OpenAI’s Sam Altman’s uncertain move to Microsoft prompts talent poaching. Industry’s AI integration race intensifies, impacting consumers. Experts caution about autonomous AI’s unpredictable future, raising concerns over relinquished control.
Featuring Bhaskar Chakravorti, Dean of Global Business at The Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy at Tufts University, founding Executive Director of Fletcher’s Institute for Business in the Global Context, and co-author of the recent HBR article “50 Global Hubs for Top AI Talent.”
Our ambition isn’t just to increase our pool of tech talent. It’s to diversify the sector one hire at a time, writes the chief of Chicago’s Discovery Partners Institute.
Bhaskar Chakravorti provides analysis on how Russia’s invasion is devastating Ukraine’s burgeoning tech industry.
The co-authors discuss the top 50 cities for Artificial Intelligence talent and the need for a diverse workforce.
Companies recruiting in STEM fields need to look beyond Atlanta and Miami.
In the evolving work landscape, how can we boost under-represented talent (e.g., Black, Hispanic, female) in high-demand roles? Where can organizations find these diverse pools in major U.S. metro areas?
If the tech industry wants to address its longstanding issues with diversity and its ranks, tech companies may need to go to where diverse talent lives, not the other way around.
Artificial intelligence is emerging as a powerful catalyst for the next industrial revolution. As nations race to strengthen industrial competitiveness, success will depend on combining AI adoption with strategic investments in talent, infrastructure, and policy.
Leaders from NVIDIA, the World Bank, and the Gates Foundation analyze the intersection of artificial intelligence and global development, weighing the promise of “small AI” against the reality of a deepening technological divide.
Will Wired Belts Become the New Rust Belts? AI and the Emerging Geography of American Job Risk Download Data Join the conversation on Fri, March 27, 2026 to start understanding how organizations and policymakers can prepare for what lies ahead. Know MOre Will Wired Belts Become the New Rust Belts?
Understanding What’s Ahead for America’s Workforce—and How Policymakers, Educators, and Business Leaders Can Reinvent the Future of Work
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Dispatch from the Digital Planet is a monthly bulletin that talks about new updates in digital innovation across the world and their impact.
Dispatch from the Digital Planet is a monthly bulletin that talks about new updates in digital innovation across the world and their impact.
As the Global AI race intensifies, we mapped emerging AI leadership across data, rules, capital, and innovation.
OpenAI, once poised for a major IPO, faces a crisis as its CEO and president leave for Microsoft. This self-inflicted turmoil sparks staff resignations and raises questions about Microsoft’s dominance in AI. OpenAI’s future appears uncertain, marked by talent loss and energy depletion.
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The African Leapfrog Index Getting Lions to Leapfrog How emerging technologies and digital transformations can accelerate economic and societal growth in 6 African countries. Watch the Video Summary Home > Research > IDEA 2030 > The African Leapfrog Index Africa is on the brink of opportunity Africa’s vast untapped potential has been the subject of numerous
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Companies have recently made progress in employee diversity, but cuts due to economic worries are expected to hurt underrepresented workers most.
Courageous organizations can choose a path different from the historical journey often taken by the competition.
For Pride Month 2022, Digital Planet updates LGBTQ+ representation analysis in STEM. Affiliation disparities persist, with women in STEM and FAANG facing challenges. Younger STEM candidates lag behind college graduates in LGBTQ+ affiliation.
Ukraine’s tech outsourcing sector, one of Europe’s largest, has adapted nimbly to the war.
While the Twitter community backed Musk’s tweets criticizing the platform, those feelings quickly turned sour at the idea of the billionaire buying Twitter.
How old boys’ clubs and box-checking keep tech, academia and more from real progress.
As Russia continues its brutal military campaign in Ukraine, which it launched two weeks ago, several financial themes have emerged. One is the growing list of U.S. companies cutting off ties with Russia, with McDonald’s, Starbucks and Coke being the latest to join the list of nearly 300 companies.
Ajay Bhalla and Bhaskar Chakravorti analyze 50 cities to determine where to be for all things artificial intelligence.
The last thing India can afford is a bubble that bursts and for capital, talent and technology to take flight and seek refuge elsewhere.
The technology is too important to be left in the clutches of Silicon Valley.
The U.S. government is negotiating a plan to address one of the most important — but overlooked — problems facing the country: the digital divide.
Global healthcare digitization varies wildly. Our study in 46 countries identifies virtualized healthcare opportunities, enabling lagging nations to leapfrog with digital tools for quality care.
Digital Planet explores LGBTQ+ solidarity in STEM for Pride Month. STEM grads express less LGBTQ+ on resumes. Women in STEM are twice as likely as men to affiliate with the gay community.
US States expanded telehealth, yet 16 of them face challenges with subpar broadband, hindering digital healthcare access.
Now more than ever, digital capabilities are essential to ensure a country’s growth and economic resilience. But how do different economies compare as far as the current state and ongoing momentum of their digital development? And how have these factors impacted their experiences during the pandemic?
