Why prompt debt, retrieval debt, and evaluation debt are quietly reshaping enterprise AI risk

Over the past two decades, technical debt meant outdated architecture, messy code, and poorly maintained documentation. That definition is no longer sufficient in the AI era, where failure modes are m [...]

The 10 cities where people are the most delinquent on debt

Americans are in a lot of debt. The average American owes about $23,000 — and that doesn’t include mortgages. Most of that debt, according to Money.com, is thanks to credit card and auto loans.Rea [...]

10 states where car loan debt is falling the most

America is one of the most car-dependent countries in the world, leaving its residents with a collective $1.7 trillion in auto debt. That means the average household in the fourth quarter of 2024 had [...]

The FTC says Americans lost at least $2.1 billion to social media scams in 2025

Americans lost at least $2.1 billion in 2025 to scams that originated on social media, according to the Federal Trade Commission. That figure marks an eightfold increase since 2020.The FTC said Americ [...]

Americans can’t spot a deepfake, and that’s a business crisis, not just a consumer problem

Presented by Veriff Americans can’t reliably distinguish real from AI-generated content, and that’s not just a media literacy problem; it’s a direct threat to how businesses verify identity onli [...]

DataGrail report finds your vendor may be sending data to AI models you never approved

The data processing agreement (DPA) — the bedrock contract companies use to evaluate how vendors handle personal data — can no longer be trusted at face value. That is the central, and arguably mo [...]

The US government and the AI industry are both betting on debt. They are drawing from the same pool.

The United States government now owes more than the country produces. Data released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis on 30 April showed that debt held by the public stood at $31.27 trillion at the e [...]

10 states where people have the most credit card debt in America

By the end of 2024, Americans had amassed a whopping $1.3 trillion in credit card debt. And while that figure still doesn’t beat the all-time high set in 2007, it’s no laughing matter.Read more... [...]

Trump tells states they'll lose out on broadband fund if they try to dictate rates

States will lose out on their share of a $42 billion broadband fund if they attempt to dictate rates that internet services providers (ISPs) charge low-income customers, according to a new FAQ from th [...]