Hundreds of billions of dollars spent, a surge in mental health concerns and thousands of jobs lost. Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesThis year, Trump introduced an AI action plan aimed at stripping back regulation and boosting AI use in the government. Several AI applications seen on a smartphone screen, including ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Microsoft Copilot, Meta AI, Grok and DeepSeek. Mental health experts and safety advocates say they hope to see greater guardrails from tech companies, especially when it comes to young AI users. Microsoft, Amazon and Meta, among other tech companies, made significant cuts to their staff, driven at least in part by AI.

Source: Egypt Independent December 31, 2025 13:24 UTC