The Future of AI: It’s About Architecture

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by Shomit Ghose Scaling: Thinking Globally and Acting Locally For much of the past decade, AI progress has been defined by scale: larger models trained on ever greater amounts of data and compute. The paradigm of “more parameters, better performance” has driven notable advances but is now showing signs of saturation. Empirical scaling laws, such…

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AI’s Potential, Pitfalls, Policy, and Promise: A Conversation with Futurist and Strategist Olaf Groth

No longer a distant frontier, the AI-driven shift will undoubtedly continue to redefine global economies, industries, and institutions, a transformation that calls for strategic leadership of executives and policymakers. In the coming years, it is imperative to design systems that harmonize AI capabilities with human judgement and champion ethical AI governance at this critical intersection…

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Beyond ROI: Are We Using the Wrong Metric in Measuring AI Success?

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A Response to MIT’s “95% AI Failure” Study MIT’s recent report claiming that 95% of generative AI projects fail to deliver measurable return on investment has sent shockwaves through the business community. The study, “The GenAI Divide: State of AI in Business 2025,” found that despite $30-40 billion in enterprise investment, 95% of organizations studied…

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Learn from the Billionaire Berkeley Professor Powering the Future of AI

Prof. Ion Stoica

Forbes recently profiled Ion Stoica — co-founder of Databricks and Anyscale — whose research and teaching have shaped some of the world’s most influential AI companies. Despite building billion-dollar ventures and chairing a $6M-a-year research lab funded by tech giants like Microsoft, Google, and Nvidia, Stoica chooses to stay in the classroom, mentoring students and…

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The Missing Bridge: Why AI Leadership Skills Matter More Than Ever

Vinod Khosla’s recent insights about the future of work and AI’s transformative impact resonate deeply with what we’re seeing across industries today. His advice to Gen Z—to “optimize your career for flexibility, not a single profession” and cultivate “the ability to learn”—captures a fundamental truth about our rapidly evolving workplace. However, there’s a critical gap…

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