Author: KnowledgeHippo

After the launch of ChatGPT in 2022, the marketing team at Reckitt Benckiser, maker of Lysol and Mucinex, was convinced that the new AI technology could help their business. But the team was unsure how, so it turned to the Boston Consulting Group for help.Reckitt’s request was one of hundreds received by Boston Consulting Group last year. It now earns a fifth of its revenue – up from zero two years ago – through AI-related work.”There’s a genuine thirst to understand what the implications are for their businesses,” said Vladimir Lukic, Boston Consulting Group’s managing director for technology.The next big…

Dr. Mildred Thornton Stahlman, a Vanderbilt University pediatrician whose research into the deadly lung disease in newborns led to life-saving treatments and the creation in 1961 of one of the first neonatal intensive care units, died Saturday at her home in Brentwood , Tenn. It was 101.Her death was confirmed by Eva Hill, wife of Dr Stahlman’s nephew George Hill.On October 31, 1961, Dr. Stahlman placed a gasping premature baby into a miniature iron lung machine, also known as a negative pressure ventilator, used for children with polio. The machine worked by pulling on the baby’s fragile chest muscles to…

Thousands of anti-government protesters rallied outside Israel’s Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv on Saturday, renewing calls for the resignation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and a ceasefire in Gaza that would allow the return of hostages taken during the Hamas offensive on Gaza. 7 OctOne protester held a sign calling Mr Netanyahu an “enemy of Israel”, while others covered themselves in fake blood and bandages and lay in the street. Relatives and family members of hostages have held weekly street protests since October to pressure the government to bring their loved ones home. Some hostages were released under a temporary…

Few West Coast universities rival the magnificence of the principles of the University of Southern California. Flags are waving. Trumpets resound. Tens of thousands of relatives from around the world fill the Los Angeles campus, cheering on the newly minted graduates. Dining under chandeliers and keynote speakers: Kevin Feige, the president of Marvel Studios, took the stage last year to the “Avengers” theme song before delivering the opening keynote.This week, however, the specter has been sorely tested, swamped by weeks of protest and controversy on campus. The Class of 2024 will have no grand opening on the main stage, no…

“Inside Out 2,” starring anxiety personified, continued to resonate with moviegoers as the No. 1 film in North America for a third weekend. The terrifying prequel “A Quiet Place: Day One” also struck a cultural nerve, reaching higher-than-expected ticket sales.But ticket buyers largely rejected Kevin Costner’s three-hour vanity project, “Horizon: An American Saga — Chapter 1,” the supposed start of a series of Old West films that was once headed straight to a streaming service before it made it to the big screen.Pixar’s “Inside Out 2” was on pace to gross $55 million, for a three-week total of about $470…

Engineers in Japan are trying to make robots mimic that particularly human expression – the smile.They created a face mask from human skin cells and attached it to a robot with a new technique that hides the attachment and is flexible enough to turn into a grimace or a wry smile.The result is something between a scary Hannibal Lecter mask and a Claymation Gumby figure.But scientists say the prototypes pave the way for more sophisticated robots, with an outer layer both flexible and durable enough to protect the machine while making it appear more human.Expressiveness aside, the “skin equivalent,” as…

When I was growing up, my dad, who has only left the country a few times, told me about the trip to Europe he took with his parents when he was 14 in 1966. He told me how much Nonie loved the spotless Swiss roads and the windows bursting with flowers. The fireplace in the hillside house outside Lugano where his father was born, with clever alcoves on either side for drying clothes or warming bread. the palpable poverty of the home in Pozzuoli, a town just outside Naples, where Nonie’s aunt lined its walls with newspaper to add insulation;…

The Netherlands Volleyball Association and Dutch Olympic organizers are standing by their decision to send a man convicted of rape to this summer’s Paris Olympics to represent the Netherlands in beach volleyball.In 2014, the man, Steven van de Velde, now 29, traveled to England, where he raped a 12-year-old girl he had met on Facebook. A British court sentenced him in 2016 to four years in prison. After a year, he was transferred to the Netherlands, where his sentence was adjusted according to Dutch law. In total, Mr van de Velde spent just over a year in prison.She then received…

In less than a week, two universities have rescinded commencement speech invitations to Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the US ambassador to the United Nations, over student opposition to US support for Israel during the Gaza war.Xavier University, a historically Black institution in New Orleans, withdrew its invitation to Ms. Thomas-Greenfield earlier this week, saying in a statement that “some students” had objected to her giving a commencement address. Xavier President Reynold Verret said he was concerned about the potential for disruption during this weekend’s graduation ceremony and concluded that Xavier could no longer host it — a situation he said was “sad.”Mr…

But under those circumstances, if there is a Trump victory: Expect more and higher tariffs, which could be trade-distorting and inflationary and hurt “the consumer discretionary, manufacturing and information technology sectors” , in the view of UBS, the financial services Company. Mr. Trump would likely be able to cut taxes and increase the budget deficit, boosting the economy but, again, inflation — which could lead to higher interest rates. There is likely to be less regulation, with sectors such as fossil fuel energy and financial services benefiting.If Mr. Biden is re-elected but the Democrats do not control Congress, the status…