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☆ Reskilling and investing in communities are crucial during the AI revolution, IBM's chief impact officer says
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-16 | by ( Julia Hood | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Justina Nixon-Saintil is IBM's chief impact officer and a member of BI's Workforce Innovation board. This article is part of "Workforce Innovation," a series exploring the forces shaping enterprise transformation. What is the connection to workforce innovation? We also make sure that we're investing in communities that are most vulnerable due to climate change and environmental threats. They're all thinking the same thing: How can we use new technologies to understand all communities better and have a greater impact?

Persons: Justina Nixon, —, Nixon, Saintil, I've, we've Organizations: Service, IBM, CSR Locations: Singapore

The group was asked to share which topics they're most focused on between AI, worker well-being, diversity, equity, and inclusion, and C-suite transformation. While worker well-being and AI were the most commonly cited trends, there's clear overlap and intersectionality across all four topics. 'We're trying to understand a more holistic view of worker well-being'Shane Koller, senior vice president and chief people officer, AncestryThe two topics we're most focused on are worker well-being and DEI. As part of this new organizational structure, we announced our chief AI and data officer, one individual who would help bring together a cohesive strategy and vision for the organization's AI. A big focus for us is worker well-being.

Persons: Jack Azagury, nobody's, Shane Koller, we've, We've, Borgonovo, Alicia Pittman, Anant Adya, Marjorie Powell, Neil Murray, Maggie Hulce, Chen, it's, —, — there's, Kenon Chen, Sharawn Tipton, LiveRamp, there's, I'm, There's Organizations: Accenture, Mastercard, Infosys DEI, Infosys, AARP, Clear Locations: Tipton

☆ Corporations are accelerators of change and have to bring employees along the journey, says LiveRamp's people and culture executive
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-29 | by ( Julia Hood | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Sharawn Tipton is the chief people and culture officer at LiveRamp, a data-collaboration software-as-a-service company, overseeing human resources and culture across 1,400 employees globally. Instead of telling our team members not to use ChatGPT and putting all this governance around it, we want to hear how they are thinking about using it. We need to be open and honest with our team members about what this means for them. We need to be future-focused and bring team members along on that journey. What are the synergies there, and how do we utilize that to bring out the very best in our team members?

Persons: Sharawn Tipton, —, I've, Tipton, we've, We're, we're Organizations: Service, BI, Group, National Society of Black Engineers, Women Locations: Oakland , California, LiveRamp

☆ CEOs need to embrace a technologist mindset to lead innovation today, the Weber Shandwick's Chris Deri says
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-26 | by ( Julia Hood | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Chris Deri leads Weber Shandwick's corporate-advisory business and is on BI's Workforce Innovation board. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . You can opt-out at any time by visiting our Preferences page or by clicking "unsubscribe" at the bottom of the email. Research conducted by the firm, Deri said, found CEOs were prioritizing AI, even if they didn't yet know how to get started. Is AI really occupying the minds of business leaders as much as we think?

Persons: Chris Deri, Weber, execs, —, Deri, we've, There's, it's, Jamie Dimon Organizations: Service

☆ AI can enhance human expertise and worker well-being, Clear Capital's EVP of strategy and growth says
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-15 | by ( Julia Hood | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Kenon Chen, a member of BI's Workforce Innovation board, is Clear Capital's strategy and growth EVP. This article is part of "Workforce Innovation," a series exploring the forces shaping enterprise transformation. AdvertisementAs a participant in BI's Workforce Innovation board, he's hoping to talk about how to surface the positive outcomes of AI. Why is the topic of workforce innovation a priority now? What are some concrete examples of how you're integrating AI innovation into the workforce?

Persons: Kenon Chen, —, Chen, appraisers, It's, it's Organizations: Service, Clear, United Wholesale Mortgage

☆ Workforce Innovation Board Tackles Topics Such As C-Suite Innovation, AI, Worker Wellness
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-08 | by ( Jean Paik | Julia Hood | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

This article is part of " Workforce Innovation ," a series exploring the forces shaping enterprise transformation. Business Insider created this Workforce Innovation series to dig into these topics. As Tim Paradis wrote in the series' inaugural article, "Work doesn't work like it used to." AdvertisementTo help us, BI has convened a Workforce Innovation board. The role of the Workforce Innovation board is to help us identify the most important changes and trends emerging in the workplace and to offer insights from their own experiences managing the office revolution.

Persons: Tim Paradis Organizations: Business, BI, Innovation, DEI, Workforce

☆ Examining Workforce Changes in AI, C-Suites, HR, and DEI
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-12 | by ( Tim Paradis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Business Insider's "Workforce Innovation" series will explore how our jobs are changing by digging into four themes: AI, the changing C-suite, worker well-being, and DEI. The board will be composed of C-suite leaders from HR, strategy, technology, and DEI. The C-suite is getting more crowded, and jobs like chief growth officer and chief AI officer are becoming more common. Increasing amounts of data and the emergence of AI, Wiggins told BI, require companies to have roles beyond chief information officer or chief technology officer. "The future of DEI," Lawless said, "does need to be more diffuse."

