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The Wired Belts are the new Rust Belts: Report ranks which jobs are most vulnerable

Digital Planet, the research center at the forefront of researching the AI transformation at The Fletcher School at Tufts University, today released the American AI Jobs Risk Index. It is a first-of-its-kind data-driven framework that […]

Job hopping builds hidden ‘mobility benefit’

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A history of job changes could be a red flag on a résumé, or it could signal a job candidate with an important “mobility benefit” that will help them begin a new job, says new […]

Even if it goes nowhere, an SEC investigation will cost you

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Everybody acts differently while they are being watched, especially by those with authority. Whether it’s your boss sitting in the next cubicle next door or a cop car driving behind you, observation leads to behavioral […]

In flight simulators, crews with better rapport perform better, study finds

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Picture a cockpit crew of two who met just minutes before takeoff, now descending through a turbulent midnight sky. They aren’t looking at each other—their eyes scan the instruments in the cockpit and the horizon […]

New study outlines privacy solution for retail central bank digital currencies

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New research shows that retail central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) can be designed to protect user privacy, one of the biggest concerns surrounding the future of digital money. Professor Iwa Salami of the University of […]

Successful minority employees can create a false sense of diversity

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Highly successful women and racial minorities help to challenge stereotypes and serve as role models for members of their social groups, but seeing them in prominent roles can also create the illusion that organizations are […]

New research reveals high option trading fees and barriers to competition

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Could the rules of the options market be quietly costing you ten times more than your stock trades? A recent study in The Review of Financial Studies uncovers how current market rules protect high profits […]

AI avatars promise UK growth if laws can put people first

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AI avatars are helping UK businesses save time and money, but without clear rules, workers are at risk and growth opportunities are being missed. A report published in the journal Synthetic Media Research Network, Replique […]

Study finds overconfident CEOs are 10-15% less likely to delegate deal work

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A new study finds overconfident CEOs are less likely to delegate responsibilities to underlings, particularly in settings that involve complex transactions—such as hammering out the details of high-stakes deals. The paper, “Leave it to Me: […]

AI could spot the next financial crisis—but there’s a catch

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What if AI could predict the next financial meltdown? Sounds like a promising idea, yet as new research finds, the devil is in the details.This post was originally published on this site

AI uptake across Italian firms remains patchy, study suggests, despite generative AI buzz

Research in the International Journal of Business Information Systems suggests that the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) is remarkably uneven across Italian firms. While some may have made a deliberate choice not to use AI, [...]
AI study reveals England’s productivity divide is far more complex than North-South

Researchers at the University of Manchester have used artificial intelligence to uncover a complex picture behind England’s long-running productivity puzzle, challenging the idea that the country’s economic performance can be explained by a simple North-South [...]
Study suggests platforms invite third-party analytics to raise seller prices

As artificial intelligence and data-driven analytics rapidly transform online retail, a surprising dynamic is emerging: some e-commerce platforms deliberately allow third-party analytics tools to scrape or access marketplace data, even though doing so could weaken [...]