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• 11 of the best online certificates at M7 b-schools - Daisy Cullerton, Business Because
  In today's digital landscape, a wide variety of online certificates and study programs are available, covering diverse fields and career paths within the business world. An online certificate is a great addition to any CV, highlighting a zeal for learning, an enhanced skill set, and a passion for professional growth. Providing the option to learn […]
• How the U.S. Public and AI Experts View Artificial Intelligence - Colleen McClean, et al; Pew Research
  Experts are far more positive and enthusiastic about AI than the public. For example, the AI experts we surveyed are far more likely than Americans overall to believe AI will have a very or somewhat positive impact on the United States over the next 20 years (56% vs. 17%). And while 47% of experts surveyed […]
• Investing in the future: How better mental health benefits everyone - Brad Herbig, Erica Coe, Kana Enomoto with Pooja Tatwawadi, McKinsey
  Mental and substance use disorders are on the rise, alongside other noncommunicable diseases. Investing in mental health interventions could help individuals reclaim years of healthy life and boost the global economy by up to $4.4 trillion in 2050. Despite contributing to a substantial 290 million disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) of the global disease burden, mental […]
• Empowering the US Workforce - Anu Madgavkar, Olivia White, with Ryan Luby; McKinsey
  As the new administration shifts into high gear, policymakers may find themselves dealing with tight labor markets—a long-term structural trend in many advanced economies. McKinsey estimates that GDP in 2023 could have been 0.5 to 1.5 percent higher across these economies if employers had been able to fill their excess job vacancies. America is punching […]
• Interest in US for postgrad study has plummeted, data shows - Nathan M Greenfield, University World News
  “International student demand for US postgraduate education (MA and PhD) is now down 44% since mid-January, having dropped a further 3% since your last article [on 18 March],” Edwin van Rest, co-founder and CEO of Studyportals, told University World News. The largest decline in interest in studying in the US has been among Indian and […]
• The world’s nicest chatbot is eating up energy - Matt V, Mindstream
  OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently shared that using polite language with Chatgpt, like saying “please” and “thank you”, actually costs the company tens of millions in electricity. That’s because tools like ChatGPT rely on massive data centres powered by energy-hungry GPUs. Even a single AI response, like a short message, can use around 0.14 kWh […]
• AI in Higher Education Expert University of Pennsylvania Professor Ethan Mollick's Wisdom - LinkedIn Posting
  I don’t mean to be a broken record but AI development could stop at the o3/Gemini 2.5 level and we would have a decade of major changes across entire professions & industries (medicine, law, education, coding…) as we figure out how to actually use it & adapt our systems and organizations to what it can […]
• The CEO’s guide: McKinsey’s latest insights on AI - McKinsey
  As artificial intelligence is deployed across organizations, what steps can leaders take to drive bottom-line impact? In the latest McKinsey Global Survey on AI, Senior Partners Alex Singla, Alexander Sukharevsky, Lareina Yee, and coauthors share examples: mitigate gen-AI-related risks, redesign workflows, experiment with gen AI tools, and place senior leaders in critical AI governance roles. […]
• Quantum computing gears up for its 'ChatGPT Moment' — and a potential talent shortage - Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert, Tech Insider
  The AI field faces a significant talent shortage, with too few skilled workers to fuel the industry. Quantum computing startups have noticed and are trying to avoid the same problem. Some quantum companies are funding certificate programs and university courses to train new talent. Quantum computing companies are learning from missteps made during the artificial […]
• Boston Consulting Group Unveils AI Science Institute to Drive Research - Scarlett Evans, AI Business
  BCG X, the tech division of Boston Consulting Group, has launched an AI Science Institute to help companies develop and commercialize scientific innovations. The institute is supported by a team of more than 3,000 people and is designed to work collaboratively with universities, industry experts and research and development teams from across industries. In a […]
