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Trump’s push for deregulation could result in Wall Street and other major financial institutions gaining significant power over AI tools with little to no oversight. People work at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, March 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

The move toward AI deregulation could put financial markets at risk

Eliminating AI safeguards can increase uncertainty for financial institutions and, in a worst-case scenario, increase the risk of systemic collapse.
The Mark I Perceptron used one of the first artificial neural networks to identify letters of the alphabet. National Museum of the U.S. Navy / Wikimedia

How psychologists kick‑started AI by studying the human mind

The psychological study of the mind was crucial to the creation of AI – and will remain an essential part of the technology’s future.
Frank Rosenblatt with the Mark I Perceptron, the first artificial neural network computer, unveiled in 1958. National Museum of the U.S. Navy/Flickr

We’ve been here before: AI promised humanlike machines – in 1958

Enthusiasm for the capabilities of artificial intelligence – and claims for the approach of humanlike prowess –has followed a boom-and-bust cycle since the middle of the 20th century.

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