Tepperspectives

AI, Wearables, and Opioid Use Disorder Care

Wearable technology and artificial intelligence offers a transformative approach to personalized opioid use disorder treatment, when strategically deployed, can optimize care and improve outcomes, particularly in mid-risk patient populations.

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Recycling: The Key to Sustainable Solar Energy

A circular supply chain is crucial for the long-term sustainability of solar energy. Recycling valuable materials from retired solar panels reduces waste and stabilizes costs, while policies that encourage circularity and enhanced recycling technologies and strengthens the industry.

Generative AI and Sustainability: Balancing Innovation With Responsibility

Solutions to the AI Energy Demand

Generative AI’s operational needs consume massive amounts of energy and emit huge amounts of carbon into the atmosphere. To mitigate the environmental impact and lower costs, businesses must adopt sustainable practices like clean energy, hardware efficiency, and model optimization to continue innovation.

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International Competition and Digital Currencies

As private digital currencies emerge, how can nations navigate the digitization of payments to maintain currency dominance and foster global economic cooperation?

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Does Algorithmic Pricing Carry a Risk of Price Collusion?

Dr. Param Vir Singh looks at how algorithmic pricing, from simple rule-based systems to advanced AI, is transforming industries and raising questions about unintentional collusion and data-sharing practices.

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Salesforce’s AgentExchange: Can AI Agents Replace Human Judgment in Sales and HR?

Salesforce's AgentExchange, while promising AI-driven automation, must be implemented in a way that ensures AI agents serve as a true support tools rather than drivers of short-term, potentially detrimental gains.

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The Jobs AI Can Do — and Those It Shouldn’t

Generative AI's impact on work depends not just on what it can do, but also on factors like task complexity, frequency, and the cost of failure, which determine its practical and economic viability for automation in specific occupations.