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This week’s 5 top stories you can't miss:

1️⃣ [REGULATION] The United Arab Emirates unveiled plans to become the first nation to integrate AI directly into its lawmaking process, establishing a new government unit to oversee the transformation of how laws are written, reviewed, and updated.

The details:

• A new Regulatory Intelligence Office will lead the initiative, which aims to cut legislative development time by 70% through AI-assisted drafting and analysis.

• The system will use a database combining federal and local laws, court decisions, and government data to suggest legislation and amendments.

• The plan builds on the UAE’s major investments in AI, including a dedicated $30B AI-focused infrastructure fund through its MGX investment platform.

• The move was met with mixed reactions, with experts warning of the tech’s reliability, bias, and interpretive issues present in training data.

My take:

While many governments have already begun integrating AI into their ranks, this is one of the first examples of giving it legislative power in some capacity. As systems reach superhuman levels of persuasion, reasoning, and more, their use in politics will raise existential questions about AI vs. human judgment in lawmaking.

🟦 [SPONSORED] Redefining Developer Productivity and Purpose in the Agentic AI Era. It's hard to imagine an industry that hasn't been affected by the rise of AI, but few professions have been transformed as dramatically as software development.

AI agents are transforming the way applications are conceived, designed, and deployed. And that has changed the role developers play in helping their organizations succeed.

The details:

✅ It's no longer about how much bug-free code you've shipped in a week; it's about how the code you've shipped is helping the business thrive.

✅ As AI agents automate more core functions of the software development stack, developer roles will become more strategic.

✅ AI agents can analyze and modernize legacy software and help developers avoid unnecessary rework by identifying code that’s already in use elsewhere in the organization.

My take:

Despite concerns about AI displacing roles, many developers worldwide appear ready to embrace AI agents and integrate them into their workflows. According to Salesforce’s most recent State of IT survey, 96% of developers are enthusiastic about the potential of agents to improve their day-to-day experience. Nearly two-thirds believe AI agents will enable them to build better code and ship it faster, while also boosting their personal creativity and problem-solving skills.

2️⃣[DECISIONS MAKING] Anthropic just published a study analyzing hundreds of thousands of real AI conversations to understand how models like Claude make moral judgements — building the first large‑scale map of the model's values in day‑to‑day interactions.

The details:

• Researchers analyzed over 300,000 real, but anonymous, conversations to identify and categorize 3,307 unique values expressed by the AI.

• They identified five types of values (Practical, Knowledge-related, Social, Protective, and Personal), with Practical and Knowledge-related being the most prevalent.

• Values such as helpfulness and professionalism appeared most frequently, while ethical values were more prevalent during resistance to harmful requests.

• Claude's values also shifted based on context, such as emphasizing "healthy boundaries" in relationship advice vs "human agency" in AI ethics discussions.

My take:

AI is increasingly shaping real-world decisions and relationships, making it more crucial than ever to understand its actual values. This study also advances the alignment discussion by providing more concrete observations, revealing that AI’s morals and values may be more contextual and situational than a static perspective.

3️⃣ [AGENT] Microsoft just released two new Copilot agents, Researcher and Analyst, alongside its 2025 Work Trend Index report, which maps out the rise of AI-centric, human-led “Frontier Firms” set to reshape the workplace.

The details:

• Researchers and analysts bring deep reasoning to M365 Copilot for complex research and data science tasks, such as forecasting.

• The agents are rolling out as part of Copilot’s “Frontier” early access program, alongside updates that let companies build autonomous multi-agent systems.

• Microsoft's research across 31,000 workers shows companies leading in AI adoption are seeing major results: 71% report their company is thriving vs 37% globally; 55% say they can handle increased workloads vs 20% globally.

• Workers show higher optimism about career opportunities

• Microsoft also believes that every employee will become an “agent boss,” with all companies becoming AI-human “Frontier Firms” for operations in 2-5 years.

My take:

Microsoft’s agent release aligns nicely with the company's vision for the future of work: one dominated by AI agents, but managed by humans. We’re in the early stages of a comprehensive shift in how work is done, with human-agent teams becoming the norm and companies transitioning to fully hybrid, AI-infused structures.

4️⃣ [AI AGENT] Epoch co-founder Tamay Besiroglu has just launched Mechanize, a new startup developing virtual environments and training data to enable AI agents that can replace human workers in the pursuit of “full automation of all work”.

The details:

• The company plans to create simulations of workplace scenarios to train AI agents in handling complex, long-term tasks currently performed by humans.

• Mechanize will initially focus on automating white-collar jobs, with systems that can manage computer tasks, handle interruptions, and coordinate with others.

• Backed by tech leaders including Jeff Dean and Nat Friedman, the startup estimates its potential market at $60T globally.

• The announcement drew criticism for both the economic implications and potential conflicts with Besiroglu's role at AI research firm Epoch.

My take:

Besiroglu and co. likely aren’t the only researchers that think AI is set to automate every aspect of work, but with tensions already high over both negative views of AI and mounting job losses, this goal might be saying the quiet part a bit too loudly. The age of automation is coming, and not everyone will be happy about it.

5️⃣ [SMARTPHONES] Google has started rolling out new AI features for Android smartphones that integrate ‘Project Astra’ capabilities with Gemini, to allow Gemini to “see” (in real-time) what’s on a user’s screen and answer questions about it.

The details:

• Google first announced Project Astra at the Mobile World Conference (MWC) last year, demonstrating how it could integrate with Gemini and power AI features like screen sharing and live video streaming.

• It’s also introducing an Astra-powered feature that allows Gemini to interpret the camera feed and answer questions: Eg. A user could use their front-facing camera and ask Gemini to help them choose a paint color.

• But instead of a big, flashy launch, Google appears to be rolling out the new features to users, slowly, with one user showing how Gemini could summarize what was on his screen and engage in a contextual discussion.

My take:

The integration of Project Astra into Gemini puts Google ahead of some of its main competitors, namely Amazon with its upcoming AI Alexa Plus upgrade and Apple with its new, AI-powered Siri (which are both expected to be able to do similar things when they eventually launch), except Google’s features are seemingly ready now, whereas Amazon’s and Apple’s? Well, your guess is as good as mine…

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