There are plenty of examples of how AI tools are helping companies become more productive. But economists say it’s far too early to tell whether AI is boosting labor productivity across the economy.
Researchers at the National Bureau of Economic Research asked executives at nearly 6,000 companies how generative AI has affected their productivity and employment.
Under the Trump administration, the government has rescinded research funding, changed vaccine recommendations, and refused to review Moderna’s new mRNA flu vaccine. That could set vaccine research and development back for years.
From the BBC World Service: ByteDance says it'll curb its AI video app, Seedance, which is being used to create viral life-like clips of Hollywood stars.
From the BBC World Service: The app has more than 100 million users in Russia, and the Kremlin is pushing users toward a state-owned messaging platform.
The company’s borrowing tens of billions of dollars to build out data centers. Some of those bonds, in the United Kingdom, have a 100-year maturity date.
The new plug-ins automate functions in sales, legal, and financial analytics — and directly compete with enterprise software from firms like Salesforce and Intuit.
