Tech company predicts rise of ‘frontier firms’ – where a human worker directs AI agents to carry out tasks

Microsoft has good news for anyone with corner office ambitions. In the future we’re all going to be bosses – of AI employees.

The tech company is predicting the rise of a new kind of business, called a “frontier firm”, where ultimately a human worker directs autonomous artificial intelligence agents to carry out tasks.

Report suggests tech firm – swept up in Donald Trump’s trade war – will make change as soon as 2026

Apple is reportedly planning to switch assembly of all iPhones for the US market to India as the company seeks to reduce its reliance on a Chinese manufacturing base amid Donald Trump’s trade war.

The $3tn (£2.3tn) technology company aims to make the shift as soon as next year, the Financial Times reported.

Facebook and Instagram owner also criticised for leaving up posts inciting violence during UK riots

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta announced sweeping content moderation changes “hastily” and with no indication it had considered the human rights impact, the social media company’s oversight board has said.

The assessment of the changes came as the board also criticised the Facebook and Instagram owner for leaving up three posts containing anti-Muslim and anti-migrant content during riots in the UK last summer.

Internet Watch Foundation report shows 380% increase in illegal AI-generated imagery in 2024, most of it ‘category A’

Images of child sexual abuse created by artificial intelligence are becoming “significantly more realistic”, according to an online safety watchdog.

The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) said advances in AI are being reflected in illegal content created and consumed by paedophiles, saying: “In 2024, the quality of AI-generated videos improved exponentially, and all types of AI imagery assessed appeared significantly more realistic as the technology developed.”