20+ hour, 48+ min ago (405+ words) The question isn't simple, and the answer requires looking beyond the hype. This pattern should feel familiar. During the dot-com bubble, companies added ".com" to their names and watched their stock prices soar. In the blockchain era, firms announced cryptocurrency initiatives and saw similar results. Today's "powered by AI" marketing feels cut from the same cloth. Second, the infrastructure being built has lasting value. The data centers, chip manufacturing capacity, and technical expertise being developed won't disappear even if AI growth slows. This physical and intellectual infrastructure will support technological advancement for decades, much as the fiber-optic cables laid during the dot-com boom became the backbone of our digital economy. This investment in infrastructure is also laying the foundation for the next big thing, Quantum Computing, which has the potential to expand the power of AI computing to even more…...

9+ hour, 59+ min ago (868+ words) Is AI the death knell for entry-level jobs, or is it a convenient scapegoat? Youth unemployment has surged to a four-year high, leading many to assume ChatGPT is replacing college graduates. However, a closer look at the timeline reveals a fatal flaw in that theory, suggesting AI can be merely an alibi. One thing is clear: U.S. unemployment among youth (ages 16-24) is the highest it's been in four years. Youth unemployment stood at 10.9% in February 2021, compared with 10.5% in August 2925, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. In comparison, the overall U.S. unemployment rate was 4.3% in August 2025. Jing Hu is a seasoned researcher and the author of 2nd Order Thinkers. Her recent analysis, "Are Junior-Level Jobs Really Killed by AI?" weighs the Harvard students' results against broader economic data. She questioned, "Can a 62-million data study make a wrong and dangerous assumption?...

21+ hour, 17+ min ago (567+ words) An innovative financial model set in motion in the run-up to COP30 signals another evolution in how the private sector is ratcheting up its focus on nature loss alongside climate change. Launched before official negotiations kicked off in the Brazilian Amazon, the Tropical Forest Forever Facility is designed to help safeguard the most critical tropical ecosystems. Unlike most rainforest protection efforts, which rely on only government funding, grants, or carbon credits, this one seeks public and private financing " and it notably promises to make money for its investors. It's too early to tell if the new fund will successfully attract its goal of $125 billion. Yet its introduction illustrates the inventive options that are emerging for investors and companies to contribute toward preserving the ecosystems that uphold the global economy. Beyond this much-anticipated outcome, protecting forests remained a major topic of conversation…...

8+ hour, 40+ min ago (174+ words) In case you missed Monday's NYT Mini, you can find the answers here: We are continuing the trend of very short Mini puzzles this week. I mean, I know it's the Mini, but these are Micro. 1) What Peter Pan teaches the Darling kids to do - FLY4) Cover-up for a curse - BLEEP6) Bird perched atop a cactus on Mexico's flag - EAGLE7) Go off, as a volcano - ERUPT8) Short albums, for short - EPS 1) Burning emergency signal - FLARE2) Slight advantage, so to speak - LEGUP3) Checks restaurant reviews on one's phone, perhaps - YELPS4) Spell-off - BEE5) "What was the name of your first ___?" (common security question) - PET Well, America may have laid claim to the eagle, but Mexico actually has one on their country flag, so who's really the real winner there? For the security question, I definitely thought it was CAR, as I get asked that one a lot, but obviously PET…...

23+ hour, 48+ min ago (732+ words) Leslie Milne, Chief Financial Officer, Gathid. AI agents are no longer a pilot; they're a line item. Service accounts, automation scripts and machine identities now create vendors, approve payments and touch source code. If we can't see and govern what they can do, that's not just an IT risk; it is a liability that can't be valued. Finance leaders should treat non-human access like payroll: reconciled daily, owned and auditable, so that automation accelerates value without inflating exposure. When a payment bot can create vendors and release funds, its entitlements are a cash control. When a data pipeline can redact or enrich records, its privileges influence revenue recognition and compliance. When a build system can sign code, its keys represent brand integrity. In my experience, most companies can't answer three basic questions: 1. How many non-human identities exist? 2. Who owns them?...

