In the Era of AI, Some Tech Leaders Believe Communications Degrees Might Outshine Computer Science Degrees
In the Age of AI, some tech leaders think communications degrees may actually be more valuable than computer science degrees In between bites of crème brûlée at Chicago gastropub The Gage last week, ServiceNow Chief Transformation Officer Kelley Steven-Waiss asked a room full of CHROs a bold question: What if computer science degrees weren’t actually […]
Meta is Investing $10 Billion in Louisiana to Realize Ambitious AI Goals, Paving the Way for Grid Expansion
Meta is sinking $10 billion into Louisiana to build its wildest AI aspirations, setting the template for the grid buildout On a quiet patch of former farmland in northeastern Louisiana, a fleet of excavators has leveled more than 2,000 acres of reddish clay earth. This is rural Richland Parish, once a floodplain tangled with meandering […]
Can AI ‘Sorcery’ Resolve the 25-Year ‘Productivity Paradox’? A Shakespearean Shift on the Horizon
Can AI ‘sorcery’ solve the ‘productivity paradox’ that has gripped the economy for 25 years? A Shakespearean sea change is underfoot The late plays by William Shakespeare are alternately called his “romances” or his “problem plays,” because of their ambiguity in tone, as they alternate from passages of magical realism to stark scenes that grapple […]
Powell Suggests Possible Interest Rate Cuts; Wall Street Responds with Strong Rally
Powell hints at interest rate cuts; Wall Street cheers with big rally Benzinga | Detroit Free Press Trump officials traded before tariffs announcements. What we know now. Trump administration officials sold stocks days before key tariff announcements. Here’s what we know now about the timing and growing ethics concerns. Markets were caught off guard. Economists […]
AI: Not a Job Eliminator, But a Job Transformative Force. Insights from the World’s Largest Employment Agency on Future Trends.
AI isn’t a job killer, it’s a job shifter. We’re the biggest employment agency in the world and we can see where things are moving Optimists believe AI will create more jobs for a bright future we can only dream of. Pessimists believe it will be a job killer at a scale that is unprecedented. […]
Google Aims for Apple’s Weak Spot with Innovative AI-Driven Smartphone
Google targets Apple’s Achilles’ heel with new AI-powered smartphone Google on Wednesday unveiled a new line-up of Pixel smartphones injected with another dose of artificial intelligence that’s designed to do everything from fetch vital information stored on the devices to help improve photos as they’re being taken. The AI expansion on the four Pixel 10 […]
Experts Warn that Market AI Anxiety Could ‘Punish Those Pursuing Hype’
Experts say the market’s AI anxiety will ‘punish those chasing the froth’ Major technology stocks tied to artificial intelligence took a sharp downward turn Tuesday, rattling markets and raising concerns the sector’s billion-dollar promises may not be bearing fruit as quickly as hoped. Shares of Palantir Technologies, the data-analytics firm widely viewed as an AI […]
The Rise of the ‘Shadow AI Economy’: 90% of Workers Use Chatbots While Keeping It Secret from IT
The ‘shadow AI economy’ is booming: Workers at 90% of companies say they use chatbots, but most of them are hiding it from IT A sweeping new report from MIT’s Project NANDA, State of AI in Business 2025, has uncovered a dramatic split in the landscape of enterprise artificial intelligence: While official AI adoption in […]
OpenAI Faces a Critical Strategic Decision on Its ‘Moat’—a Key Factor That Warren Buffett Says Can Define Success or Failure
OpenAI is at a classic strategy crossroads involving its ‘moat’—which Warren Buffett believes can make or break a business It’s an epochal moment as history’s latest general-purpose technology, AI, forms itself into an industry. Much depends on these early days, especially the fate of the industry’s leader by a mile, OpenAI. In terms of the […]
CEO Who Laid Off 80% of Workforce for Slow AI Adoption: “I’d Make the Same Decision Again”
This CEO laid off nearly 80% of his staff because they refused to adopt AI fast enough. 2 years later, he says he’d do it again Eric Vaughan, CEO of enterprise-software powerhouse IgniteTech, is unwavering as he reflects on the most radical decision of his decades-long career. In early 2023, convinced that generative AI was […]