Chief Economists' 2025 Outlook: Growth Asia: 96% USA: 86% LatinAm: 74% Sub-Saharan Africa: 71% Europe: 53% Lower Inflation China: 100% Europe: 97% USA: 94% Asia: 92% #Economic optimism + #Inflation relief @wef
MARKET TRENDS
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AI Automation Claims vs Reality: Companies Still Hiring Humans
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PR vs reality? “AI is doing all the work, don’t need humans. Also, we’re hiring more humans.”
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Anduril Lattice Program and ChatGPT Pro Shape Defense Tech
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Anduril and the Lattice Partner Program, A New Direction for Defense Tech, OpenAI Introduces ChatGPT Pro https://
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European Midas List Lacks Geographic Diversity Among Leaders
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2/10 cos that drive the european midas list list are themselves european two kinda tells you what you need to know
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Data-Driven Market Strategy with AI Agent Playbooks
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Links to agentic playbooks at https://
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arket-strategy-with-data-driven-insights
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Europe’s Top VC Bet Big On Berlin’s Startup Scene
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link to read https://
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Google Introduces Gemini 2.0 AI Model Milestone
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From @ShellyPalmer
's Newsletter … Google has introduced Gemini 2.0, its latest AI model designed to redefine the artificial intelligence landscape. Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet and Google, describes the release as a milestone in the company’s effort -
Adobe and Ciena: AI Investment Returns Under Scrutiny
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Do you have faith in Adobe and Ciena and AI? Adobe’s stock sold off hard Thursday as it is not yet producing the kind of payoff from artificial intelligence people hoped to see, while Ciena’s stock surged as it talked up the future payoff to fiber-optics of AI. Both stories
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Qwen 2.5 72B Outperforms GPT-4o and Claude Sonnet
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Wait WTF, that's Qwen 2.5 72B absolutely nailing GPT4o & Claude Sonnet!