#2025
47 bookmarks tagged with "2025"
across 4 categories: AI & Public Opinion, AI & Copyright, Information Security, Legal Tech - Valuations
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The Case That A.I. Is Thinking
newyorker.com • Nov 3, 2025 • AI & Public Opinion
A longform examination of whether contemporary large-language models exhibit something like ‘thinking,’ weaving cognitive science with recent AI capabilities.
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A Hopeful Sign of Investor Sanity in the AI Boom
wsj.com • Nov 1, 2025 • AI & Public Opinion
Markets increasingly reward tangible AI revenue and discipline hype; contrasts in how investors react to near‑term vs. distant AI promises.
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AI Is Co-Writing Financial Reports. Here’s Why That Matters
wsj.com • Oct 31, 2025 • AI & Public Opinion
Companies increasingly draft MD&A and disclosures with generative AI; efficiency upside meets new trust, compliance, and disclosure considerations.
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Big Tech Is Spending More Than Ever on AI and It’s Still Not Enough
wsj.com • Oct 31, 2025 • AI & Public Opinion
WSJ reports record AI capex across Big Tech (~$400B trajectory) amid ongoing compute constraints and uneven investor reactions.
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AI at Work 2025: Momentum Builds, but Gaps Remain
bcg.com • Oct 17, 2025 • AI & Public Opinion
BCG survey of 10,600+ workers across 11 countries finds 72% using AI regularly. Geographic divide: India leads at 92%, followed by Middle East (87%), Spain (78%), while US (64%) and Japan (51%) lag. Only 36% feel well-prepared to use AI. 54% would use unauthorized AI tools. Just 13% of organizations deployed AI agents integrated into workflows. High usage correlates with job loss fears: 63% Middle East, 48% India vs 33% US.
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2025 Edelman Trust Barometer - The AI Trust Imperative: Insights for the Technology Sector
edelman.com • Oct 17, 2025 • AI & Public Opinion
Edelman global survey finds world split on AI: 49% trust it globally, but only 32% in US (vs 72% in China). US trust in tech companies declined from 73% (decade ago) to 63%. 59% fear job displacement, 63% worry about information warfare. Women, older individuals, lower-income populations less likely to trust AI. Nearly 1 in 2 skeptical of business AI use. Emphasizes need for AI deployed to enhance lives, protect security, create shared value.
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Eurobarometer Special 554: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work
europa.eu • Oct 17, 2025 • AI & Public Opinion
European Commission survey examining EU attitudes toward AI in workplace. Finds 62% view AI positively (32% negative). 66% believe AI benefits their work, 73% agree it increases productivity. Documents 66% fear job losses (down from 72% five years prior). 84% demand careful AI management for privacy/transparency. 82% back privacy protections, 77% want worker involvement in AI design. Country variations: Malta most positive (85%), Romania most skeptical (32%).
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Trust, Attitudes and Use of Artificial Intelligence: A Global Study 2025
kpmg.com • Oct 17, 2025 • AI & Public Opinion
KPMG global study of 48,000+ people across 47 countries examining trust, attitudes, and AI usage patterns. Documents trust deficits across regions, varying adoption rates by sector and demography, and concerns about bias, privacy, and job displacement. Largest multinational AI opinion survey to date.
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The State of AI: How Organizations Are Rewiring to Capture Value
mckinsey.com • Oct 17, 2025 • AI & Public Opinion
McKinsey survey of 1,491 participants across 101 nations examining AI adoption and organizational transformation. Finds 78% of organizations using AI in at least one function (up from 55% year earlier), 71% using GenAI regularly (up from 65%). Documents that 21% have redesigned workflows despite it being highest-ranking success factor. Nearly 30% report CEO direct responsibility for GenAI governance (double prior year). 47% experienced negative GenAI consequences.
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The 2025 Annual Work Trend Index: The Frontier Firm is Born
microsoft.com • Oct 17, 2025 • AI & Public Opinion
Microsoft survey of 31,000 knowledge workers across 31 markets examines AI transformation of work. Identifies 'Frontier Firms' rebuilding around AI with hybrid human-agent teams. Documents Capacity Gap: 53% of leaders demand increased productivity while 80% of workers lack time/energy. 82% of leaders plan to use digital labor to expand workforce in next 12-18 months. 82% say 2025 pivotal year to rethink strategy and operations.
