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AI could spot the next financial crisis—but there’s a catch

What if AI could predict the next financial meltdown? Sounds like a promising idea, yet as new research finds, the devil is in the details.This article is brought to you by Phys.Org.

Yes, AI could boost productivity, but work is about more than maximizing output

Worries about the British economy have long been dominated by one persistent concern—weak productivity. Since the financial crisis of 2008, growth has stagnated, leaving the UK trailing well behind the US, France and Germany across […]

Why a canceled meeting feels so liberating

Unless your employer is Lumon Industries, where the “Severance” workday never ends, a canceled meeting can feel like a gift of limitless time. A Rutgers University study published in the Journal of the Association for […]

In Hollywood, teams don’t stick together long enough to learn from failure, data reveal

Hollywood loves a comeback story: a director who flopped and then returned with a masterpiece or the producer who went bust and bounced back with a winner. It’s a narrative rooted in the business belief […]

Research suggests negative emotions at work can help, depending on leaders’ empathy

During a widespread crisis, negative emotions don’t simply go away once the workday begins. Organizational scholars who study how emotions affect employees tend to assume that negative emotions equal negative outcomes. That isn’t always the […]

Adding 1,000 immigrants tied to 142 more health workers, fewer elderly deaths

New research finds the addition of a thousand new immigrants in a metropolitan area reduces elderly mortality by about 10 deaths than would be typical. Why? Because among the newcomers are foreign-born health care workers […]

The ‘private solution trap’: Why richer countries may favor adaptation over public solutions, and who pays

A new study, led by the University of Nottingham and conducted by a team of 72 economists and psychologists across the world, has identified a potential “private solution trap” in problems requiring international cooperation such […]

Online ad fraud is a feature, not a bug

Technological advancements and the dynamics of the platform economy make rooting out fraud more complicated than it may seem. With print media circulation and broadcast television viewership in free fall, a lot is riding on […]

Two-thirds of workers are burned out—here’s what science says about how to tackle it

Burnout is at an all-time high, with some studies saying two-thirds of employees now cite job burnout as a major challenge. Overwork and chronic stress do not just drain energy, they can erode health, contributing […]

Analysis of 1.4 million interactions shows how employees achieve sophisticated AI collaboration

A study of 1.4 million real workplace interactions with artificial intelligence reveals teachable differences between routine and sophisticated AI use that offer organizations a concrete road map for identifying and scaling high-impact AI capability. The […]