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The article reveals that starter jobs provided career paths for high school graduates in the U.S. and helped them acquire vocational expertise, communication, teamwork and problem-solving skills, according to a study by nonprofit research center Burning Glass Institute. The study compiled career histories of U.S. workers by analyzing job-site profiles, government statistics and surveys. It provides information on the Jobs for America's Graduates career program and Year-Up job training program.

The article explores how semiconductor company and chips manufacturer Intel has missed the opportunity in the artificial intelligence (AI) boom by failing to acquire graphics chips startup Nvidia in 2005. Topics discussed include Intel board's opposition to the recommendation of the late chief executive officer (CEO) Paul Otellini to buy Nvidia in 2005, CEO Patrick Gelsinger's efforts to restore the leadership of Intel in chip manufacturing technology, and Nvidia's dominance in the AI sector.

The article focuses on the double-edged nature of powerful technologies, particularly artificial intelligence, which is advancing rapidly and presenting both immense potential and significant risks.

The article reports on a U.S. federal judge's ruling that the multinational technology company Google has acted illegally to maintain monopoly in the online search business. Topics discussed include the allegation that Google paid companies to make it the automatic search engine in smartphones and web browsers, the view that the monopoly allowed Google to increase the prices for some search ads, and the implication of the ruling on antitrust lawsuits against other companies.

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The article discusses the emerging entry of artificial intelligence (AI) into the drug development industry as of June 2024. Topics covered include generative AI's benefits in extensive lab testing and clinical trials by way of rapid experimentation and ready identification of patterns on what might work, and its design and redesign of a physical drug molecule as needed that accelerates the overall process. Also noted are drug companies that are pursuing breakthroughs and their AI models.

The article reports on the antitrust case against technology company Google that will be decided by U.S. federal judge Amit P. Mehta. It offers a look into Mehta's questioning of lawyers about the allegation that Google illegally protected its monopoly in Internet search, as well as his ruling out of other claims against Google. It shows the fact-based, case-by-case approach of Mehta in criminal lawsuits such as the case against pro-Trump rioters in the January 6, 2021 Capitol attack.

The article reports on the claim by technology skeptic and labor economist David Autor of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that generative artificial intelligence (AI) could benefit the middle class and blue collar workers in the U.S. According to Autor, the ability of generative AI to do the works of elite workers like lawyers and doctors will benefit those without college degrees. Also cited is Autor's claim that AI is a worker complementary technology.

The article presents the discussion on significant investments by big tech companies in data centers, with an estimated $105 billion spent last year, which raises environmental concerns due to increased electricity demand. Topics include the environmental impact of AI-related data centers, the potential of AI to reduce carbon emissions in various sectors; and the projected growth in energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions from data centers.

The article discusses the move of OneTen, a nonprofit originally dedicated to help Black workers, to expand its focus to equity for all in the U.S. Topics discussed include the role of OneTen in helping companies remove unnecessary degree requirements for many work roles, companies' rethinking of their diversity efforts following the Supreme Court's ruling against race-based affirmative action policies, and OneTen's collaboration with Delta Air Lines to pursue skills-based hiring.

The article highlights Pursuit, a nonprofit job-training program in Queens, facing regulatory challenges but advocating for a groundbreaking model where graduates pay back based on income, as proposed in new legislation aiming to stimulate upward mobility programs.

The article explores whether the call by computer scientist and Allen Institute for AI chief executive officer (CEO) Ali Farhadi to open source generative artificial intelligence (AI) would lead to more innovation and opportunity or would lead to digital harm. Cited are the warning by experts that the path to open source taken by Allen Institute is risky, the steps taken by Allen Institute to open source AI, and how it is working with others to move forward with its open vision.

The article reports on the challenges facing online retailer Amazon chief executive officer Andy Jassy in managing the company, particularly the anti-trust lawsuit filed by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) due to alleged unfair tactics to monopolize electronic commerce. Also cited are the similar situations facing technology firms like Microsoft and Alphabet, Google's parent company.

