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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Audrey Hobert’s jokes are universal

At night two of her three shows at Brooklyn Paramount, the rising pop performer used clownery as catharsis. Jackie Verba. Audrey Hobert was thankful to be at the Brooklyn Paramount after a mildly received performance at Jimmy Kimmel. “They just kind of sit there,” Hobert demurred about the late-night TV crowd as she stepped onto…

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‘Behemoth!’ Review: Pedro Pascal Hints at Soulful Depths, but the Drama Keeps Stalling in Tony Gilroy’s Wan Character Study of a Virtuoso Cellist

Tony Gilroy returns to features after 14 years’ absence — the last three of them spent in the Star Wars TV trenches as creator, showrunner and head writer on Andor — with a movie that makes itself hard to love. Hampered by a fussy hopscotching time structure that too often halts the dramatic momentum and…

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