Matthew Urwin
Staff Reporter at Built In
Expertise: Tech journalism
Education: Ohio State
Matthew Urwin is a Built In staff reporter on the editorial team. He has written for The HOTH, BKA Content and Cox Automotive, covering solar energy, auto repairs, business technology and other topics.
He has a degree in English literature with minors in professional writing and comparative studies from Ohio State.
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A pair of former U.S. Representatives launched two new super PACs to support candidates who want stronger AI regulations, setting up a bitter face-off with pro-AI groups over the direction of U.S. AI policy in the 2026 midterms and beyond.
The European Union is debating a set of policy changes that would “simplify” some of its tech laws, including the AI Act and General Data Protection Regulation. But critics see it as selling out people’s digital rights for the sake of business interests.
World models can equip artificial intelligence with an understanding of how the physical world works — a capability that may be the key to finally unlocking true human-level intelligence.
Trump has signed an executive order seeking to limit state AI regulations in favor of a single federal framework. But such a drastic move could splinter the MAGA movement — and remove existing protections Americans have.
Agent slop refers to low-quality work produced by AI agents — a pesky problem that can quickly balloon into a productivity crisis. Businesses that fail to stay on top of this issue risk falling behind as the age of agentic AI fast approaches.
With mass layoffs and workforce disruption on the rise, Senators Mark Warner and Josh Hawley have introduced a bill to track how artificial intelligence is affecting the U.S. labor market.
Gemini 3 is poised to reshape the artificial intelligence landscape with its unprecedented reasoning capabilities — and could mark the moment Google reasserts its dominance in the AI race. But the threat of a market bubble still looms large.
Tech leaders are going all in on artificial intelligence, with OpenAI alone committing more than $1 trillion in 2025. But many are wondering whether all this spending is simply inflating a bubble rather than building lasting value.
More and more people are turning to AI for medical advice, often before ever seeing a real doctor. Given the inefficiency and high costs of the healthcare system, the convenience is hard to beat — but it may come at the expense of accuracy and privacy.
The United States spends more than any other country in the world on AI development and infrastructure, yet Pew Research found that Americans are more worried than excited — with deregulation and job loss topping the list of concerns.
OpenAI has officially become a public benefit corporation. With no fundraising limits and a greater focus on profits, the move has everyone else wondering: Is this the beginning of OpenAI’s dominance?
OpenAI is shaking things up once again with the launch of its new browser, Atlas. But the move may be less about ending Google’s search dominance and more about closing in on AI supremacy — of course, achieving both wouldn’t hurt.