This week on Future Ready Insights, we explore seven powerful stories showing how AI is rapidly transforming business, diplomacy, and daily life — for better or worse.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction to AI Innovations
00:26 Robots Can Now Feel!
01:29 Klarna Rehiring Humans Over AI
02:17 Google Glasses and New Google Translation in Real-Time
05:00 LLM Jailbreaking
06:20 Microsoft Lay Off 6000 People
07:17 AI for Good Summit
07:44 AI Assurance
08:34 New Chapter

Stories and Links

🦾 Amazon unveils a warehouse robot with a human-like sense of touch
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/07/amazon-makes-fundamental-leap-forward-in-robotics-with-device-having-sense-of-touch

👥 Klarna backtracks on AI chatbots and rehires human staff
https://www.perplexity.ai/page/klarna-hiring-human-workers-ag-G61ThtRJSnCXligy19bAfA

🕶️ Google teases AI-powered AR glasses at I/O 2025
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/20/google-ai-mode-search-engine-developers-conference
https://workspace.google.com/blog/product-announcements/new-ways-to-do-your-best-work

🔐 New study shows AI chatbots are still too easy to jailbreak
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/21/most-ai-chatbots-easily-tricked-into-giving-dangerous-responses-study-finds

💼 Microsoft lays off 6,000 jobs — is AI to blame?
https://www.marketingaiinstitute.com/blog/the-ai-show-episode-148

✅ Plus: BCS launches AI assurance framework and highlights from the AI for Good Summit
https://aiforgood.itu.int
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7330262212155969538/

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