AI will be deeply disruptive to Higher Education
Paul LeBlanc and George Siemens are teaming up to explore how AI is going to change higher education. "LeBlanc transformed SNHU from 2500 students in 2003 to over 200,000 students in 20 years by using technology to switch delivery online." Siemens is one of the proposers of connectivism - a theory...
2023: A year of groundbreaking advances in AI and computing
"This has been a year of incredible progress in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) research and its practical applications." A review of 2023 posted by Jeff Dean, Chief Scientist, Google DeepMind & Google Research, Demis Hassabis, CEO, Google DeepMind, and James Manyika, SVP, Google Research,...
Source: research.google
Opinion: OpenAI's drama marks a new and scary era in artificial intelligence
Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson, professors at MIT, lend their insight to the recent drama at OpenAI. "Sam Altman’s dismissal and rapid reinstatement as CEO of OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, confirms that the future of AI is firmly in the hands of people focused on speed and profits, at the expense...
Source: latimes.com
France launches hunt for new EDF CEO, sets money aside for full nationalisation
EDF and the French government are seeking a new boss to overhaul the power utility and build more nuclear reactors, they said on Thursday, with billions in public money earmarked to help finance a full nationalisation of the debt-laden company.
Source: reuters.com
Major employers scrap plans to cut back on offices - KPMG
Most major global companies no longer plan to reduce their use of office space after the coronavirus pandemic, though few expect business to return to normal this year, a survey by accountants KPMG showed on Tuesday.
Source: reuters.com
City fund managers call for rethink of capitalism
"Two of the world’s biggest fund management bosses have called for a rethink of capitalism and its obsession with constant economic growth, in a plaintive appeal for business and governments to deal more decisively with the challenges of climate change.
Anne Richards, chief executive of Fidelity...
Source: www.ft.com
Evidence-Based Diagnostics for Mental Health Disorders: Interview with Jack Cosentino, CEO of Medibio |: Medibio, an Australian
Evidence-Based Diagnostics for Mental Health Disorders: Interview with Jack Cosentino, CEO of Medibio |: Medibio, an Australian medical technology company, has developed an evidence-based test for mental health disorders such as depression, chronic stress, sch
Source: medgadget.com
The future of advertising is ‘fewer, better ads’: "By giving away stuff for free for so long, we’ve created an ad
The future of advertising is ‘fewer, better ads’: "By giving away stuff for free for so long, we’ve created an ad economy that is bigger than it should be," Deep Focus CEO Ian Schafer says.
Source: recode.net
Great list of mental models from DuckDuckGo CEO Gabriel Weinberg via the Healthcare Economist. Includes Hanlon's razor,
Great list of mental models from DuckDuckGo CEO Gabriel Weinberg via the Healthcare Economist. Includes Hanlon's razor, Pareto efficiency, survivorship bias, and the Pygmalion effect.
Source: healthcare-economist.com
The highest-paid CEOs run the worst-performing companies: The highest-paid CEOs tend to run some of the worst-performing
The highest-paid CEOs run the worst-performing companies: The highest-paid CEOs tend to run some of the worst-performing companies, according to new research. The study, carried out by corporate research firm MSCI, found that for every $100 (£76) invested in companies with the highest-paid CEOs would...
Source: independent.co.uk
This is the Tesla Model 3, coming in 2017 for $35,000: After ten years of waiting, Tesla has revealed the Model 3, the vehicle
This is the Tesla Model 3, coming in 2017 for $35,000: After ten years of waiting, Tesla has revealed the Model 3, the vehicle that CEO Elon Musk hopes will take the electric car to the masses.
At the unveiling of the Model 3 this evening at the...
Source: theverge.com
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