The Intelligence: The world’s biggest humanitarian crisis

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Boss Class 1. Fat layer of humans

Can AI do my job? How should employees and bosses be using the technology right now? And how should all of us prepare for the future?Andrew Palmer returns for a third season of Boss Class. This time it’s all about AI. In the first episode, he starts introducing AI into his daily ...  Show more

Democracy on ICE? The mood turns in America

On the streets of Minneapolis, in polls and in the halls of Congress, disapproval of President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda is mounting. Democrats won a near-term battle on funding—for now—but a wider war awaits. Kim Jong Un, North Korea’s leader, appears to be positioning h ...  Show more

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