Tech workers in China are being instructed by their bosses to train AI agents to replace them — and it’s prompting a wave of soul-searching among otherwise enthusiastic early adopters. Earlier this month a GitHub pro
If you want to capture something wolflike, it’s best to embark before dawn. So on a morning this January, with the eastern horizon still pink-hued, I drove with two young scientists into a blanket of fog. Forty miles to
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The problem with thinking you’re part Neanderthal There’s a theory tha
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. No one’s sure if synthetic mirror life will kill us all In February 20
WEF research on 450+ executives reveals five principles shared by the 15% transforming with AI. Organizational discipline separates leaders from followers.
Unilever unlocked 500,000 hours of capacity without hiring anyone. Moderna merged HR and IT under a single executive. Yum China fills 89% of restaurant roles in 1–2 weeks. AI is turning talent management from role-based HR administration into a dynamic capability system.
Canada Goose cut planning cycle time by 60% and improved revenue forecast accuracy by 4%. S&P Global analysed 190,000 earnings call transcripts to extract signals no analyst had spotted. The annual planning cycle is not being accelerated — it is being replaced.
A drug that fails in Phase III trials has consumed $500M–$1B. AI identifies the same failure at the hypothesis stage, when total spend is under $100K. Nearly 40% of executives now rank R&D as the top function benefiting from AI investment.
2.4× greater productivity. 40–60% lower energy consumption. 27% reduction in order lead time. The WEF's 2026 study shows AI-enabled operations aren't incrementally better — they operate on a fundamentally different architecture.
Up to 25% higher conversion, 21% churn reduction, 5–8% revenue uplift. The WEF's study of 450+ executives shows these are not aspirational — they are the median outcomes from organizations that have moved CX from static journeys to real-time adaptive systems.
