New KPMG Study Reveals Most Workers Desire AI Chatbots as Work Best Friends
Most workers want an AI chatbot to be their work best friends, a new KPMG study says Could we soon see a world in which AI becomes your cherished work spouse? As worker loneliness becomes more and more of a business risk and job pessimism hits its worst point in a decade, it may not […]
Top CEOs Agree Behind Closed Doors: Trump Harms Business – It’s Time to Make America Great Again
Behind closed doors, our top CEOs say Trump is bad for business. Make America into America Again We just hosted a large gathering of top CEOs, primarily Republicans, and you might be surprised by what we heard. While many of them have been willing to support the president out of patriotic duty—and dismay over some […]
AWS Scientist: The Importance of Mathematical Logic in Your AI Strategy
AWS scientist: Your AI strategy needs mathematical logic Hallucination is fundamental to how transformer-based language models work. In fact, it’s their greatest asset: this is the method by which language models find links between sometimes disparate concepts. But hallucination can become a curse when language models are applied in domains where the truth matters. Examples […]
Hospitals Embrace AI Therapy Robot Designed to Mimic a 7-Year-Old Girl
Hospitals are leaning on an AI-powered therapy robot programmed to act like a little 7-year-old girl Days after Meagan Brazil-Sheehan’s 6-year-old son was diagnosed with leukemia, they were walking down the halls of UMass Memorial Children’s Medical Center when they ran into Robin the Robot. “Luca, how are you?” it asked in a high-pitched voice […]
Ramp CEO Seeks Guidance from Advisors Including OpenAI’s Fidji Simo and Microsoft’s Satya Nadella
Ramp CEO calls advisors like OpenAI’s Fidji Simo and Microsoft’s Satya Nadella for advice Before fintech darling Ramp was launching multimillion-dollar Super Bowl ads, disrupting time-consuming expense reports, and notching $1 billion in annualized revenue, cofounder Eric Glyman was seeking out tech’s most battled-tested CEOs for some sage business advice. At Fortune’s Brainstorm Tech conference […]
CEO Reveals His Son Joins Gen Z in Questioning the Value of a College Degree
CEO says his son is among Gen Zers questioning whether a college degree is worth it Gen Z is debating whether college is still worth it—and it’s a conversation even GV’s CEO David Krane has had at the dinner table. Krane’s oldest son, who’s halfway through college, is among the Gen Zers questioning the value […]
Why Are Millions Turning to General-Purpose AI for Mental Health? Insights from Headspace’s Chief Clinical Officer
Why are millions turning to general purpose AI for mental health? As Headspace’s chief clinical officer, I see the answer every day Today, more than half (52%) of young adults in the U.S. say they would feel comfortable discussing their mental health with an AI chatbot. At the same time, concerns about AI-fueled psychosis are […]
Professors Believe Students Are Workforce-Ready, but Nearly Half of Students Feel Unprepared for Entry-Level Positions
Professors think students are prepared for the workforce— nearly half of students disagree and feel unready even for entry-level roles While it may be assumed that recent college graduates aren’t ready to take on the AI-burdened job market, the ones prepping them for the workforce feel otherwise. Nearly nine in 10 educators believe their students […]
AI Engineers are Being Hired as Consultants for $900 an Hour
AI engineers are being deployed as consultants and getting paid $900 per hour AI engineers are being paid a premium to work as consultants to help large companies troubleshoot, adopt, and integrate AI with enterprise data—something traditional consultants may not be able to do. PromptQL, an enterprise AI platform created by San Francisco-based developer tooling […]
The Decline of the Roughneck: How AI and Automation are Transforming the Oilfield Industry
The roughneck is slowly disappearing from the oilfield as AI and automation take over Picture an oilfield. Chances are you see a greasy drilling rig surrounded by a group of equally greased-up and grizzled oilmen, moving heavy equipment in a dangerous and labor-intensive environment. Not these days. The coverall-adorned roughnecks of yesteryear today are now […]