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We might not want to rely on AI for the heavy lifting of innovation. The Big Picture: While enthusiasts predict that AI will vastly accelerate the pace of scientific progress, some experts are skeptical of that claim. They allege that while AI is highly efficient, it’s not original and can, therefore, only help a human […]
These days, it’s an employers’ world, and workers are just living in it. The Big Picture: During the post-pandemic “Great Resignation” from 2021 to 2023, employees had the upper hand and used it to negotiate for pay raises, benefits, and remote-work options. That era is over — and employers are gaining back all the ground they […]
American consumers are bearing the brunt of President Trump’s tariffs. The Big Picture: Consumers who buy imported goods are unexpectedly receiving shockingly high bills from couriers like FedEx and UPS afterward. These delivery services pay the import duties and pass them on to the consumer without prior warning, leaving many people understandably upset. Between the […]
Tech’s ubiquitous adoption of generative AI clients has crippled publishers. The Big Picture: Bots crawl publishers’ web pages and summarize their content without referring users to those pages. As a result, publishers receive no traffic or ad revenue from this engagement, forcing them to rethink their business models in order to survive. Between the Lines: […]
Programmers have begun coding themselves out of a job. The Big Picture: In a recent company-wide address, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy explained that the efficiency gains forecast by generative AI are so significant that Amazon will make major reductions to its workforce in the coming years. The jobs AI created are already gone, but it’s […]
Americans’ primary source of news is now social media. The Front Page: 54% of Americans get news from social media platforms like Facebook, YouTube, TikTok, and X, while only about 50% get news from mainstream sources like CBS, ABC, or Fox, according to a Reuters survey. This shift is occurring globally but nowhere faster than […]
Big Tech’s push to build hundreds of data centers has brought economic activity — and massive disruption — to the lives of nearby residents. The Big Picture: Big Tech companies like Google have recently constructed over a thousand data centers in dense clusters, terraforming the surrounding environment and making it almost impossible to live nearby. […]
Despite legal requirements that limit many workdays to eight hours, most workers today can never really disconnect from their jobs. The Big Picture: Today’s average worker has a workday that starts before they wake up, continues after they’ve gone to sleep, and even dominates their weekend. Remote workforces and corporate communications apps like Slack and […]
OpenAI and Mattel have announced a new partnership that means to bring generative AI to toymaking. The Big Play: While OpenAI has partnered with major news publishers, governments, and big tech companies, they’ve never teamed up with a toymaker before. This deal feels only natural for two companies with ambitious expansion goals — but it […]
Young people — especially college grads — face an extremely punishing job market. The Big Picture: The pool of available jobs, especially those that require a college degree, is shrinking. Over 40% of college graduates in their early- to mid-20s are working jobs that don’t require a college degree, and one in five job seekers […]