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GenAI Advantage May Belong to Firms That Already Have It
AI tools are everywhere. Profits may not be. Listen to this article: Generative AI looks like a startup’s dream. It’s widely available, relatively cheap to access, and capable of automating tasks that once required long hours and large teams. In theory, that should give newer, smaller firms an edge for challenging incumbents. But as reported […]
“If your workers aren’t frustrated using AI, then you’re nowhere near where you should be.”
Mary ErdoesMary Callahan Erdoes , HBS AI Institute Advisory Council Member and CEO of JPMorgan Asset and Wealth Management
Here’s What People Actually Do With ChatGPT
Data-driven insights on the shift from cool tool to global utility Listen to this article: If you look at the headlines about tools like Claude Code and OpenAI Codex, or hear about programmers using LLMs to reach unprecedented levels of efficiency, you might think that everyone is starting to use AI to write computer code, […]
The Attachment Science Behind AI Companions
New Harvard research offers a clear framework for understanding how chatbots create deep emotional bonds. Listen to this article: AI companions have quickly moved from novelty apps to objects of public anxiety. Critics worry about social substitution, emotional manipulation, and addiction, while advocates point to the possibility of reducing loneliness and improving mental health. But […]
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Knowledge Guilds: Who Owns Your Expertise?
New research proposes a framework to give workers a stake in the AI systems built on their labor. Listen to this article: Data portability has often been presented as a way to reduce the control digital platforms exert through exclusive access to user data. In principle: if Meta, Alphabet, Spotify, or another platform holds your […]
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transforms productivity
“…what’s different is the promise of this technology. AI has the capabilities of summarizing and allowing people to access tacit knowledge that is typically, you know, exclusive to experts.”
Raffaella Sadun John Winsor , Co-Principal Investigator at the Digital Reskilling Lab
The AI Race Goes Global
What China’s “diffusion-forward” strategy reveals about technology, production, and who wins in the AI economy Listen to this article: The New York Times recently reported that in Washington, the AI question focuses on whether the government should review powerful models before they are released. But on the other side of the globe, China is asking […]
GenAI Advantage May Belong to Firms That Already Have It
AI tools are everywhere. Profits may not be. Listen to this article: Generative AI looks like a startup’s dream. It’s widely available, relatively cheap to access, and capable of automating tasks that once required long hours and large teams. In theory, that should give newer, smaller firms an edge for challenging incumbents. But as reported […]
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The Prompt: Beyond Automation – How AI Redefines Competitive Advantage
Join us for The Prompt with Sangeet Paul Choudary, best-selling author of Reshuffle, as he invites us to think bigger about AI’s impact on the future. Rather than getting caught up in individual automation or task productivity, Choudary will unpack how AI reshapes organizations and competition, why constraints determine which AI-driven predictions will actually materialize, and […] Continue reading The Prompt: Beyond Automation – How AI Redefines Competitive Advantage
