vertical startups still focus on press and executive visibility, not systematic user listening. That gap now has a visible cost.
Amazon Just Settled a Pollution Case AI Reports Can’t Measure
Amazon settled Oregon groundwater pollution claims for $20.5M. The AI governance question is what sustainability reports can’t measure.
Allbirds Pivot Shows What PBC Status Locks In
Anthropic, OpenAI, and xAI lean on PBC status as a trust signal. The Allbirds pivot shows how a simple majority vote can strip it in one motion.
OpenAI’s Sora Launched With a Copyright Bet. It Backfired.
Sora's opt-out copyright policy shaped Disney's restrictive deal terms and narrowed OpenAI's position before the product's shutdown.