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How Chatbots Can Support University Education

The Horizons Tracker

They cite a survey of 1,122 faculty members across the United States, which found that nearly 70% felt stressed during 2020. This was prompting over half of respondents to consider changing career or retiring early. This is roughly double the number who reported the same in 2019. Increasing capacity.

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Gear Up for the Future: Outlining the AI Impact on Employment

HR Digest

Stanford University ’s Artificial Intelligence Index Report 2022 found that private investments in AI more than doubled in 2021 as compared to 2020, totalling around $93.5

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CMI Highlights

Chartered Management Institute

He suggests six further measures that would help, including a cash grant to support early adopters of the lifelong loan entitlement and reforming the Apprenticeship Levy scheme. CMI is also calling on the UK government to introduce a “Help to Hire” initiative to help small businesses recruit over-50s.

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The Sectors Where the Internet of Things Really Matters

Harvard Business Review

Early adopters in these verticals are using the IoT to pioneer new product areas and to find efficiencies that save money or reduce demand for resources. In Europe there is a target for 80% of households to have smart meters by 2020. The repercussions span industries and regions.

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Do Your Customers Actually Want a “Smart” Version of Your Product?

Harvard Business Review

Consider some of these numbers: In 2010, Ericsson set the bar for much of the subsequent IoT hype by predicting there would be 50 billion internet-connected devices by 2020. We began selling this new smart fan option and had several thousand excited early adopters. appeared in an IBM investor briefing.

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Google’s Strategy vs. Glass’s Potential

Harvard Business Review

Firms like Deloitte have predicted robust consumer demand for smart glasses, with global adoption reaching “tens of millions by 2016 and surpassing 100 million by 2020.” But early reports suggest that professions from medicine to manufacturing are interested while consumers remain wary. They’re not alone.

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Why a Low Carbon Price Can Be Good News for the Climate

Harvard Business Review

The law requires California to return to 1990 levels of greenhouse gas emissions by 2020, an overall 15% reduction from today's levels. Together, these early adopters reduced their emissions of global warming pollution by the equivalent of nearly 270 million pounds of carbon dioxide per year while saving approximately $3.60

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