Gartner suggests Friday afternoon Copilot ban because users may be

Gartner suggests Friday afternoon Copilot ban because users may be

Mar 17, 2026

Gartner analyst Dennis Xu has half-jokingly suggested banning use of Microsoft’s Copilot AI on Friday afternoons, because he fears at that time of week users may be too lazy to properly check its possibly offensive output. Xu, a Gartner research vice-president,...
IMF suggests tax on AI’s CO2 emissions, but not AI

IMF suggests tax on AI’s CO2 emissions, but not AI

Jun 18, 2024

The International Monetary Fund has suggested one way to ameliorate the impact of AI: a tax on the carbon dioxide emissions created in generating masses of energy to power the computers that many hope will do some thinking for us. That proposal emerged on Monday in a...