Artificial Intelligence

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The Invisible Builder Inspiring Deeper Conversations Around Global Poverty Issues

An AI ethicist is encouraging a broader conversation about how poverty is understood — and what questions the field may still need to ask. Ask Shekhar Natarajan to define poverty, and he does not begin where audiences expect him to. He does not begin with the streetlight in South Central India, the one he studied […]
Business News

AI Leader Shekhar Natarajan Is Contributing to Discussions on the Future of Ethical Artificial Intelligence

Natarajan represents a new class of leaders who work to support the development of artificial intelligence in line with accountability, intention, and real-world impact. As artificial intelligence rapidly reshapes industries, the conversation is not only centered on innovation but is also increasingly associated with considerations of responsibility. For Shekhar Natarajan, that shift has long been […]
Business News

Design Engineering in the Age of AI: Why Quality Still Matters

Artificial intelligence is often framed as a tool that speeds everything up. It helps generate, automate, and accelerate. In design engineering, however, the work has traditionally been defined by something else. Taste, iteration, and attention to detail. These are not areas where AI naturally excels, at least not yet. This tension is becoming more visible […]
Technology

How Steve Reinharz Is Quietly Rebuilding Security With AI

Steve Reinharz has been thinking about artificial intelligence since before it was widely discussed outside academic circles. Reinharz grew up in Toronto, and in his final year of high school in the 1980s, wrote an essay on AI — an obscure subject at the time that most students would have avoided. He turned it into […]
Leadership

Trident Media Group’s Mark Gottlieb: Can Storytelling Survive the Age of AI, or Will It Be Redefined by It?

The debate around artificial intelligence has split industries into opposing teams, and nowhere can that tension feel more personal than in the creative world. Questions about efficiency give way to something deeper: ownership, and the fragile yet enduring connection between storyteller and audience. Mark Gottlieb, a literary agent and Executive Vice President of Trident Media […]
Technology

Freddy del Barrio on the Crucial Gap Between AI Innovation and Real-World Healthcare

Today, AI is ubiquitous across nearly every sector, yet a misguided focus on AI capability over practical applications may be stalling its adoption in healthcare. While the technology itself is advancing, Freddy del Barrio, founder of Companion AI, argues that a lingering implementation failure exists, stemming from a persistent misalignment with real-world clinical workflows and […]
Technology

The Uncanny Valley of Artificial Voice-Acting: Jacco Fransen on Overcoming the Seeming Conveniences of AI with Art

The labor union SAG-AFTRA has recently signed an agreement allowing advertisers to buy the rights to actors’ voices to produce AI-generated digital replicas with consent. This development in the unavoidable yet often troubled relationship between the arts and their commercial patrons begs the question: can AI effectively replace the human voice? Jacco Fransen, a renowned […]
Technology

Coyotiv and OpenServ Are Working to Cut AI Reasoning Costs

Over the past several years, as technology has continued to evolve at an alarming rate, AI models have become increasingly adept at parsing data in response to user prompts. However, modern “thinking models” rely heavily on long chains of thought. That approach improves accuracy, but it also explodes token usage, increases latency, and drives up […]
Leadership

New Technology, Old Mistakes: How Pragmatic Leadership Can Prevent Businesses From Misusing AI and Emerging Tools

Each wave of technological innovation arrives with the promise of transformation. From cloud computing to artificial intelligence, the narrative is often centered on speed, efficiency, and competitive advantage. Yet, despite these advancements, many organizations continue to struggle with implementation. Research shows that only 35% of digital transformations succeed in achieving their intended outcomes. The gap […]
Entrepreneurs

Joseph Schwarzmann on Why Founders Ignore Trades And How AI Is Reshaping Them

The founders and venture capitalists racing to build the next generation of AI companies remain overwhelmingly fixated on software, fintech, and consumer applications. Meanwhile, the HVAC sector, despite being one of the largest and most labour-constrained in the American economy, has drawn a fraction of the technological attention its scale warrants. The workers who keep […]