Every year, for the last 16 years, economists have come to Toulouse for the Digital Economics Conference to present cutting-edge research on just about everything digital. For those who don’t know Toulouse, or only that it is the headquarters of Airbus, the La Ville Rose is a...
Where’s the European Union when it comes to AI? It has the world’s second-largest GDP — $18.4 trillion in 2023. Its 448 million population is more than 100 million greater than the U.S. It is home to many top educational institutions with some of the world’s leading scientists and...
By Travis LeBlanc, Jonas Koponen, Anna Caro and Mari Dugas The meteoric rise of AI in the public’s consciousness and the launch of several innovative services, including Open AI’s ChatGPT-4 and Stability AI’s Stable Diffusion, has brought with it a fierce debate on how, if...
For generations, supermarkets have played a fundamental role in our daily routines, serving as a convenient destination to find all our grocery and household needs in one place. These retail juggernauts have consistently transformed themselves to align with shifting consumer tastes and market dynamics. One...
September 18, 2023
By Travis LeBlanc, Jonas Koponen, Anna Caro and Mari Dugas The meteoric rise of AI in the public’s consciousness and the launch of several innovative services, including Open AI’s ChatGPT-4 and Stability AI’s Stable Diffusion, has brought with it a fierce debate on how, if at all, the technology should be regulated. Several regulatory approaches […]
July 17, 2023
China is a famously hands-on nation when it comes to controlling information within its borders. Still, that hasn’t stopped some of the world’s largest technology companies from complying with Beijing’s...
June 29, 2023
Artificial intelligence (AI) offers a new tool to genuinely help advance human learning and thought. We are the first generation in the history of humanity to create machines that can...
June 27, 2023
How does one tame the hyper-rapid advance of the disruptive technical beast? While marketplace innovations have always played the proverbial “hare” to the regulatory “tortoises” of national governments when it...
May 07, 2024
Estonian company Bolt Technology OU is reportedly looking to hire managers to launch eScooter rentals in several cities in the United States. The firm posted job listings on LinkedIn last week seeking general managers and operations managers for such a venture in Los Angeles; Seattle; Austin, Texas; and other cities, Bloomberg reported Tuesday (May 7). Bolt is active in more […]
August 08, 2023
Square has launched a consumer booking app that provides access to a large beauty and personal care businesses network. The new Square Go looks to offer convenience to consumers, allowing them to easily...
July 25, 2023
Digital bank Grasshopper has partnered with Cable to equip its clients and Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) platform with automation and technology for financial crime assurance, testing and oversight. The bank will leverage the automated assurance and...
July 17, 2023
Visa and Mastercard have been accused by Block of conspiring to inflate fees and increase retail prices paid. The antitrust lawsuit filed Friday (July 14) with the U.S. District Court...
