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Ad spending is climbing, thanks to tireless consumers — and artificial intelligence

by Caleigh Wells
Jun 11, 2024
AI promises to improve ad targeting. It can also generate content tailored to individuals.
Artificial intelligence could inform more than 94% of ad spending before the end of the decade, a GroupM report says.
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Is Apple late to embrace AI or right on time?

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Jun 10, 2024
Apple announced new AI integrations for text, email, photos and Siri. It’s also adding ChatGPT capabilities into operating systems.
Apple announced new AI integrations for text, email, photos and Siri on Monday at its annual developers conference.
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How many jobs are being gained or lost due to AI? There are some clues.

by Mitchell Hartman
Jun 7, 2024
The Bureau of Labor Statistics' monthly survey doesn't track jobs added or subtracted due to AI – at least not yet.
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Zoom cashiers may signal a new era of digital offshoring and remote work

by Amy Scott and Sarah Leeson
May 27, 2024
With advancements in tech and AI, outsourcing looks different now.
Cashiers of the future may actually be taking your order from thousands of miles away.
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Google search has added an AI feature. Critics worry it's not all it's cracked up to be.

by Caleigh Wells
May 20, 2024
But Google says it's increased search usage.
A screenshot of Google's new AI-generated summary tool — and some radical self-honesty on its shortcomings.
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Commerce chief lays out blueprint for chip manufacturing in America

by Kai Ryssdal and Sarah Leeson
May 10, 2024
The supply chain is being built to reduce U.S. vulnerability and seize opportunities like artificial intelligence, Raimondo says.
Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo discussed chips, China and jobs with Marketplace's Kai Ryssdal in Washington.
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Investors now get to see behind the scenes of newly public Reddit

by Elizabeth Trovall
May 7, 2024
Selling data to help train AI models is a big part of Reddit's plan to make money now that it's a public company.
Reddit went public on the New York Stock Exchange in March.
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Climate change is the focus in shared curriculum for business schools

by David Brancaccio and Alex Schroeder
Apr 30, 2024
"We can't really address the problem without engaging business at full scale," says Columbia Business School's Bruce Usher.
The Open Climate Curriculum is a free, shareable resource for educators to teach business students about the climate crisis.
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Small businesses could see big gains by boosting productivity

by David Brancaccio and Alex Schroeder
Apr 25, 2024
And they can achieve that through better collaboration with companies big and small in their industries.
"Small businesses are, really, the backbone of the economy in so many ways," says McKinsey's Anu Madgavkar.
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What can the dot-com bubble teach us about the future of AI?

by Matt Levin
Apr 18, 2024
In the 1990s, Wall Street was very enthusiastic about the internet — and lost a ton of money because of that enthusiasm.
The burgeoning field of artificial intelligence is often compared to the birth of the internet in the 1990s, when many tech companies did too much too quickly and collapsed.
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