• Sleep Time Compute - AI That "Thinks" 24/7 (Breakthrough) - Matthew Berman, YouTube
  This podcast discusses a research paper introducing "sleeptime compute," a concept aimed at allowing AI to anticipate and answer questions more efficiently [00:05, 00:41]. It contrasts this with current "test time compute" methods, where AI processes information only after receiving a prompt, leading to higher latency and cost [01:09, 02:12]. Sleeptime compute involves pre-processing context […]
• Agentic AI Startup Beats O3, Gemini, Sonnet, on Cost, Accuracy - Scarlett Evans, AI Business
  Agentic AI startup Ema has released a report saying its small language model, EmaFusion, has outperformed other AI models in both cost and accuracy. Unlike typical models, which are single-strategy systems, EmaFusion uses a “cascading” judgment system that dynamically balances cost and accuracy. Users can also fine-tune the cost versus accuracy based on the demands […]
• ‘Inside Higher Ed’ Co-Founders Win Prestigious CASE Award - Susan H. Greenberg, Inside Higher Ed
  The Council for Advancement and Support of Education has awarded Inside Higher Ed co-founders Scott Jaschik and Doug Lederman the 2025 James L. Fisher Award for distinguished service to education. The award “highlights individuals whose influence on education extends beyond a single institution.” Jaschik and Lederman left The Chronicle of Higher Education to launch Inside […]
• Author Talks: How to lead in a polarized world - McKinzie
  In this edition of Author Talks, McKinsey Global Publishing’s Rochelle Toplensky chats with Karthik Ramanna, professor of business and public policy at the University of Oxford’s Blavatnik School of Government, about his new book, The Age of Outrage: How to Lead in a Polarized World (Harvard Business Review Press, Fall 2024). Ramanna provides a new […]
• US Bar Body Admits Using AI To Develop Exam Questions, Sparking Controversy - Abhinav Singh, NDTV
  The State Bar of California has admitted to using artificial intelligence (AI) to develop a portion of multiple-choice questions on its February 2025 bar exam, leading to furore amongst the faculty members and exam takers. The admission by the state's legal licensing body comes after the prospective lawyers complained that the exam was plagued with […]
• Your boss is not okay: How manager burnout is dragging down the entire workplace - María José Gutierrez Chavez, Fast Company
  Gallup’s most recent State of the Global Workplace report revealed that employee engagement fell to 21% in 2024, declining 2 points from the previous year. In the last 12 years, employee engagement has only fallen one other time, in 2020, due in part to COVID-19, the shift to working from home, and increased isolation. The […]
• Microsoft thinks AI colleagues are coming soon - Jessica Bursztynsky, Fast Company
  These so-called Frontier Firms will be built around “on-demand intelligence and powered by ‘hybrid’ teams of humans + agents, these companies scale rapidly, operate with agility, and generate value faster,” according to the report. Microsoft argued that within the next two to five years, every company will be on the journey to becoming one. Microsoft […]
• Exploring model welfare - Anthropic
  Human welfare is at the heart of our work at Anthropic: our mission is to make sure that increasingly capable and sophisticated AI systems remain beneficial to humanity. But as we build those AI systems, and as they begin to approximate or surpass many human qualities, another question arises. Should we also be concerned about […]
• Universities have a chance to lead in shaping AI’s future - Sevgi Kaya-Kasikci, Eglis Chacon Camero, Ekaterina Minaeva and Chris R Glass, University World News
  Artificial intelligence has become the new geopolitical fault line – and universities now sit squarely on it. Washington’s export-control regime blocks sales and technical support for advanced AI chips to China; Beijing, for its part, requires recommendation algorithms and generative-AI models to be filed with – and in some cases to be licensed by – […]
• I Tested 5 AI Assistants—and What I Found Was Surprising - Carmine Gallo, Inc.
  In total, the panel of judges evaluated 150 emails. While one AI tool was the clear winner, the experiment highlighted the benefits of AI writing and communication assistants—and one big limitation. “On average, Claude’s emails felt more human than the others,” Fowler noted. Another judge, Erica Dhawan, said, “Claude uses precise, respectful language without being […]