Generative artificial intelligence is emerging as a powerful productivity tool, particularly for economies and businesses facing shortages of specialized skills. But research from the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the University of Hong Kong and Arizona State University suggests that faster work does not automatically mean better final work. AI can help workers reach a good…
Is AI a new Copernican moment? Not because it moves us in the cosmos, but because it unsettles our sense of what makes us central, distinct, and human. BKC is excited to partner with the Public Culture Project, based out of Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences, for its 2026-2027 event series, All Too Human:…
AI tools have reshaped the workforce, offering businesses solutions across productivity, marketing, HR, IT and learning. Across the UK, teams are chasing the ROI of AI adoption through higher productivity and lower costs. Whilst the most AI-fluent companies have achieved productivity gains of 163%, many others have found, sorely, that their AI projects haven’t delivered the…
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and CAMBRIDGE, England, July 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — As the Biopharma industry adopt advanced technologies at breakneck speeds, organizations are running into a surprising roadblock. It isn’t the technology. It’s human behavior. In a recent Zifo virtual panel discussion, ‘Change Management Strategies Elevating Digital Transformation in Pharma,’ Zifo experts decoded exactly why technological…
Artificial Intelligence is transforming project management. Tasks that once consumed hours of a project manager’s time can now be completed in minutes. AI-powered tools can draft status reports, identify scheduling conflicts, analyse project risks, summarise meetings and provide insights from vast quantities of project data. Photo by Yan Krukau: https://www.pexels.com/photo/group-of-business-people-working-together-7691694/ For project professionals, this represents…
“How the alignment problem gets solved — or not — in this future is something we are least certain about,” they wrote. Advanced, self-improving models could follow our needs and wants — or, they warned, “The rare occurrences of misalignment present in today’s models could compound as the models build their successors, growing more frequent…
Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming how meteorologists track storms, with recent data from the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season solidifying a massive leap forward in forecasting technology. While the National Hurricane Center (NHC) has relied on early forms of AI for years, 2025 emerged as a pivotal turning point. During this past season, the NHC partnered…
Paddy Rodgers said the Observatory’s rich history showed the power of human knowledge and the need to avoid “dependence” on AI.
Sharjah Asset Management, the investment arm of the Government of Sharjah, has received the Digital Transformation Development Award in Human Resources Management, in recognition of its outstanding …
Bank CEOs have praised the pivotal efficiency changes promised by AI. Some have said AI will cut jobs, and others say it will create more employment opportunities. We looked at the public record to see what banking’s top executives are saying about head count. Is AI coming for Wall Street’s jobs? Not yet. Some 60%…
