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The latest wave of AI excitement is focused on agents—computational assistants that can automate complex tasks with little or no human supervision. Already, today’s agents can help write code or ...

Despite dramatic shifts in U.S. climate and clean-energy policy and the rapid spread of energy-hungry data centers, the green-economy forecast isn’t all gloom and doom. Join Meghan Busse, an associate ...

Remote job postings demand more skills and experience than similar in-person positions, which could limit opportunities for early-career workers. That’s the pattern that Letian Zhang, an associate ...

Griner’s case is a textbook example of hostage diplomacy. A government arrests or detains a foreign national under the guise of ordinary law enforcement, secures a conviction, and then uses the ...

It’s a large, Western nation with a population similar to that of the United States of America. Its workforce is roughly comparable to America’s, too, as is the quality of its academic institutions ...

Built from large amounts of customer data, these composite characters promise to help marketers predict how consumers will respond to new products, services, and marketing campaigns. Instead of ...

But for every Edison, there have been countless others whose names didn’t become synonymous with an industry. To better understand why certain people become such influential figures—a “person ...

I’ve grown fond of AI tools. They’ve been great at taking the baton on certain tasks: analytical support, repetitive entry work, even new takes on old data. But these prompts still demand time, hand ...

I work on a small but tight team. We’re a well-oiled machine, and we value our chemistry. So naturally, each time a member leaves and a new one comes on board, we’re nervous about the impact. And yet, ...

A $3 trillion gap in 2008 grew to a $34 trillion gap in 2023. Economists found a secret ingredient.