Business Innovation

Good morning. This year has shown that AI isn’t just a buzzword anymore—it’s redefining finance. In covering AI, I’ve spoken with CFOs across industries who are focused on value creation and developing real-world use cases for AI to reshape everything...

The creative industry has an especially tense relationship with AI, which some believe erodes human innovation and critical thinking skills, and threatens jobs. Yet, many designers are increasingly warming to the idea of incorporating AI in design, says Cecilia Brenner,...

The latest: Amazon reportedly is in talks to invest $10 billion or more in the ChatGPT maker, which already counts giants like Microsoft among its investors. Perhaps the most recent (and loudest) news cycle, however, had nothing directly to...

Creepy, zany and demonstrably fake content is often called “slop.” The word’s proliferation online, in part thanks to the widespread availability of generative artificial intelligence, landed it Merriam-Webster’s 2025 word of the year.“It’s such an illustrative word,” said Greg Barlow,...

For all the noise surrounding alcohol today, one fact rarely enters the conversation: societies with moderate, responsible drinking habits consistently outperform economically. Across OECD economies, decades of analysis confirm this link, showing that responsible consumption supports higher productivity and...

For decades, technologies have largely been built as tools, extensions of human intent and control that have helped us lift, calculate, store, move, and much more. But those tools, even the most revolutionary ones, have always waited for us...

Can AI be used to generate original work rather than mere “slop”? That’s the question facing many designers who both hope to leverage AI’s power to generate and refine new ideas quickly, and worry about their ability to compete...

HHS billed the plan as a “first step” focused largely on making its work more efficient and coordinating AI adoption across divisions. But the 20-page document also teased some grander plans to promote AI innovation, including in the analysis...

In July 2022, I made a career pivot from consulting to teaching. Beyond being intrinsically interesting and rewarding, I thought teaching would provide a respite after almost two decades of daily hand-to-hand combat with problems, clients, and, occasionally, colleagues....

Some professionals got their start working in retail—but not nearly as many of those same workers made it all the way to the top of a Fortune 500 company. But Marvin Ellison did. Ellison got his start making just $4.35...