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Could Talks Between Sotheby’s and Pace Gallery Signal a New Era for the Art Market?

Could Talks Between Sotheby’s and Pace Gallery Signal a New Era for the Art Market?

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Sotheby’s and Pace Gallery are currently negotiating over a deal that would see the auction house make a significant investment in the mega-gallery. While nothing has been inked yet, and the details appear to be very much in flux, a source close to the negotiations told ARTnews that it was not an acquisition, but a “joint venture between Pace and Sotheby’s that will be multifaceted and has many elements. Let’s call it a ‘new model.’” The news, while potentially momentous, is not entirely unexpected for those in the industry. Rumors have swirled for weeks that Pace has been in talks with Sotheby’s about either a major investment, a merger, or even an outright acquisition.  Related Articles Such a deal would come at a time when the art market is sluggish. Throughout last year art dealers have spoken about tough market conditions and a shaky financial climate. Pace has a large overhead, sources said. In addition to branches around the world, the gallery has an eight-story, 75,000 square foot headquarters on 25th Street in Chelsea. Opened …

How Harvard Business Review plans to thrive in the AI era

How Harvard Business Review plans to thrive in the AI era

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New Harvard Business Review editor in chief Amy Bernstein and Adi Ignatius, the most recent editor in chief and newly-appointed editor at large. Pictures: Harvard Business Review In the 103 years since management bible Harvard Business Review was founded it has grown to be the heart of a nearly $100m a year business with more than 300,000 paying subscribers. But how does a business model built on charging for access to expert opinion stand up in an era when plenty of professionals give it away for free on Linkedin? Asked this, HBR’s new editor in chief, Amy Bernstein, told Press Gazette: “Anyone can call themselves an expert, right?” Bernstein, who was promoted to the top job this month after 13 years editing the print HBR magazine, said the title is well-poised to survive as AI-driven “good enough” content proliferates online. Harvard Business Review is published by Harvard Business Publishing, a nonprofit affiliate of Harvard Business School which is itself part of the famous university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The nonprofit has three main components which collectively …

The End of the DEI Era

The End of the DEI Era

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This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here. It’s often hard to discern, definitively, when one societal trend ends and a new one begins. But right now across the United States, one change couldn’t be clearer: Many DEI programs are sputtering or dying, and the anti-DEI movement is ascendant. Some people, especially but not limited to those on the right, have long viewed contemporary efforts to strengthen DEI practices as performative, meddlesome, or ineffective. In the past several weeks, though, with Donald Trump’s return drawing closer, the DEI opposition has been growing louder. What’s more, this newly emboldened anti-DEI bloc has also gained powerful allies. Many Americans might not have even been familiar with the concept of DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) until the latter half of 2020, when, following the murder of George Floyd and subsequent nationwide protests against racism and police brutality, many corporations and …

Reform within touching distance of Labour as poll suggests ‘new era’ for British politics | Politics News

Reform within touching distance of Labour as poll suggests ‘new era’ for British politics | Politics News

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Reform UK has grown in support to within one percentage point of Labour according to a new poll for Sky News by YouGov which suggests Britain has entered a new era of three-way party politics. Sir Keir Starmer looks set to spend the parliament locked in a fight with two right-wing parties after Labour support dropped sharply in the first YouGov poll since the general election. The poll shows the Tories have now been pushed into third place – two months after Kemi Badenoch was elected leader. The data collected over the weekend puts Labour on 26%, Reform UK on 25%, Conservatives on 22%, Liberal Democrats on 14% and Greens on 8%. This is a huge switch from the general election, when Labour was on 35%, Conservatives on 24%, Reform UK on 15%, Lib Dem on 13% and Greens on 7%. Politics latest: Chancellor will remain until next election, Downing Street says This is the first of YouGov’s weekly voting intention polls for Sky News, shared with The Times. It reflects a drop in satisfaction …

AI Hardware Is in Its ‘Put Up or Shut Up’ Era

AI Hardware Is in Its ‘Put Up or Shut Up’ Era

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Whether any of them will implement chatbots and agents well or in new and exciting ways is much harder to say. While the addition of AI may have been enough to garner the investment needed to build a device, it may not be enough to get people to actually buy the thing. Chatbots and AI agents don’t yet provide enough of a use case to justify people pinning them to their shirts en masse. We’re also at a point of AI saturation where the tech is in everything. So then, what makes your AI earbuds special? “That’s the problem a lot of these startups have; if AI is their differentiator, then what happens when everybody has it?” Sag says. “It’s now table stakes.” Wearables and devices built specifically to provide some AI-powered services may have seemed like the logical next step in the AI evolution, but so far the utility we’re getting from them doesn’t push any boundaries. “The reality is we don’t need dedicated hardware for the kind of features or use cases that …

