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Three Carnegie Mellon University professors are researching the influence of artificial intelligence on the economy and workforce as part of Google's inaugural AI & Economy cohort. Their projects range from how job applicants feel about interacting with AI agents in hiring to why certain work tasks are more susceptible to AI than others.
Read the original →The Federal Reserve may catch a break on the inflation-fighting front if Goldman Sachs economists prove correct in a new forecast.
Read the original →Google's Fabien Curto Millet examined how AI is reshaping job roles, workflows, and employee training. He spoke in an address at the MIT Stone Center on Inequality and Shaping the Future of Work.
Read the original →Fincantieri is accelerating the integration of robotics, artificial intelligence and automation across its global shipyard network.
Read the original →Direct care workers assist older adults and individuals with disabilities with activities of daily living and provide social and emotional support. With the number of older adults increasing rapidly and a persistent workforce shortage, demand is outpacing the supply of workers.
Read the original →Research suggests graduates are increasingly using AI to misrepresent themselves in job applications. Some say their peer group has no choice.
Read the original →JB Straubel's Redwood Materials is using retired EV batteries to help AI data centers get electricity faster, without waiting for the strained grid.
Read the original →Flex (NASDAQ: FLEX) announced that it has completed its acquisition of EPC Power, a provider of intelligent power conversion.
Read the original →The global race to trade semiconductors and data-transmission equipment has been strong enough to outweigh economic dampeners such as higher tariffs and geopolitical conflicts.
Read the original →Doug and Lee discuss the impact of AI on employment and investment. They highlight disruption in white-collar jobs and a likely boom in energy and utility sectors driven by soaring AI infrastructure needs.
Read the original →IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva cautions that economic trends and rapid AI adoption risk widening the gap between advanced and developing economies. She noted that aid is declining and debt service costs have climbed to 14% of revenue from 6% a decade ago.
Read the original →Based on Gartner projections, a continued AI infrastructure investment trajectory could leave more than $4 trillion in asset value exposed to write-down risk through 2032.
Read the original →KLab Inc. announced that an AI game it is planning has been selected for the new IP planning support under IP360, a content industry growth investment support program run by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
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