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US Workers Are More Worried Than Hopeful About Future AI Use in the Workplace
pewresearch.org • Oct 17, 2025 • AI & Public Opinion
Pew Research survey of 5,273 US workers finds 52% worried about AI use in workplaces vs 27% excited. Workers who've used AI tools report positive outcomes (59% saved time, 46% improved work quality). Education and income gaps emerge: higher earners 3x more likely to use AI. Concerns focus on job loss and declining importance of human skills.
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How Americans View AI and Its Impact on People and Society
pewresearch.org • Oct 17, 2025 • AI & Public Opinion
Pew survey of 5,023 US adults finds 50% more concerned than excited about AI (up from 37% in 2021). 57% rate societal risks as high vs 25% seeing high benefits. 53% say AI will worsen creative thinking, 50% say it will worsen meaningful relationships. 73% willing to let AI assist with daily activities but 60% want more control. Majorities reject AI role in faith/matchmaking but support it for data-heavy tasks.
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Views of AI Around the World
pewresearch.org • Oct 17, 2025 • AI & Public Opinion
Pew survey of 28,333 adults across 25 countries finds median 34% more concerned than excited about AI, 42% equally concerned and excited, 16% more excited. US, Italy, Australia, Brazil, Greece show ~50% mainly concerned; South Korea only 16% concerned. Trust in AI regulation: EU 53%, US 37%, China 27%. Median 34% heard a lot about AI, 47% a little, 14% nothing.
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PwC 2025 Global AI Jobs Barometer
pwc.com • Oct 17, 2025 • AI & Public Opinion
PwC analysis of nearly one billion job ads across six continents examining AI's impact on employment. Finds jobs growing 38% in AI-exposed occupations vs 65% in less-exposed roles. Documents 56% wage premium for AI skills (up from 25% last year). Shows degree requirements declining 7pp in AI-augmented jobs. Reveals skills evolution 66% faster in AI-exposed industries.
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PwC's AI Agent Survey: The Enterprise Adoption of Agentic AI
pwc.com • Oct 17, 2025 • AI & Public Opinion
PwC survey of 308 US executives finds 88% plan to increase AI budgets due to agentic AI, 79% already adopting AI agents. Among adopters: 66% report increased productivity, 57% cost savings, 54% improved customer experience. 73% believe AI agent usage will provide significant competitive advantage. Top barriers: cybersecurity (34%), lack of trust (28%). 46% concerned about falling behind competitors.
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Generative AI and News Report 2025: How People Think About AI's Role in Journalism and Society
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk • Oct 17, 2025 • AI & Public Opinion
Reuters Institute/Copenhagen survey across 6 countries finds AI usage surged from 40% to 61%, weekly usage doubled from 18% to 34%. ChatGPT leads at 22% weekly usage. Information-seeking now primary use (24% weekly), surpassing media creation. Only 12% comfortable with fully AI-generated news vs 62% for human-made. 61% of Americans saw AI search answers last week, but only 33% click through to sources.
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Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2025 - AI Section
stackoverflow.co • Oct 17, 2025 • AI & Public Opinion
Survey of developers finds 84% using or planning to use AI tools (up from 76% in 2024), with 51% using AI daily. Trust declining: 46% don't trust AI accuracy (up from 31% last year). Positive sentiment dropped from 70%+ to 60%. Top frustrations: 66% cite 'AI solutions almost right but not quite', 45% find debugging AI code time-consuming. 76% resist AI for deployment/monitoring, 69% for project planning. 75% say they'd still ask humans when don't trust AI.
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The AI Index Report 2025 - Chapter 8: Public Opinion
hai.stanford.edu • Oct 17, 2025 • AI & Public Opinion
Stanford HAI's annual comprehensive analysis of global AI public opinion trends. Tracks sentiment across countries, demographics, and time. Documents increasing concerns about AI's societal impact, trust deficits in tech companies, and growing support for regulation. Provides essential benchmarking data for understanding public attitudes toward AI.
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German Federal Court of Justice (BGH) Decision 2025
juris.bundesgerichtshof.de • Aug 9, 2025 • AI & Copyright
German Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof) decision document addressing intellectual property and copyright matters in digital contexts.
