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Draghi on AI, productivity and global divides Mario Draghi argues that AI is reshaping global competitiveness and that productivity gains will depend on the speed at which businesses and public institutions adopt and integrate AI. He stresses that Europe must accelerate investment in digital infrastructure, skills and innovation to avoid long-term dependency on foreign technology. YouTube
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Generative AI and firm productivity in online retail A field experiment across seven workflows in a global ecommerce platform shows sales increases ranging from roughly 2 to 16 percent when generative AI systems assist buyers and sellers. Most gains arise from improved search relevance, reduced frictions and better conversion, with benefits particularly strong for smaller sellers. arXiv
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P&G and the “cybernetic teammate”A Fortune study shows that individuals paired with AI perform at levels comparable to full teams, while AI-supported cross-functional groups are several times more likely to produce top-tier solutions. The results indicate that AI can function as an effective collaborator in team-based innovation settings. Fortune
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OTHER NEWS
- China’s open-source LLM and AI infrastructure strategy An analysis highlights China’s rapid expansion of domestic LLM releases and open-source models, supported by state-directed investment in compute, chips and cloud services. Times of India
- Slow and uneven AI adoption inside firms A WSJ report finds AI usage clustered among early adopters and specific functions, with many companies failing to scale beyond pilots due to workflow rigidity and limited leadership engagement. Wall Street Journal
- Humanoid warehouse robots from MenteeBot New demonstrations show humanoid robots autonomously performing warehouse logistics tasks such as navigation, picking and coordination. Ynet News
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Kosmos, an autonomous AI scientist Kosmos performs multi-hour research cycles that include reading scientific literature, running code and updating a central world model, producing reports that experts rate as largely accurate. It has already contributed findings in metabolomics, materials science and genetics. arXiv
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The Iceberg Index: measuring workforce exposure to AI The Iceberg Index estimates the share of wage value technically exposed to current AI capabilities across 151 million US workers, showing that hidden exposure in administrative and professional roles is far larger than visible exposure in tech jobs. arXiv
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AlphaFold, LLMs and AI-enabled biology DeepMind’s John Jumper describes how AlphaFold accelerates experimental design and how next-generation models integrate structure prediction with binding and molecular reasoning to shorten discovery cycles. MIT Technology Review
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OTHER NEWS
- CALM: continuous vector prediction for language models CALM compresses sequences into continuous vectors, reducing generative steps and improving compute efficiency without major performance loss. arXiv
- SEAL: self-adapting language models SEAL allows models to generate self-edits and fine-tune themselves persistently, improving knowledge incorporation and reasoning. arXiv
- Intelligence per Watt A study shows that intelligently routed local models up to 20B parameters can handle most real user queries, improving energy efficiency when combined with cloud-based frontier models. arXiv
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NoeSysAI offering for Private Equity and portfolio companies NoeSysAI has launched, in partnership with Hekzé, a dedicated offering for private equity firms designed to evaluate AI readiness, distinguish credible value creation from hype and support portfolio-wide AI strategy execution, including fractional CAIO support. LinkedIn
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INSEAD Knowledge: “The CEO’s AI To-Do List” An INSEAD article co-authored by Tom Redman, Gaël Gioux and Theodoros Evgeniou outlines the responsibilities CEOs must own in order to achieve tangible value from AI and embed it into operations, data and governance. INSEAD Knowledge
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Data Quality for AI workshops On November 19, NoeSysAI together with Tom Redman (“The Data Doc”) have run fully booked executive sessions on data quality, providing leaders with practical tools such as the “Friday Afternoon Measurement” to evaluate their organization’s data foundations. LinkedIn
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EurIPS panel and launch of eurAIx Theodoros Evgeniou will speak at EurIPS on Europe’s AI landscape, where the eurAIx initiative will be launched to accelerate commercialization of European AI research. LinkedIn
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