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CFOs are central to AI mindset shift, says Google veteran | Fortune
Good morning. When I was in Chicago earlier this week, talent and AI were on the agenda.At Fortune’s CFO Collaborative dinner on Wednesday night, sponsored by Deloitte, Ted Souder—CEO and co-founder of Quoin, a startup developing AI-powered infrastructure for...
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New York Stock Exchange parent company invests $2 billion in Polymarket at $9 billion valuation | Fortune Crypto
Polymarket was once a niche crypto platform. Now, the startup is moving into the ranks of mainstream finance thanks to a $2 billion investment from trading giant Intercontinental Exchange. Under the terms of the deal, announced on Tuesday, the...
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The AI jobs apocalypse isn’t upon us, according to new data | Fortune
Hello and welcome to Eye on AI. In this edition: No AI Jobpocalypse, plus early signs of life for entry-level jobs…OpenAI launches Sora 2…Meta plans to use AI chatbot conversations to personalize ads…and more companies are disclosing AI-related risks.Hi,...
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The Gen Z hiring nightmare is real, but AI is a ‘lightning strike’ not a ‘house fire,’ Yale economist says | Fortune
Especially alarming to many has been AI’s effect on entry-level jobs. A blockbuster Stanford study in August was especially rattling, as it claimed to find a “significant and disproportionate impact” on entry-level jobs most exposed to AI automation—like software...
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Jensen Huang doesn’t care about Sam Altman’s AI hype fears: he thinks OpenAI will be the first “multi-trillion dollar hyperscale company” | Fortune
Just as Open AI CEO Sam Altman and Meta leader Mark Zuckerberg begin acknowledging that there may be truth to the warnings of an AI bubble, Jensen Huang is doubling down on his bullishness. In a recent podcast appearance with...
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I met Sam Altman in Texas. He’s turning the race for AI into a gigawatt arms race | Fortune
Welcome to Eye on AI, with AI reporter Sharon Goldman. In this edition…Open AI’s gigawatt arms race is underway in Abilene, Texas…Nscale announces record-breaking $1.1 billion Series B...OpenAI and Databricks strike AI agent deal…Trump administration will provide Elon Musk’s...
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Jerome Powell says Gen Z without tech skills are getting crushed in the ’low-hire, low-fire’ job market—and colleges are failing them | Fortune
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell issued a warning to young workers on Tuesday: if you don’t have technology skills, you’ll be left behind in today’s labor market. Speaking in Rhode Island this week at an event hosted by the Greater...
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Jerome Powell says the Gen Z hiring nightmare is real: ‘Kids coming out of college…are having a hard time finding jobs’ | Fortune
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has sounded the alarm on what many recent graduates already know—getting a job right out of college is really hard right now. Speaking at his regular press conference following the Federal Open Market Committee...
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Honeywell, Caterpillar CTOs say AI can ease labor, skills gaps in manufacturing | Fortune
Honeywell says that 20% of the company’s software code is written by GitHub Copilot and other AI-assistant coding tools. But, does that mean that the industrial giant’s embrace of AI has corresponded with a 20% reduction in that team’s...
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Exclusive: Phia, founded by Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni, raises $8 million seed round, led by Kleiner Perkins | Fortune
Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni turned their Stanford dorm room into a startup lab. It’s a time-honored tradition at Stanford, a rite of passage many tech bigwigs have undertaken. Gates and Kianni started as randomly assigned roommates, but soon bonded...
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