8+ hour, 14+ min ago (213+ words) In case you missed Monday's NYT Crossword, you can find the answers here: Big new puzzle today where you will have to be hip to DC comics and at least one TikTok star in order to snag some clues. And there's a letter scrambling central theme in the puzzle today as well. Enjoy, but first" Well, the first step here is that if you're doing this online and not in the newspaper, you will need a full all-access subscription to the New York Times, which allows you to play online and it gives you access to all archives of all puzzle games on the site. Past that, well, it's a crossword. You will be given clues stretching on both directions on the board and find the letters that fill out the entire thing correctly. Clues can be tough on their…...

20+ hour, 29+ min ago (907+ words) I am a keynote speaker, professor, workshop facilitator, writer and consultant focused on equity, justice, and the future of work. I founded an award-winning consultancy, BWG Business Solutions, where I provide guidance and education for workplaces looking to foster more equitable environments. I've been trusted by Amazon, Yale University, Salesforce, Dove, Verizon/Yahoo, Nordstrom, Paypal/Venmo, H&M, Indeed, and many others, to advance their equity strategies. I am the author of the three best-selling books: Decentering Whiteness in the Workplace, The Pink Elephant, and Dirty Diversity, with a forthcoming book Rise and Resist. I was named a LinkedIn Top Voice in Racial Equity and I curate a weekly newsletter on LinkedIn called "The Pink Elephant", which has amassed over 100,000 subscribers. I am the author of a LinkedIn Learning course, Awareness to Action: Level Up as a Change Agent in…...

5+ hour, 7+ min ago (172+ words) AI agents are the next level of business automation " smart digital assistants that don't just talk the talk, but also walk the walk. This means that, unlike ChatGPT-style chatbots that simply answer questions and generate content, they can plan and carry out complex tasks with minimal human input. Sounds good? Well, businesses are already putting them to work, and the good news is you don't need to be an AI expert or computer scientist to do it. So here are five high-impact ways that just about any business can start automating repetitive jobs, freeing up people's valuable time for more valuable, human-centric work. Some tools to take a look at if you want to start looking into customer service automation include boost.ai, ada, chatbase and Haptik. Options here include Salesforce Agentforce, Zoho CRM, Relevance AI and HubSpot. These are…...

21+ hour, 48+ min ago (438+ words) The Trump administration is making good on the president's "drill, baby, drill" rhetoric with a new plan to open up vast areas of the U.S. coastline for offshore oil drilling projects. And though it will be years before any become operable, there are indications that both Red and Blue states don't want them because of the likelihood of environmental damage. Similarly, Rep. Jimmy Patronis and other Florida Republicans released a letter opposing offshore drilling plans for the state under the "Big Beautiful Gulf Lease Sale" owing to the possible negative impact on military installations in the Gulf of Mexico. Unlike its top-selling Model Y crossover, Model 3 sedan or even the Cybertruck " which has fallen far short of the billionaire CEO's lofty volume goals " Cybercab is to be sold exclusively as a self-driving vehicle, without standard controls, according to Musk. It's to…...

3+ hour, 29+ min ago (385+ words) Apart from the potential addition of a United States Open Challenge match with Ilja Dragunov or a Jade Cargill Women's WWE Championship title defense, the 2025 Survivor Series card appears to be complete. Following an eventful episode of Raw in Oklahoma City, here's a look at where the Survivor Series card sits. The Vision and Brock Lesnar squad won the War Games advantage thanks to a roll-up pin from Paul in the Raw main event against the Usos. The match was forgettable although wrestling fans were treated to this hilarious blunder from Lesnar just before the show went off the air. The fact that the pyro went off while Lesnar tried to get to his feet makes this even funnier. It'll be interesting to see if anyone takes a swipe at Lesnar for hitting the deck. I'm expecting to see the…...