The article reports on the data monopoly trial against technology company Google for allegedly bribing and bullying smartphone producers like Apple and Sampsung and browser maker Mozilla to be their default search engine. It discusses arguments raised by the U.S. federal against Google including violation of competition law and deceitful or misleading public messaging about the importance of data. Focus is given on Google's defense of it technical innovation and search quality.

The article reports on the alleged similarities of the federal antitrust case filed by the U.S. Justice Department against Google and the case filed against Microsoft 25 years ago as of September 2023. In both cases, prosecutors claimed that the companies used their dominant market positions to protect their monopoly and defeat competition. Also cited is the comment of Google's Kent Walker on the alleged differences of the cases.

The article projects the revolution of artificial intelligence (AI) in the U.S. corporate world. It discusses the potential benefits of generative AI including increased work productivity, economic development and start-up investments. It presents findings from a report by the McKinley Global Institute on the timeline for the mainstream adoption of generative AI applications based on factors including economic cycles, government regulation, corporate cultures and management decisions.

The article discusses the invention option of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in 2023. Topics covered include the implications for the future path of innovation and global competitiveness by AI's role in invention, AI's production of unscripted results as it steps creatively into the shoes of a person, and the uncertain provision of patent protection to AI-generated inventions. Also noted is the view that patent denial to a creation-capable machine is discrimination.

The article reports on role of artificial intelligence (AI) in health care in the U.S. Topics discussed include factors that will slow the acceptance of generative AI in health care, according to physicians and medical researchers, remarks from Doctor John Halamka, president of Mayo Clinic Platform, and benefits of generative AI in documentation for electronic health records.

The article discusses research which suggested that generative artificial intelligence (AI) will have its biggest impact on white-collar workers with high-paying jobs in industries like banking and technology.

The article introduces a consortium of companies that has developed data provenance standards, essentially a labeling system for describing the origin, history, and legal rights of data, aiming to address concerns about data quality and transparency in artificial intelligence (A.I.) programs.

The article reports on the law passed in New York City regulating the use of artificial intelligence (AI) for hiring and promotion decisions of companies. It raises concerns and criticisms about the use of automated employment decision tool to assist or replace discretionary decision making, gender and race discrimination, and independent audits of AI.

The article describes how artificial intelligence (AI), such as ChatGPT-style software, threatens the law profession, as of April 2023. Topics covered include the impact of the technology, how the legal profession has been identified as a target for AI automation in the past and how the new AI is a challenge to the status quo. It also discusses how sole practitioners see the technology more as partner in practice.

The article explores the benefits and threats that artificial intelligence (AI) technology pose for workers. Topics covered include how the newest edition of ChatGPT can help writers complete assignments more quickly, innovations that have the potential to destroy or make the jobs of workers easier, and the primary risk of AI to the workforce.

The article addresses the potential and the challenge of applying artificial intelligence (AI) to high-stakes decisions like hiring, promoting and charting career paths for workers, as in the case of Silicon Valley start-up Eightfold AI. Topics discussed include percentage of Eightfold's people that were laid off in February 2023, use of AI and data by Eightfold to assess a person's potential for success in a job, and result of a 2022 survey by the Society for Human Resource Management.

The article focuses on the Google antitrust trial, drawing parallels between the current case and the landmark Microsoft antitrust case in the 1990s, as the Justice Department and states allege that Google is running the Microsoft monopoly playbook in a different tech market.

The article focuses on Google's antitrust defense, which argues that its success in internet search is based on innovation, exceptional people, and not restrictive contracts or payments to industry partners, with Pandu Nayak, a Google VP of search, serving as a face of that defense.

The article presents the discussion on no shonage of excitement in corporate America. Topics include artificial intelligence producing everything from business reports to computer code with humanlike fluency; and confidential data will be handled, the accuracy of A. I. generated answers and potential legal liability.

The article focuses on New York Public Radio's plan to reduce its workforce by approximately 12 percent due to a sharp decline in the advertising market, affecting about 340 full-time and part-time employees. It mentions the organization's president, LaFontaine Oliver, expressed the challenges posed by macroeconomic factors and emphasized the preservation of journalism and music efforts amid the job cuts.

