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MarketWatch | 05/23/2025 | Andrew W. Lo
In their paper Can ChatGPT Plan Your Retirement?, professor Andrew W. Lo and co-author argued that AI-powered financial advisers could represent the future of financial planning. However, they noted that these tools still require significant improvement before they can truly replace human advisers.
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ZDNet | 05/28/2025 | David Kiron, Michael Schrage
The two disciplines of AI and philosophy might seem like polar opposites, but lecturer Michael Schrage and executive director of MIT Sloan Management Review David Kiron, argued that one can't function without the other: "When implementing AI, most organizations obsess over the technology, but our research reveals a surprising truth. Philosophy is what truly determines AI success."
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Poets&Quants | 05/27/2025 | Dawna Levenson
The Sloan Fellows MBA program is a great option to consider for those who are ready to explore a different path, and put ideas into action. "The opportunity to step away from the working world for one year allows SFMBA students to fully immerse in a global network of peers to learn from, and experiment with different courses and industry interests, in a supportive environment," said Dawna Levenson, assistant dean of admissions.
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Financial Times | 05/27/2025 | Matt Beane
Research going back to the 1940s has linked automation to degraded job quality and opportunities for workers, said MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy (IDE) digital fellow Matt Beane (SM '14, PhD '17). "Generally, the better we get at automating the humans left in the building, especially at low-paid, entry-level frontline jobs, they are, unless very artfully managed, just going to get quite deskilled," said Beane.
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The Hechinger Report | 05/22/2025 | Dimitris Bertsimas
Associate dean for business analytics Dimitris Bertsimas said: "Education has a social component. If the only thing you do is online education and you have no human experience, no personal relation with your classmates, no personal relationship with your teachers, the data suggests that it is not as satisfying in a somewhat impersonal online experience."
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TechTarget | 05/22/2025 | Roberto Rigobon, Isabella Loaiza-Saa
A recent paper by professor Roberto Rigobon and postdoctoral associate Isabella Loaiza-Saa evaluated AI's effects on the U.S. labor force by focusing on humans' capabilities, rather than AI's. "We need to focus on what it is that humans can do so that we can complement machines," said Loaiza-Saa.
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Poets&Quants | 05/21/2025 | Negin (Nikki) Golrezaei
When asked how she knew she wanted to be a business school professor, associate professor Negin (Nikki) Golrezaei said: "I was drawn to the opportunity to conduct rigorous research on practical and impactful problems in digital platforms — systems that have shaped how I shop, connect, learn, and make decisions in my everyday life. The ability to study these systems analytically and share that knowledge with the next generation through teaching made this career feel like a perfect fit."
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WBUR-FM | 05/21/2025 | Daron Acemoglu
Institute Professor Daron Acemoglu said: "Institutions crucially depend on the trust that people place in them. Corruption is the tip of the spear, because once you start suspecting that people in high office are using their position for corrupt ends, it tarnishes the entire set of institutions. And I think that's the situation we're in, and we're getting deeper and deeper."
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Associated Press | 05/21/2025 | Jackson Lu
Astrology, throughout its long history, has been embraced by its believers and treated with bemusement or even ridicule by skeptics. It was the subject of extensive research led by associate professor Jackson Lu. His team determined that there was extensive discrimination in China against Virgos, but that the bias was "irrational" because astrological signs predict neither personality or job performance.
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Commonplace | 05/23/2025 | Zeynep Ton
In this video interview, professor of the practice Zeynep Ton discussed what a better future of work could look like, what a "good job" means today, and why stability, career growth, and supportive pay for the jobs that already exist are vital to supporting America's workers.
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RealClearDefense | 05/28/2025 | Steven Spear
Senior lecturer Steven Spear and co-author wrote: "America's military advantage depends on its ability to out-think and out-innovate its adversaries. That means breaking the bureaucratic chains and putting mission-focused, problem-centric teams at the heart of defense innovation."
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Sports Business Journal | 05/26/2025 | Shira Springer
"Sadly, unavoidably, online abuse will change women's sports in fundamental ways," lecturer Shira Springer wrote. "The athlete accessibility that fueled growth cannot be what it was. It's a new reality, where protecting is more important than promoting."
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Alliancy | 05/26/2025 | Michael Siegel, Sander Zeijlemaker
Research affiliate Sander Zeijlemaker, director of Cybersecurity at MIT Sloan (CAMS) Michael Siegel, and co-author wrote: "Incorporating AI into cyber defense strategies is no longer optional — it's essential. However, new AI-powered defenses must be deployed with caution. Systems must be rigorously monitored and integrated into a holistic, adaptable cyber strategy."
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The Telegraph | 05/21/2025 | Fiona Murray
In a piece authored for the Telegraph and printed below this article, associate dean for innovation Fiona Murray wrote: "To sustain credible deterrence over the long term, the UK and Europe must rearm their economies, not just their militaries. This will require a commitment to new financial institutions, not simply a revival of old military ones."
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Do Rzeczy | 05/21/2025 | Yasheng Huang
"The Rise and Fall of the EAST" deserves the highest recommendations. It is a must-read for anyone interested in China, geopolitics, or the mechanisms of power in an authoritarian world. Professor Yasheng Huang provides us with not only facts, but also a deep understanding of the processes that have shaped today's China.
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Hospodářské Noviny | 05/20/2025 | Florian Berg
Research scientist Florian Berg said: "Risks lurk everywhere that could one day damage a reputation. ESG helps to reveal them. If ESG information were not made public, smaller investors would never have access to such information."
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