Overview
- A Conference Board/ESGAUGE analysis finds 72% of S&P 500 companies now list artificial intelligence as a material risk in 2025 filings, up from 12% in 2023, with concerns spanning reputational, cybersecurity, and legal exposure.
- In a letter to the White House OSTP, OpenAI urges a national push to add 100 gigawatts of new power capacity annually, citing China’s 429 GW added last year versus 51 GW in the U.S., and proposes tax credits, subsidies, grid buildout, and strategic reserves for critical materials.
- UNDP’s Regional Human Development Report warns that AI in Latin America and the Caribbean can replicate entrenched gender inequities, risking the exclusion of underrepresented women unless systems use representative data, equity metrics, and independent audits.
- Recruiting is being reshaped by automation as CompuTrabajo reports eight in ten employers use AI to screen candidates, yet applicants worry about opaque filters and experts stress that final hiring decisions should remain human to address bias and context.
- Companies report acute skills gaps, but Argentine experts say the primary hurdle to AI adoption is organizational—data quality, governance, and leadership—rather than the sheer shortage of technical specialists.