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The winners will be management teams that immerse themselves in [generative AI] – you can’t outsource this. Leaders need to make this part of their daily work.

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Venture Capital’s Climate-Tech Catalyst: How Startups Are Shaping Incumbent Strategies

As the urgency to address climate change intensifies, the role of venture capital (VC) in driving climate technology innovation has come under scrutiny. A recent working paper, “Catalysts for Climate Solutions: Corporate Responses to Venture Capital Financing of Climate-tech Startups,” explores this dynamic. The authors, Shirley Lu, George Serafeim, and Simon Xu, of Harvard Business […]

AI Alignment: The Hidden Costs of Trustworthiness

As AI continues to evolve at a breakneck pace, the quest for aligning these systems with human values has become paramount. However, a recent study, “More RLHF, More Trust? On The Impact of Preference Alignment on Trustworthiness”, by Aaron J. Li, a master’s student at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied […]

Climate Solution Firms: Investment Strategy and Risk Management

As the global economy grapples with the pressing challenges of climate change, a new paradigm is emerging in the world of finance and investment. In their working paper, “Climate Solutions, Transition Risk, and Stock Returns,“ researchers Shirley Lu, Assistant Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School (HBS) and an affiliate of the HBS Digital […]

AI Agents: The $20,000 Monthly Question for Your Business

Is OpenAI’s high-end research assistant worth the price tag? As we enter the era of enterprise AI agents, OpenAI is reportedly preparing to test the market with a bold new pricing strategy. According to recent reporting, the company is planning a tiered approach for autonomous AI “agents” that could significantly reshape knowledge work: For CEOs […]

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80% of challenges are attributed to people issues, and only 20% due to technology.

Debbie Botha, D^3 Industry Council Member and Co-Founder and Managing Director, Dalebrook Media

The Myth of Machine Unlearning: The Complexities of AI Data Removal

In an era where artificial intelligence (AI) increasingly shapes our digital landscape, the concept of “machine unlearning” (ML) has emerged as a potential solution to various challenges in AI governance. First authors A. Feder Cooper, Faculty Associate at The Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University; Christopher A. Choquette-Choo, Research Scientist at […]

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