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42-b3yond-6ug - AIxCC Finalist CRS
aicyberchallenge.com • Aug 9, 2025 • Information Security
Collaborative university team led by Northwestern with University of Waterloo, Utah, Colorado Boulder, and New Hampshire. Notable for innovative 'super patches' that fix multiple unrelated bugs with single patches.
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AIxCC Other Finalist Teams - Lacrosse & all_you_need_is_a_fuzzing_brain
aicyberchallenge.com • Aug 9, 2025 • Information Security
Two additional teams that qualified for AIxCC finals at DEF CON 33, each winning $2M for reaching the final round. Both teams built systems using fuzzing, static analysis, and LLM enhancements.
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AIxCC Public GitHub - Competition Resources
GitHub • Aug 9, 2025 • Information Security
Official GitHub organization for DARPA AIxCC containing challenge exemplars, competition API (cAPI), and CRS sandbox resources used in the semifinals and finals competitions.
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DARPA AI Cyber Challenge (AIxCC)
aicyberchallenge.com • Aug 9, 2025 • Information Security
Two-year competition challenging teams to build AI-powered Cyber Reasoning Systems that autonomously find and patch vulnerabilities in critical infrastructure software. $18.5M total prize pool with finals at DEF CON 33.
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Shellphish ARTIPHISHELL - AIxCC Finalist CRS
shellphish.net • Aug 9, 2025 • Information Security
UC Santa Barbara-led team's LLM-based Cyber Reasoning System with 60+ AI agents collaborating to autonomously find and patch vulnerabilities. Evolution of their 2016 CGC Mechanical Phish system.
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Prompt injection and the lethal trifecta - Bay Area AI Security Meetup
simonwillison.net • Aug 9, 2025 • Information Security
Transcript of Simon Willison's talk at the Bay Area AI Security Meetup explaining prompt injection vulnerabilities and demonstrating various attack methods across platforms like GitHub and ChatGPT.
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CaMeL offers a promising new direction for mitigating prompt injection attacks
simonwillison.net • Aug 9, 2025 • Information Security
Analysis of CaMeL (Context-Aware Mitigation for LLMs), a new approach for defending against prompt injection attacks in language models.
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The lethal trifecta for AI agents: private data, untrusted content, and external communication
simonwillison.net • Aug 9, 2025 • Information Security
Simon Willison identifies three dangerous capabilities that create critical security vulnerabilities when combined in AI systems: access to private data, exposure to untrusted content, and ability to communicate externally.
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Design Patterns for Securing LLM Agents against Prompt Injections
simonwillison.net • Aug 9, 2025 • Information Security
Practical design patterns and architectural approaches for building more secure AI agents that are resistant to prompt injection attacks.
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Lessons From Red Teaming 100 Generative AI Products
simonwillison.net • Aug 9, 2025 • Information Security
Insights and patterns discovered from security testing 100 different generative AI products, revealing common vulnerabilities and defense strategies.
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Team Atlanta - AIxCC First Place Winner
team-atlanta.github.io • Aug 9, 2025 • Information Security
Georgia Tech-led team with Samsung Research, KAIST, and POSTECH that won DARPA AIxCC with their Atlantis CRS. Multi-language bug-finding and fixing system that patches vulnerabilities without human intervention.
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Theori Robo Duck - AIxCC Third Place CRS
GitHub • Aug 9, 2025 • Information Security
Third-place winning Cyber Reasoning System from Theori, AI researchers and security professionals with 8 DEF CON CTF wins. Won semifinals with most bug classes found, finished third in finals.
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Introducing Agents in Harvey
harvey.ai • Aug 6, 2025 • Legal Tech - Valuations
Harvey's announcement of its advanced agentic workflow capabilities, marking evolution from simple AI tools to intelligent agents that can plan, adapt, and execute complex multi-step legal tasks.
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Legal AI Startup Harvey Set to Double Valuation to $3 Billion
bloomberg.com • Aug 6, 2025 • Legal Tech - Valuations
Bloomberg's exclusive report on Harvey's Series D funding round, detailing the company's rapid valuation doubling and strategic positioning in the legal AI market.
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Legal AI Startup Harvey Hits $100 Million in Annual Recurring Revenue
cnbc.com • Aug 6, 2025 • Legal Tech - Valuations
CNBC reports Harvey reached $100M ARR after weekly average users quadrupled over the past year. The company has surpassed 500 customers and raised over $800M from investors.