Persons: we're, it's, Daron Acemoglu, Cody O'Loughlin Acemoglu, Acemoglu, Ty Wiggins, Russell Reynolds, Wiggins, Georgie Clarke, It's, Carly Holm, Leah Smith, Holm, George Floyd's, Regina Lawless, Charles Schoenberger, Lawless, Gen Z Organizations: Innovation Board, DEI, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Russell Reynolds Associates, World Health Organization, Business, Employers, Companies Locations: —

☆ Eric Schmidt shares 4 reasons why China is behind the US in AI
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-08 | by ( Ana Altchek | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt said the US is "way ahead of China" in AI development. Schmidt cited chip shortages and more English language material to train AI models. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementFormer Google CEO Eric Schmidt thinks the US is "way ahead of China" when it comes to AI. Following his departure, Schmidt has invested in various AI companies, including Anthropic.

Persons: Eric Schmidt, Schmidt, — Organizations: Google, Service, Bloomberg, Department of Defense's Innovation, National Security, Artificial Intelligence, Business Locations: China

☆ Eric Schmidt says China trails behind the US in AI for these 4 reasons
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-07 | by ( Ana Altchek | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Persons: Eric Schmidt, Schmidt, — Organizations: Google, Service, Bloomberg, Department of Defense's Innovation, National Security, Artificial Intelligence, Business Locations: China

☆ Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt quietly created a company called White Stork, which plans to build AI-powered attack drones, report says
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt has reportedly been building a startup called White Stork. AdvertisementFormer Google CEO Eric Schmidt is building a military startup called White Stork, which plans to produce AI attack drones , Forbes reported. White Stork wants to mass-produce drones that can use AI to identify targets, the new report said. The latest Forbes story also details how Schmidt has used an intricate business structure through several Limited Liability Companies. White Stork was an LLC called Swift Beat Holdings but changed its name to White Stork Group last September.

Persons: Eric Schmidt, Schmidt, —, Forbes, White Stork, Stork, Swift Organizations: Forbes, Service, Swift, Holdings, White, Group, Robotics, Google, Department of Defense's Innovation, Business

☆ Shares of China's second largest chip foundry Hua Hong jump 13% in Shanghai debut
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Sheila Chiang | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Shares of the chipmaker opened on the Nasdaq-style Star Market at 58.88 Chinese yuan, according to Refinitiv data. That's a 13.2% jump from its offer price of 52 Chinese yuan ($7.23). The Shanghai-listed shares have since pared gains and were trading lower at 53.99 Chinese yuan on Monday afternoon. Hua Hong's Shanghai debut raised 21.2 billion yuan ($2.95 billion) — in what was the largest IPO in mainland China so far this year, according to EY's global IPO report. SMIC raised 46.28 billion yuan ($6.62 billion) during its IPO in 2020.

Persons: Hua Hong, Hua Hong's, Chips, Hong, Phelix Lee, Lee, SMIC Organizations: Huahong Group, Huahong, Getty, Shanghai Stock Exchange's, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp, Nasdaq, Morningstar Asia, Hua Locations: Shanghai, China, Hua Hong's Shanghai, Hong Kong, Beijing

☆ Syngenta IPO delay rekindles past China fears
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON, March 28 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Syngenta’s bumpy relisting path in the People’s Republic brings back unpleasant investor memories. The Shanghai Stock Exchange had scheduled this week a hearing, one of the last steps before listing. The exchange’s rules vaguely mandate that any “major issue” affecting an IPO would justify the postponement. It’s unclear how long a drag this would cause, but Shenzhen VMAX New Energy had been on a similar boat: its IPO hearing was abruptly cancelled in January, only to be rescheduled two months later. Ant’s $37 billion Shanghai IPO was pulled in 2020 shortly before its shares were due to start trading.

☆ AI's impact on warfare will be as big as nuclear weapons', says ex-Google CEO
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt said AI could have as big of an effect on warfare as nuclear weapons did. Schmidt told Wired that the US military must deploy AI tools in combat to compete with world powers. AI could be what is needed to lead that change, Schmidt told Wired. In fact, AI technology — drones with sensors, for example — may be just as impactful as nuclear weapons when it comes to changing the state of warfare, he said. Technologies like Istari can be used to build a stronger US military that can out-compete forces in countries like China, Schmidt told Wired.

Warren said she was concerned about reports alleging Schmidt leveraged his positions on two federal advisory committees "to further his own personal financial interests." Those reports could suggest the Defense Department did not adequately apply federal conflict of interest rules "and therefore failed to protect the public interest" in Schmidt's case, wrote the Massachusetts Democrat. There was no indication that Schmidt broke any ethics rules or did anything unlawful while chairing the commission. Both advisory boards are subject to conflict-of-interest rules under the Federal Advisory Committee Act. "I am concerned by press reports indicating the Department may not have adequately followed FACA conflict of interest rules and therefore failed to protect the public interest."

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