Verizon’s Dan Schulman is all in on AI, but he warns that it is time for business leaders to acknowledge its disruptive potential Quick Summary Verizon’s Dan Schulman has predicted 20% to 30% unemployment within two to five years due to AI, and urges other CEOs to be candid about its disruptive force. Verizon created a $20 million career-transition fund for the “age of AI” after beginning to lay off 13,000 workers last year. A March Quinnipiac University survey found 55% of U

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For the first time in France, and possibly for the first time ever, anywhere, an entire corporation had been put on trial and found criminally liable for enabling terrorism.

Historic buildings are being reimagined as modern apartments, attracting young renters, empty nesters and reverse commuters

America’s biggest carmaker invests $600 million in South Korea and moves to full capacity despite U.S. tariffs Related: Ford's China partnership

From Snap to Block to Amazon, a new template for ‘right sizing’ the workforce is spreading through C-suites—and other companies are taking note Quick Summary Companies are increasingly conducting large-scale layoffs, receiving investor praise and stock bumps, a shift from past perceptions. Snap is laying off 16% of its staff, and Block eliminated 40% of its workforce, with both companies’ shares rising after the announcements. The willingness to make large cuts reflects a vie

A.I. has always been compared to human intelligence, but that may not be the right way to think about it. What it does well can help predict what jobs it may replace.

Long hours on the job can temporarily ease the symptoms of depression and anxiety. But you’re better off leaving the office and facing your feelings head-on.

Over the next two decades, militancy, terrorism, and organized crime will profoundly change as nonstate armed actors adopt many of the same technologies used by conventional armies and everyday socie ty.

CEO pressure is part of the job. But some sources of stress carry more risk than others. The BCG CEO Insomnia Index reveals how leaders assess what drives their stress—and how those perceptions align with CEO turnover risk—while offering guidance for meeting each day’s challenges with energy and focus. More: the findings Related: the physically and mentally fit CEO Related: 5 CEO barriers to A.I. impac t Related: CEO moments of truth

In a new report, the World Bank thinks better of its old free-market absolutism.

Does power truly flow from the barrel of a gun? Pop culture and conventional history often teach us that violence is the most effective way to produce change. But is that common assumption actually true? Political scientist Erica Chenoweth, who has studied more than 100 years of revolutions and insurrections, says the answer is counterintuitive. More recent Hidden Brain episodes

Companies are ditching escape rooms and cooking contests for human tower workshops. It’s as awkward as it sounds.

Some employees who are fed up with AI are refusing to use the tech, while others are feeding sensitive company information to unapproved AI tools.

For us to trust it on certain subjects, researchers in the growing field of interpretability might need to learn how to open the black box of its brain. Related: Generative A.I. will not create value on its own Related: One strange origin of of A.I. "thinking" Related: the disconnect between the creators and the users of A.I. (Thanks Kimberly!) Related: as A.I. gets smarter, catching mistakes gets harder

Employees now rely on Claude for most of their work, turning a chatbot into something closer to an operating system.

Many American downtowns and Main Streets are plagued by a paradox: Land and buildings sit underutilized or vacant next to some of the most expensive real estate in their regions. This report attempts to explain that paradox and identify actionable and inclusive recommendations for resolution

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