#Artificial Intelligence

#Artificial Intelligence

The originator of this concept, global humanitarian and spiritual leader Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, recently spoke at Deakin University's Applied Artificial Intelligence Institute, exploring the theme of Absolute Intelligence versus Artificial Intelligence and the nature of our innate, embedded intelligence. The key factor is that, unlike artificial intelligence, Absolute Intelligence becomes accessible when your mind is calm and settled. It's a deeper intelligence that allows you to see more possibilities and make better decisions by tapping into your intuitive abilities.

Whether it's Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner or the legendary Novak Djokovic in the men's tournaments, Aryna Sabalenka, Iga Swiatek or Coco Gauff in the women's, the level of individual talent rises constantly. These improvements are attributable to the amazing natural talents of the athletes, combined with the best coaching the sport can offer. The right coach can make all the difference between being a player and being a champion.

Trump aims to support tech giants in securing electricity for data centers crucial for AI advancement. Concerns arise about potential cost impacts on homeowners due to rising utility prices and demand for electricity from data centers. The surge in AI-driven energy demand is leading to infrastructure costs passed on to residential ratepayers. The data center boom may result in higher home prices, strained resources, and noise disturbances affecting property values and residents.

The S&P 500 utilities sector has gained well over 15% in 2025. Equities will be affected if the major stock market indices experience another significant decline similar to the one earlier this year. However, history shows that stodgy utility stocks are likely to hold their ground much better than high-flying technology stocks, especially those chasing the artificial intelligence mania. Oddly enough, AI and data center growth are becoming a massive tailwind

In the world of prestige sci-fi, Foundation reigns as the biggest sleeper hit. Mention the Apple TV+ adaptation of Isaac Asimov's classic series in a group of friends and you'll suddenly find everyone has been secretly watching it. Something of a flawed masterpiece, the show, which wraps its third season Friday, has been averaging about 1.5 million hours watched per week in the US over the last month, according to Luminate.

Publicis's Niel Bornman said advertising rivals were between five and 10 years behind in their adoption of data and AI The world's largest advertising agency is hiring more graduate roles than ever in the face of artificial intelligence's rise, gearing junior training to be more focused on client management, its UK media boss has said, bucking a global slowdown in junior white-collar employment.

Nejatian, who has prior experience as an attorney, entrepreneur and product leader, also has experience using artificial intelligence to scale products, teams and companies. He's been at Shopify since 2019, where he helped to build teams and products for the e-commerce platform. It's a privilege to become Opendoor's leader, Nejatian said. Few life events are as important as buying or selling a home. With AI, we have the tools to make that experience radically simpler, faster, and more certain. That's the future we're building.

"What I admire about it is it's not Alien-centric," she said. "It is about what world we will be living in in 100 years. I think the scope of it is so much bigger than an Alien project. Fascinating. Much more about our world, what's going to be happening to it, what's going to be important, the role of greed."

vocal and growing group of conservatives who are fundamentally suspicious of the benefits of technological innovation,

Oracle's fiscal 2026 first-quarter earnings - released after the market closed yesterday - painted a tale of contrasts . The company reported total revenue of $14.9 billion, up 12% year-over-year but slightly below Wall Street's $15.03 billion consensus. Earnings, however, came in at $1.47 per share on a non-GAAP basis, missing the $1.48 estimate by a hair, pressured by a one-time $958 million tax expense tied to recent U.S. tax law changes.

And if Walmart U.S. CEO John Furner's instincts are right, that number will hold steady in the coming years, despite all the talk of how the growing use of artificial intelligence (A.I.) might decimate jobs across the economy. "When we look out two years, three years, five years, where I think we'll be is we'll have roughly the same number of people we have today,"

In 2019, as an entrepreneur in residence at Alphabet's X, the Moonshot Factory, Sarah Russell created Bellwether, which harnesses AI and data to assess natural disaster risk and mitigate impact on communities. Bellwether forecasts probabilities for severe weather, provides aerial images to first responders, and helps insurers understand disaster risk. When Hurricane Helene struck last September, the tool processed 75,000 images from Civil Air Patrol in a matter of minutes rather than days.

Thanks to artificial intelligence, the 29-year-old from Athens, Greece, is no longer writing notes or clicking on countless menus. He often has full customer profiles in front of him when a person calls in and may already know what problem the customer has before even saying "hello." He can spend more time actually serving the customer."A.I. has taken (the) robot out of us," Kirakosian said.

The pace of change in the business world is relentless, and accountants are continually challenged to adapt. Evolving risks, shifting business models, emerging technologies-especially the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence (AI)-and increasing regulatory complexity require professionals in this field to be agile lifelong learners and critical thinkers. The demands on accountants continue to evolve, but this is also what drives opportunity. Today, accountants are often expected to go beyond understanding the numbers by providing insights and interpretation within a rapidly changing environment.

The robots are here, proclaimed Melania Trump during an AI event at the White House on Thursday. It can be hard to parse the first lady's poker face and expressionless voice, but this certainly wasn't a statement of regret. Rather Trump, reading from a script encased in a very analogue binder, was taking it upon herself to help America's children navigate AI, which she touted as the greatest engine of progress in the history of the United States of America.

Gates declared he was in the second phase of his career, focusing on areas like vaccines or gene editing. He continued: We don't need new science to eradicate polio, but heralded Trump's past pandemic vaccine drive when adding on diseases like HIV and sickle-cell, we do need new science, but the U.S. has the seeds, the same that Warp Speed' took those seeds and put them together.

Amazon's current market cap is $2.4 billion, compared to Apple's $3.4 trillion. That sounds like a massive difference, but it's worth noting that Amazon has consistently grown its revenue faster than its peers over the past three years, despite having higher sales numbers. The e-commerce specialist should maintain that momentum for several reasons. First, it remains a leader in the cloud computing market.

Salesforce has slashed another 4,000 jobs from its customer support workforce as the tech giant doubles down on artificial intelligence, even as the company reports strong financial results. The latest layoffs gutted Salesforce's customer service division, reducing its headcount from 9,000 to 5,000. AI agents now reportedly handle about one million customer conversations. list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4list 2 of 4list 3 of 4list 4 of 4end of list In a recent episode of The Logan Bartlett Show, CEO Marc Benioff justified the cuts by saying he needs less heads as Salesforce invests heavily in AI across its operations.

When the company reported Q2 earnings on July 30, it announced EPS of $7.14 versus an expected $5.92 and revenue of $47.52 billion versus $44.80 expected. The company's Q2 ad revenue was $46.56 billion, beating Wall Street's forecast of $43.97 billion. Recently, the Mark Zuckerberg-led tech stock has seen a flurry of analyst upgrades. On Aug. 1, Barclays raised its price target to $810 from $640.