AI professionals

China has broadened overseas travel restrictions on senior AI professionals at private companies, now covering the family members of key personnel. The move, reported without official explanation, tightens an existing policy aimed at keeping critical AI talent from leaving the country. Observers see it as a sign of Beijing's growing concern over a brain drain in strategic technology sectors and over foreign efforts to recruit Chinese AI researchers.

The New York Times reports that as artificial intelligence helps law firms complete work faster, clients are questioning why they should keep paying traditional billable-hour rates. The piece explores growing demands for discounts and new pricing models, as firms balance productivity gains from AI against a fee structure built on time spent.