This year’s International Women’s Day will be marked by demonstrations, festivities and other activities worldwide, highlighting the contribution of women to society as a whole but also denouncing the persistent inequalities that girls and women are still experiencing, even after ...
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Feed SubscriptionThe jobs challenge is bigger than ever in the poorest countries
Over the next decade, close to 600 million people will be looking for jobs, mostly in the world’s poorest countries. The South Asia region alone will need to create more than 13 million jobs every year to keep pace with ...
Read More »Can AI Ever Be as Curious as Humans?
Curiosity has been hailed as one of the most critical competencies for the modern workplace. It’s been shown to boost people’s employability. Countries with higher curiosity enjoy more economic and political freedom, as well as higher GDPs. It is therefore ...
Read More »Robots Taking Over The Apparel Production
First big scale shoe robot factory unveiled: Adidas will use machines to make shoes in Germany instead of humans in Asia Adidas, the German maker of sportswear, has announced it will start marketing its first series of shoes manufactured ...
Read More »Professional Skills Where Human Are Still Better Than Robots
Robots are coming for all our jobs, but we’ve still got the edge in a few key areas. McKinsey’s new report on the future of automation notes that humans are better than robots at: spotting new patterns, logical reasoning, creativity, ...
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