A year ago, the smart move inside a big company was to use as much AI as humanly possible. Some firms even ranked employees on leaderboards by how many tokens they burned, a status game that earned ...

There are two kinds of friction. One is a tax. the other is how you become useful. AI is very good at removing the first. The danger is when it starts on the second. Let's talk friction. It’s been in ...

Harvard has capped the number of As professors can give students as part of an effort to fight 'grade inflation.' With the number of Canadian high school graduates earning averages of 95 per cent or ...

A kung fu monk demonstrates years of training and discipline by breaking a cobblestone with only two fingers in a remarkable display of skill and control. Canada paid for the Gordie Howe bridge but US ...

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He was first elected to council in 1992 and has stood for the top job twice. “I have spent more than half my life giving to community, through local government, charities, community organisations as ...

Thomas Helbling is an Advisor in the IMF’s Research Department. Opinions expressed in articles and other materials are those of the authors; they do not necessarily reflect IMF policy.