The article presents the discussion on research points to limits or education as an economic escalator for Black workers. Topics include Black workers with a college degree are more likely than their white peers to be employed in middle-wage jobs like as social workers, tax examiners and education administrators; and kind of program that is lifting large numbers of workers onto career paths.

The article reports that Johnson Controls has continued to invest in technology. The company has decided to pursue its digital projects with the goal of making essential technology for smart buildings, despite forecasts of a recession. The company even recruited additional software engineers and other technical staff in 2022. Vijay Sankaran, chief technology officer of the company, also emphasized the value of technology.

The article shows the transition of technology professionals to other industries beyond Big Tech employers as Silicon Valley cuts back on jobs. Topics discusses are potential impact of a recession on employment in technology occupations, increased interest of workers jobs at companies in industries like American Express, Albertsons, Nike and Walmart, and preference of the technology labor market for retailer Walmart and UnitedHealth.

The article reports on a study that focuses on the challenges that students at the City University of New York (CUNY) encounter as they attempt to start careers in technology. Topics mentioned include CUNY's investment in career development, an increase in the number of CUNY students who earn degrees in technology from 2011 to 2022, and percentage of students who have one paid internship during their college careers.

The article shows the significance of apprenticeship and on-the-job training programs to corporations given a tight labor market, pressure to diversify work forces and a model of successful training programs to adopt. It highlights the coursework offered by Year Up, a nonprofit job training program, targeted at low-income Americans and its internship collaboration with companies. A study presented indicate the importance of skills over college degree as basis of hiring and career advancements.

The article focuses on a new study by the Brookings Institution that suggests the rise of generative artificial intelligence, particularly ChatGPT chatbot, could further strengthen the Bay Area's dominance in the technology industry.

The article focuses on a federal appeals court pausing a judge's order that had blocked the Biden administration from discussing content with social media sites, highlighting the potential First Amendment implications and its impact on social media companies' cooperation with government agencies.

The author discusses the continuing human understanding, common sense and reasoning limitations of artificial intelligence (AI) systems as of August 2022. Topics covered include the goal of developing AI as a trusted thought partner, and the sound hybrid approach of AI systems and human intelligence that would use pattern matching to save time. Also noted is the hybrid approach's usefulness in helping travel customers plan and book round-the-world airline tickets.

The article reports on the commercialization of three-dimensional (3-D) printing technology by citing the 3-D-printing foundry of startup firm VulcanForms in Devens, Massachusetts. Also cited are the foundry's use to support corporate customers in fields like aerospace, defense and semiconductors, and the comment of VulcanForms' co-founder John Hart on the technology.

The article presents the discussion on Federal Trade Commission ordered Illumina, the leading maker of gene-sequencing machines. Topics include antitrust experts taking as a test of regulators' efforts for stopping big companies from buying fledgling innovators; and courts being reluctant to block or unwind such deals known as vertical acquisitions.

The article explains why artificial intelligence (AI) is not increasing productivity in the U.S. It attributes the low gains in productivity to the limited uptake of AI applications by companies and the time need to build technical capabilities and for technology to spread and for people to figure out how to best use them. It highlights efforts of AI start-up Cresta, which introduced its real-time recommendation and coaching software for call center agents, to address the productivity problem.

The article reveals changes to the hiring practices of U.S. companies to promote diversity and equality and ease college degree requirements, according to a report from nonprofit research center Burning Glass Institute. Results of the analysis of companies are discussed including differences in degree requirements for entry-level jobs, training programs for the disadvantaged, skills-based hiring and apprenticeship program offering. Companies included are Microsoft, Google, IBM and Accenture.

The article reports on the household gadget is misbehaving and you need help, and have a question about travel arrangements or insurance coverage, and the company's website and a digital imp pops up in a small text window.

The article offers a look at how New York City became a technology hub without relying on big technology companies. The city's ascent as a technology hub is attributed to the development of a plan for developing technology start-ups and technology workers. The development of the city's technology sector is also driven by the decision of entrepreneurs, technologists, and corporations to work and live in the area.