Health care: Cigna insurance denies claims without even looking at the patient’s medical record
https://twitter.com/propublica/status/1639586525825441792
Advertising oops: “Levi’s to Use AI-Generated Models to ‘Increase Diversity'”
I doubt this is what most expected when they pushed for more diversity in advertising: Fashion brand Levi Strauss & Co has announced a partnership with digital fashion studio Lalaland.ai…
Business: Remote work is so last year
https://twitter.com/ZoeSchiffer/status/1638677318104408064
Yes: “Is there a drop in software engineer job openings, globally?”
Peak hiring was back in 2021 and early 2022, but since then there has been a steady and fairly shop reduction in software engineer/software developer job openings
Business, Demographics: TechCos might drop 4-year degree requirement
She believes the mismatch is two-fold: the time it takes to hire is too long, and hiring overlooks underrepresented groups. For example, Colangelo said only half of GenZ workers plan…
Business Oops: How could anyone have seen SVB’s collapse coming?
Raging Ventures saw it coming and posted the details on Twitter on January 18, 2023, two months in advance of the collapse. Why were Federal banking regulators hibernating all winter?
Demographics, Economy: Subscriptions everywhere
In a low fertility rate, declining population growth and eventually shrinkage, businesses can no longer depend on the traditional expanding market for their products. Instead, we move from the purchase-and-ownership…
AI: Demand for reporters who can write stories sourced to social media posts just collapsed
Microsoft is pitching the Copilot features as being more powerful than simply being “OpenAI’s ChatGPT embedded into Microsoft 365,” the company said in an announcement. The company said that the…
Business: Amazon Prime Air drone deliveries a fiasco
Amazon blames the FAA but the reality is the technology has not yet proven itself as effective and safe. Source: Amazon Prime Air drone business stymied by regulations, weak demand…
Demographics: How worker shortages are affecting everyone
A good Bloomberg article on the labor shortage, the demographic problem shrinking our labor pool, and the reality of what will probably be done.