Readying for a quantum era

Readying for a quantum era

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Quantum computing, with its revolutionary potential, harnesses the power of qubits and superposition to transform industries such as finance and healthcare. Quantum computing promises advancements in areas like secure communication and drug discovery but also poses significant cybersecurity threats. Traditional encryption methods like RSA and ECC are at risk due to algorithms like Shor’s, which could render them ineffective. To mitigate these risks, adopting quantum-resistant algorithms and post-quantum cryptography is crucial. Sectors such as banking, government, and defence are particularly vulnerable, underscoring the importance of proactive solutions to secure technological infrastructure in a post-quantum era. This article explores the implications of quantum advancements and strategies to build resilience against these transformative innovations. An introduction to quantum computing Quantum computing represents a paradigm shift from classical computing by leveraging the principles of quantum mechanics. Unlike classical computers, which rely on binary bits (0 or 1), quantum computers use qubits, capable of existing in multiple states simultaneously through superposition. This unique characteristic enables quantum computers to perform multiple calculations concurrently, dramatically enhancing their processing power and efficiency. …

What we have learned about journalism in the AI era two years on

What we have learned about journalism in the AI era two years on

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Round-table discussions at Press Gazette’s Media Strategy Network USA event in New York in November 2024 Two years on from the launch of ChatGPT what do we know about journalism in the new era of artificial intelligence? Glide Publishing Platform hosted dozens of the brightest minds in media at a series of roundtables on the place of AI in media and publishing at two major Press Gazette events in London and New York, here are some of our takeaways. Publishers are largely on board the AI train Publishers have leaped ahead of the hype AI train. Two years into a ChatGPT world, publishers have moved from being behind the AI conversation to driving it themselves. Most of the big titles we spoke with now have formal policies in place covering the use of AI, rapidly advancing internal expertise in place, editorial and business training programmes under development, and a better understanding of the threats AI use can present to publishing businesses. The roundtables were all off the record, but one senior figure from a New …

Lina Khan’s FTC era ends; Andrew Ferguson named chair

Lina Khan’s FTC era ends; Andrew Ferguson named chair

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Andrew Ferguson, one of two Republican FTC commissioners appointed by U.S. President Joe Biden, will be the country’s next FTC chair, incoming president Donald Trump announced Tuesday on social media. The news is being met with relief in some circles. Current FTC Chair Lina Khan was blamed by many in Silicon Valley for a dearth of M&A activity, with critics citing the antitrust cases the agency has brought against Big Tech companies under her leadership, which began in June, 2021. Khan, whose term expired in September but who has remained in the role, sat down with TechCrunch last June, where she addressed some of those critics, saying: “[If] you are a startup or a founder that is eager for an acquisition as an exit, I would think that a world in which you have six or seven or eight potential suitors is a better world than one where you have just one or two.” Ferguson, who was earlier a Congressional aide and Supreme Court clerk, will be “the most America First, and pro-innovation FTC Chair …

How will Kurds fare in a post-Assad era?

How will Kurds fare in a post-Assad era?

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At this pivotal moment in Syria’s history, a nation long plagued by the Assad regime’s oppressive rule, many hold onto hope for a new era—one where human rights are upheld, and minorities are respected. However, among the Kurdish population, there is growing concern. Turkish-backed armed groups persist in their attacks on Kurdish-controlled areas, while Kurdish political parties remain divided and at odds over their visions for the future. In this video report, Zana Omer explores the challenges and aspirations of uniting the Kurdish ranks amidst these turbulent developments. View the full story here. Source link

The GPT Era Is Already Ending

The GPT Era Is Already Ending

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This week, OpenAI launched what its chief executive, Sam Altman, called “the smartest model in the world”—a generative-AI program whose capabilities are supposedly far greater, and more closely approximate how humans think, than those of any such software preceding it. The start-up has been building toward this moment since September 12, a day that, in OpenAI’s telling, set the world on a new path toward superintelligence. That was when the company previewed early versions of a series of AI models, known as o1, constructed with novel methods that the start-up believes will propel its programs to unseen heights. Mark Chen, then OpenAI’s vice president of research, told me a few days later that o1 is fundamentally different from the standard ChatGPT because it can “reason,” a hallmark of human intelligence. Shortly thereafter, Altman pronounced “the dawn of the Intelligence Age,” in which AI helps humankind fix the climate and colonize space. As of yesterday afternoon, the start-up has released the first complete version of o1, with fully fledged reasoning powers, to the public. (The Atlantic …