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LexisNexis and Harvey Announce Strategic Alliance
harvey.ai • Aug 6, 2025 • Legal Tech - Valuations
Strategic alliance to integrate LexisNexis content and Shepard's Citations within Harvey platform, co-develop legal workflows.
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Harvey Revenue, Growth Rate & Funding Analysis
sacra.com • Aug 6, 2025 • Legal Tech - Valuations
Sacra's comprehensive analysis of Harvey's financial metrics showing $100M ARR as of August 2025, 400% YoY growth rate, and progression from $50M to $100M ARR in 8 months. Includes detailed valuation history and customer expansion metrics.
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Harvey Raises $300M Series E Co-led by Kleiner Perkins and Coatue
harvey.ai • Aug 6, 2025 • Legal Tech - Valuations
Official announcement of Harvey's Series E funding round raising $300 million at a $5 billion valuation. The round was co-led by Kleiner Perkins and Coatue, with participation from Sequoia, GV, DST Global, and OpenAI Startup Fund.
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Four Months After a $3B Valuation, Harvey AI Grows to $5B
techcrunch.com • Aug 6, 2025 • Legal Tech - Valuations
TechCrunch reports on Harvey's Series E funding co-led by Kleiner Perkins and Coatue, reaching $5B valuation just four months after Series D. Company plans to double 340-person team.
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Legora Boosts Funding by $80 Million For AI-Driven Legal Tech
bloomberglaw.com • Aug 6, 2025 • Legal Tech - Valuations
Bloomberg Law reports on Legora's $80M Series B funding at $675M valuation, led by ICONIQ and General Catalyst, highlighting rapid expansion from European base to US market.
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Top Legal AI Platform Leya Rebrands as Legora, Unveils Agentic Research
businesswire.com • Aug 6, 2025 • Legal Tech - Valuations
Business Wire announcement of Leya's rebrand to Legora in February 2025, introducing agentic web search and Microsoft Word integration features.
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Powering the Future of Legal with AI: Our Partnership with Legora
iconiqcapital.com • Aug 6, 2025 • Legal Tech - Valuations
ICONIQ Capital's investment thesis and partnership announcement with Legora, detailing the market opportunity in legal AI and Legora's unique collaborative approach with law firms.
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Swedish Legaltech Legora Raises $80M Series B at $675M Valuation
tech.eu • Aug 6, 2025 • Legal Tech - Valuations
Tech.eu's coverage of Legora's Series B funding, emphasizing the company's European origins and rapid progression from inception to Series B in under two years.
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Legora Launches Market-First 'Workflows' for Legal Tasks
legora.com • Aug 6, 2025 • Legal Tech - Valuations
Legora's announcement of its agentic Workflows tool allowing lawyers to orchestrate complex legal processes using natural language, without needing programming skills.
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Legal AI Wars: Harvey, Legora Nab Major Venture Investors in Race for Funding
pitchbook.com • Aug 6, 2025 • Legal Tech - Valuations
PitchBook analysis of the competitive dynamics between Harvey and Legora, with Harvey reportedly raising $250M at $5B valuation and Legora securing funding at $675M valuation.
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Eurobarometer 566: Digital Decade Survey 2025 (Feb/Mar)
europa.eu • Aug 4, 2025 • AI & Public Opinion
Special Eurobarometer 566 on Digital Decade 2025. 73% say digitalization makes life easier. 84% expect digital tech crucial for public services & social connections by 2030. Top concerns: 93% urgent action on social media's mental health impact on children, 88% countering fake news. 34% face geo-blocking, mainly for films/series (25%).
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The AI Index Report 2025
aiindex.stanford.edu • Aug 4, 2025 • AI & Public Opinion
Stanford HAI's annual comprehensive analysis of AI's global impact. Tracks trends in research, development, technical performance, ethics, policy, education, public opinion, and economic impact. Builds on 2024 findings showing industry dominance in model development and growing public concerns about AI's societal effects.
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Our Life With AI: From Innovation to Application - Google/Ipsos Multi-Country Survey 2025
ipsos.com • Aug 3, 2025 • AI & Public Opinion
Global AI usage jumped 10 points to 48%. Excitement about AI (57%) now exceeds concerns (43%). 74% of AI users apply it at work. Healthcare/science seen as top benefit areas (72% positive). Emerging markets lead in adoption and optimism.
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