The report, which the World Economic Forum is issuing a week ahead of its virtual Davos Agenda gathering, notes that environmental issues, such as extreme weather and natural resources crises, will continue to pose significant challenges to business and society in the short and long term. … [Read more...] about Climate change, the digital divide, infectious disease, and unemployment are the top global risks
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Female-founded companies will save our economy. Here’s why
Meanwhile, as I and other founders were struggling to generate cash flow (because the spigot of the economy had been turned off), the venture capital world kept emitting the “preserve your cash” mantra. That’s great advice if you have cash on hand, but it’s not helpful for all the companies that don’t keep vast amounts of cash lying around. It’s certainly not useful advice for female founders who receive such trace amounts (less than 3% in 2019) of venture capital to begin with. Or for Black founders who, since 2009, have received .06% of all tech venture funding. … [Read more...] about Female-founded companies will save our economy. Here’s why
This AI can explain how it solves Rubik’s Cube—and that’s a big deal
Collaboration leads to innovation Our process starts with using one’s own intuition to define a step-by-step plan thought to potentially solve a complex problem. The algorithm then looks at each individual step and gives feedback about which steps are possible, which are impossible, and ways the plan could be improved. The human then refines the initial plan using the advice from the AI, and the process repeats until the problem is solved. The hope is that the person and the AI will eventually converge to a kind of mutual understanding. … [Read more...] about This AI can explain how it solves Rubik’s Cube—and that’s a big deal
