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The item looks at how artificial intelligence is changing workflows while manual effort remains important for completing tasks. It discusses the balance between automation and the human touch in today's work environment.
Read the original →Maryland's comptroller has launched a public AI Economic Impact Tracker. It brings together evidence of expanding demand for artificial intelligence (AI).
Read the original →Hilke Schellmann is an Emmy Award-winning investigative journalist and associate professor of journalism at New York University. She will visit the University of Florida as the Fall 2026 Business Journalist in Residence. She will discuss how artificial intelligence is transforming hiring and threatening fairness in the workplace.
Read the original →The report examines how artificial intelligence (AI), automation, and data center development are reshaping economic opportunities and challenges for Black workers in the rural South. It also explores the risks facing Black rural workers and outlines policy recommendations.
Read the original →An Ohio State University study warns that rapid AI data center growth could consume 10% of Ohio's electricity by 2030.
Read the original →Texas is still drawing multibillion-dollar data center commitments. A historic election, tougher grid reviews, changing local rules, and new questions about financing are also affecting the picture.
Read the original →New gas turbines now take years to arrive. AI data center developers are looking for used machines and buying entire power plants. Five stocks sit on opposite sides of that scramble, and one of them is selling at a premium.
Read the original →Matsuo Institute and Espool have started a joint project to examine how physical AI could be used in employment support for people with disabilities. From September to November 2026, they will conduct a field survey at a farm run by the Espool Group. They will then select candidate themes for a proof of concept, aiming at ways of working in which people and robots complement each other.
Read the original →The Korea Development Institute (KDI), a government-affiliated think tank, said in its November economic trends report released on the 9th that the Korean economy continues to grow well, centered on sectors related to AI infrastructure investment.
Read the original →Bank of England's Andrew Bailey sees early signs that AI investment is a positive supply shock for the UK. He also warns of an AI asset price bubble.
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