Accenture has reduced its global workforce by more than 11,000 in the past three months and warned staff that more would be asked to leave if they cannot be retrained for the age of AI. From a report: The IT consulting group on Thursday detailed an $865 million restructuring programme Read more…
Lumafield’s CT scan analysis of 1,054 lithium-ion 18650 batteries found 33 cells from low-cost and counterfeit brands contained a serious manufacturing defect called negative anode overhang, which increases risks of internal short-circuiting and battery fires. All defective batteries came from the 424 units sourced from budget brands on Amazon and Read more…
Despite AI models outperforming radiologists on benchmark tests since 2017, demand for human radiologists has reached record highs. American diagnostic radiology residency programs offered 1,208 positions this year, up 4% from 2024, while average salaries hit $520,000 — 48% higher than 2015. Over 700 FDA-cleared radiology AI models exist, yet Read more…
On Monday morning, a reporter spoke to a Volvo EX90 owner who reported a litany of issues with her 2025 EX90: malfunctioning phone-as-a-key functionality, a useless keyfob, a keycard that rarely worked quickly, constant phone connection issues, infotainment glitches and error messages. I was surprised not because I hadn’t heard Read more…
An analysis of a literature database finds that text-generating AI tools — including ChatGPT and Gemini — can be used to rewrite scientific papers and produce ‘copycat’ versions that are then passed off as new research. In a preprint posted on medRxiv on 12 September, researchers identified more than 400 Read more…
Pope Leo XIV declined to authorize an AI avatar that would have provided virtual papal audiences to Catholics worldwide. The first American pontiff rejected the proposal during an interview with papal biographer Elise Allen. “Someone recently asked authorization to create an artificial me so that anybody could sign onto this Read more…
Elites disproportionately influence policymaking, yet little is known about their fairness and efficiency preferences — key determinants of support for redistributive policies. We investigate these preferences in an incentivized lab experiment with a group of future elites — Ivy League MBA students. We find that MBA students implement substantially more Read more…