Devs gaining little (if anything) from AI coding assistants
Code analysis firm sees no major benefits from AI dev tool when measuring key programming metrics, though others report incremental gains from coding copilots with emphasis on code review.
Signals
This 23-Floor Manhattan Office Building Just Sold at a 97.5% Discount
The sale price of 135 West 50th Street in Midtown, which is only 35 percent full, was a sign of how much the pandemic upended the market for office buildings in New York City.
Companies are reshaping operations to cope with a changing climate
Companies are increasingly changing the way they do business to cope with increasingly frequent episodes of extreme weather.
The AI job interviewer will see you now
AI interview services say they’re eliminating bias — but not everyone agrees.
GenAI sinks into the 'trough of disillusionment'
GenAI faces growing skepticism as it struggles to deliver on high expectations Early excitement for ChatGPT and LLMs has shifted to concerns about costs, p | GenAI faces growing skepticism as initial excitement wanes, with the industry now focusing on overcoming practical and ethical challenges.
“People believe it really can solve a lot of things that it can't. I mean, the unfortunate thing is that OpenAI was amazing. But it was useless. It can't really do anything.”
From Burnout to Balance: AI-Enhanced Work Models for the Future
Research from The Upwork Research Institute reveals that while leaders expect AI to boost productivity, it may be increasing employee workload.
Nearly half (47%) of employees using AI say they have no idea how to achieve the productivity gains their employers expect, and 77% say these tools have actually decreased their productivity and added to their workload.
By introducing new technology into outdated models and systems, organizations are failing to unlock the full productivity value of generative AI across their workforce
Microsoft is reportedly losing huge amounts of money on GitHub Copilot
Might GitHub Copilot become more expensive soon?