LEGO just made its most ambitious showing ever at CES, the world’s largest consumer electronics trade show—an unusual venue for a toy giant, and a telling one. At this year’s CES in Las Vegas, LEGO unveiled a screen-less device called the “SMART Brick,” a bid to bring a myriad of senses to its silent, incredibly…
The discourse surrounding artificial intelligence in the workplace is thick with dystopian forecasts and utopian promises. Will it eradicate jobs or usher in a new era of human creativity? For managers and leaders, the question is more pointed: will advances in A.I. make my role obsolete? The answer is a definitive no. A.I. will not…
In November, ChatGPT turned three, with a global user base rapidly approaching one billion. At this point, A.I. is no longer an esoteric acronym that needs explaining in news stories. It has become a daily utility, woven into how we work, learn, shop and even love. The field is also far more crowded than it…
When Chris Callison-Burch first started teaching an A.I. course at the University of Pennsylvania in2018, his inaugural class had about 100 students. Seven years later, enrollment has swelled to roughly 400—excluding another 250 students attending remotely and an additional 100 to 200 on the waiting list. The professor now teaches in the largest classroom on…
Not long ago, going cashless felt novel. Today, tapping a card—or clicking “Pay now”—barely registers. Expectations have shifted quickly, and by 2025, consumers largely assume payments will run themselves. The commercial pressure is real: merchants lose an estimated $18 billion per year to abandoned carts, and every failed transaction costs roughly $12 in direct and…
With a freshly minted $5 billion valuation, Kim Kardashian’s shapewear company Skims has become a case study in modern celebrity-backed retail done right. While Kardashian is indisputably the face of the brand, her co-founders, Emma Grede and Jens Grede, are the architects and operational engine behind its success. The husband-and-wife team also oversees a growing…
The United States is facing a healthcare crisis that extends far beyond rising costs. Physician burnout is accelerating, access to care is eroding, particularly in primary care and rural or underserved communities, and administrative burden continues to crowd out time spent with patients. Clinicians are expected to diagnose and treat illness in addition to navigating…
This week, Ford announced it will end production of the F-150 Lightning, the electric version of its best-selling pickup truck, and take a $19.5 billion write-down tied to its current and planned EV programs. The move marks a sharp reversal from commitments Ford made eight years ago to transition toward an all-electric future. Since 2023,…
For Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind, there’s little doubt that parts of the A.I. industry are in a bubble. The harder question, he says, is figuring out which areas are fueled by hype and which truly have the potential to be transformative. “There are parts of the A.I. ecosystem that are probably in bubbles,”…
The rapid spread of A.I. is starting to reshape the consulting industry, and not without pain. The technology can now handle many of the tasks once assigned to junior, entry-level consultants—often faster, cheaper and more accurately. As a result, A.I. has been linked to thousands of planned job cuts at consulting giant McKinsey & Company,…
