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Forbes | 12/6/2024 | Andrew W. Lo
Professor Andrew W. Lo highlighted the need for AI to adhere to fiduciary and ethical practices, noting, "Despite their remarkable abilities, AI models still grapple with accuracy and reliability, creating concerns about trust and ethics in these models and in AI more generally. As LLMs become more integral to the fabric of society, the dangers they pose may end up rivaling the benefits they bring." |
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ABC News | 12/10/2024 | Christian Catalini
"Supply has played no role at all and the reason is very simple: The dwindling supply of bitcoin is predetermined so people have a very good understanding of how it evolves over time," said research scientist Christian Catalini. |
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Simple Flying | 12/8/2024 | Arnold Barnett
Professor Arnold Barnett said: "Aviation safety continues to get better. You might think there is some irreducible risk level we can't get below. And yet, the chance of dying during an air journey keeps dropping by about 7 percent annually, and continues to go down by a factor of two every decade." |
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Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) | 12/4/2024 | Andrew McAfee
In this podcast episode, principal research scientist Andrew McAfee explored how emerging tech companies outpace legacy organizations by embracing key behaviors that drive agility and innovation. McAfee highlighted the rejection of hierarchical decision-making, the prioritization of data-driven processes, and the importance of fostering innovation and experimentation to adapt in an AI-driven future. |
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Harvard Business Review | 12/9/2024 | Jason Jay, Kate Isaacs
Senior lecturers Jason Jay and Kate Isaacs and co-author wrote: "Strategy, it is often said, is about choosing what not to do. But when it comes to sustainability, many companies toss that advice aside and try to tackle too many issues at once. The result? Scattered efforts that fail to generate either business results or meaningful impact." |
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MIT Sloan Management Review | 12/5/2024 | Rama Ramakrishnan
Professor of the practice Rama Ramakrishnan wrote: "A rigorous evaluation process is a key driver of success for LLM application development projects and leads to better applications and more satisfied users. Business and IT leaders must provide their development teams with the time and budget to invest in evals and then hold them accountable for making evals an indispensable part of the process." |
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The Manufacturer | 12/4/2024
Shinichiro Nakamura (MBA '99) wrote: "Specific challenges like climate change, plummeting prices due to surplus supply, and political tensions are going to put constraints on the supply chain. Cross-collaboration across the international stage and maximised visibility are at the crux of driving operational agility to overcome these challenges." |
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Direct Industry | 12/9/2024 | David Robertson
At Automation Fair, senior lecturer David Robertson explored LEGO's journey and shared valuable lessons on managing innovation effectively. He also provided insight into how entrepreneurs should innovate and how tools like AI can now help drive both innovation and growth. |
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钛媒体 | 12/9/2024 | Simon Johnson
In TMTPost, Nobel laureate professor Simon Johnson said: "Governance matters, and weak governance always leads to trouble. We may well be heading into another crazy credit-driven, deregulation-driven cycle. So what I say to everybody is be very, very careful." |
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Les Actualites | 12/4/2024 | Nick van der Meulen, Barbara Wixom
Research by principal research scientist Barbara Wixom, and research scientist Nick van der Meulen, found that organizations can benefit from generative AI solutions by developing cross-functional efforts. To succeed with targeted generative AI solutions, organizations can establish a formal and transparent generative AI innovation process, formulate guidelines for generative AI development decisions, and create a generative partnership strategy with AI vendors. |
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