Lance Eliot

Lance Eliot

Contributor|AI

Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a world-renowned AI scientist with over 9+ million views of his AI columns and has been featured on CBS 60 Minutes as an AI expert. He is an AI consultant and high-tech executive that combines practical industry experience with scholarly research. Previously

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19 hours ago

Surprising Twist That Entire Families Are Now Opting To Use AI For Their Mental Health Guidance

Entire families are now turning to AI for their mental health advice. Good idea or ruinous? An AI Insider analysis and scoop.

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Jul 31, 2026

AI Policy Ramifications Aplenty In That Signed Letter Asking For U.S. Support To Pace The AI Frontier

An online letter was signed by over 1,000 AI employees and seeks to deal with the frenetic pace of AI. I reveal the ramifications. An AI Insider analysis and scoop.

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Jul 30, 2026

Crafting A Viable ‘AI Kill Switch’ Law Presents Lawmakers With Enormous Technical And Legal Challenges

An AI kill switch sounds like an obvious safety measure. Here's why building one—and deciding when to use it—is far more difficult than many assume.

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Jul 29, 2026

Latest AI Uses Tabular Foundation Models To Turn Columnar Data Into Vital Insights

AI can write essays and code, but spreadsheets remain a weak spot. Researchers are building a new kind of model designed to understand tabular data correctly.

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Jul 28, 2026

Sam Altman Saying That We Are ‘In The Singularity’ Of AI Gets Lost In Translation

Sam Altman said during a recent podcast that we are in the singularity. Media has gone wild. Let's be mindful. An AI Insider analysis with a steady hand.

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Jul 27, 2026

Federal AI Laws That Aim To Overrule State AI Laws Are Getting On The Nerves Of State Lawmakers

A bipartisan proposal to regulate frontier AI could override state AI laws, setting up a fight over California's rules and the future of AI regulation in the U.S.

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Jul 26, 2026

AI-Generated Mental Health Advice Misjudged Due To Differences In Stateless Versus Contextual Evaluations

A new study finds AI mental health safety tests often rely on isolated prompts instead of real conversations, potentially overlooking how chatbots respond in everyday use.

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Jul 25, 2026

AI For Mental Health Relies Critically On Leading-Edge Harness Engineering

The safety of AI mental health tools depends not only on the model but also on hidden systems that manage prompts, guardrails, retrieval, and human oversight.

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Jul 24, 2026

Artificial Wisdom Is The Next Big Advance In AI And Will Wisely Change Everything

AI researchers say today's models lack key traits of wisdom. A growing movement argues the next breakthrough will come from AI that can reason with judgment and reflection.

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Jul 24, 2026

New Taxonomy Reveals The Five Different Faces Of AI In The Public Sector

A new framework divides public-sector AI into five categories, showing why governments need different safeguards for systems with different capabilities and risks.