AI can’t fix a business system with broken processes

TL;DR 88% of organizations use AI but only 7% have scaled it (McKinsey). Dessy Pavlova argues the gap exists because companies apply AI to fragmented operations rather than redesigning the process first. She builds systems where a single human decision triggers cascading updates across websites, scheduling, and finance, with stopgates for human oversight. NBER research…

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Sean Parker is rebuilding Stability AI around music

Sean Parker, the Napster co-founder, has jumped back into the music industry, and he tells The Information that he’s playing by the rules this time. (Asking for forgiveness rather than permission didn’t work out so well last time around, he readily concedes.) Two years ago, he joined an $80 million rescue of Stability AI, the…

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Quantum sensing could become the next foundation of navigation

TL;DR GPS is reliable until someone interferes with the signal. Quantum X Labs scientist Nir Sharon (also associate professor at Tel Aviv University) argues quantum gyroscopes and miniaturized atomic clocks can reduce the cumulative error that has always limited dead reckoning, giving autonomous vehicles, aircraft, and defense platforms intrinsic navigation that retains useful positioning when…

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Paramount and Warner Bros Discovery to become Skydance

Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery will operate as Skydance once their merger closes, Paramount CEO David Ellison announced Friday. Skydance is the name of Ellison’s original film production company. The roughly $110 billion deal is expected to close October 6. It will combine two major Hollywood studios, Paramount+ and HBO Max, and networks including CBS,…

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Tesla’s deliveries fell 2% and still beat expectations

Tesla delivered 486,532 vehicles in the third quarter, down 2% year on year but well above the 461,000 analysts expected, with American electric sales down 47% in August after the federal credit expired. Its European registrations rose 43.3% between January and August, outpacing the wider battery-electric market. Tesla delivered 486,532 vehicles last quarter, 2% fewer…

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