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A Meta executive sees too few people to do the work as a bigger threat than workers' fear that AI will take their jobs. The warning reframes the automation debate. It also leaves one problem that technology cannot fix.
Read the original →Canada has long underinvested in business capital. Fiscal incentives and early signs of AI-driven investment may be turning the tide.
Read the original →The article investigates the risks of AI washing. It scrutinises productivity claims and the growing regulatory focus on disclosures.
Read the original →Artificial intelligence promises to revolutionise Portugal’s economy, boost productivity and create new opportunities for foreign investment. Vasco Pedro, founder and CEO of Spinnable AI and former co-founder of Unbabel, warns that the technological revolution could also trigger unprecedented unemployment, social upheaval and a fundamental rethink of how people work.
Read the original →AI can change jobs in ways companies did not anticipate. Recent reversals show why understanding the work matters before making cuts.
Read the original →The IBM Impact Accelerator will support four organisations. They use AI and quantum tools to improve education and workforce readiness programs.
Read the original →Turnstone AI co-founders Jai Bhatia and Aryan Vij discuss why they turned down major corporate job offers. They chose instead to launch their artificial intelligence startup.
Read the original →In China, 55% of domestic AI model token consumption, by use case, reportedly went to short-drama and video generation. Tokens are the smallest units AI uses to understand and generate text. The article considers what this figure, which drew attention online, means.
Read the original →At COP31, which opened in southern Turkey, discussions cover greenhouse gas emission cuts as well as responses to rising power and water use by AI data centers. Host country Turkey is mentioned as setting a target for 2035.
Read the original →Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey said artificial intelligence is already starting to benefit the UK economy.
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