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A few weeks ago, the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI) released the 2026 AI Index Report, its ninth annual analysis of the impact, progress, and trends of AI. Led by an interdisciplinary group of experts from across academia and industry, the AI Index offers one of the most comprehensive, data-driven views of the…
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Executives have long relied on simple categories to frame how technology fits into organizations: tools automate tasks, people make decisions, and strategy determines how the two work together. But the rise of agentic AI is beginning to blur these familiar distinctions. As noted in “The Emerging Agentic Enterprise: How Leaders Must Navigate a New Age…
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Earlier this year, the National Academies of Sciences (NAS) released “How Is AI Shaping the Future of Work,” a video podcast and accompanying transcript of a conversation between MIT economist David Autor and writer Sara Freuh in Issues in Science and Technology, a quarterly journal jointly published by the NAS and the University of Arizona.…
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In a recent Harvard Business Review (HBR) article, “When Using AI Leads to ‘Brain Fry,’” participants in a research study conducted by the Boston Consulting Group described experiencing “a mental fog with difficulty focusing, slower decision-making, and headaches” due to excessive use or oversight of AI tools beyond their cognitive capacity. The article’s authors —…
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“Agents will be embedded in business processes with direct impact on operations, data, and compliance,” wrote Eric Broda and John Y Miller in “KYA — Know Your Agent,” a recent article in their Agentic Mesh Substack. Broda is the founder of Broda Group Software, co-founder of The Agentic Mesh Company, and co-author of Agentic Mesh,…
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“Chief executives of some of the world’s largest companies are all-in on artificial intelligence, though many haven’t yet seen meaningful returns on their investments,” said the WSJ in a recent article, “CEOs to Keep Spending on AI, Despite Spotty Returns.” The article is based on the 2026 annual survey of Teneo, a global CEO consulting…
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“Transformative AI will generate a genius supply shock: abundant, cheap, and fast agents that can outperform human beings across many domains. But society is likely to adapt too slowly to this remarkable but unfamiliar new capability,” wrote University of Toronto professors Ajay Agrawal and Joshua S. Gans in the introduction to their essay, “Transformative AI and…
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The Digitalist Papers is a series of essays that aim to offer insights on the “possible futures that the AI revolution might produce.” The first volume, released in September 2024, included twelve essays that explored the intersection of AI and democracy in America. Volume 2, released in December 2025, includes 21 essays that examined the…
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A few weeks ago, New York Times columnist David Leonhardt hosted an online conversation about the impact that AI is already having on employment and how large a transition society may be facing with three prominent economists: MIT’s David Autor, the University of Virginia’s Anton Korinek, and Yale University’s Natasha Sarin. I found their discussion…
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“The COVID-19 pandemic forced organizations to reimagine work in ways few had previously considered,” said “Remote-First Organizations: Practices that Drive Talent, Trust, and Performance,” a recently published report by the Institute for Global Responsibility (i4cp) in its Introduction. “What began as an emergency response has since become a long-term operating model for many. Remote and flexible…