Executives and entrepreneurs debate the challenges of enterprise AI

GUEST: “Enterprise users don’t know the difference between algorithms and logarithms,“ jokes Marco Casalaina, VP of product management at Salesforce Einstein, during an enterprise AI event Topbots recently hosted for executives and entrepreneurs in San Francisco. Sadly, he’s right. Despite non-stop media hype about “artificial intelligence” and “deep learning,” very few people even know what […]

‘They do not see value in their own companies!’ — Corporate executives are selling stocks in droves

MGM/Legally Blonde A divide has formed in the US equity market. As the investing public has continued to devour stocks, sending all three major indexes to record highs in the last few months, corporate insiders have been offloading shares to an extent not seen in seven years. Selling totaled $ 10 billion in March, according to […]

Fox News executives are reportedly debating whether Bill O’Reilly should keep his job

Evan Vucci/AP Fox News executives may be talking about giving Bill O’Reilly the boot. O’Reilly announced on his show Tuesday that he was taking a vacation, but New York Magazine cited four network sources who said Tuesday night’s program could be O’Reilly’s last on the network. “The assumption is that he’ll exit in a non-embarrassing […]

Trump has met with 81 executives since being elected president — here’s who made the cut

Skye Gould/Business Insider One of the main reasons Donald Trump won the presidency is because he convinced enough Americans that their country needed a successful businessperson at the helm, someone who knows how to make lucrative deals and who lacked political baggage. The first 100 days in the White House have been an adjustment for […]

More Uber executives leave as turmoil and transition continue at ridesharing firm

A pair of key Uber executives are leaving as the embattled ridesharing company experiences churn in its top leadership ranks. Jeff Jones, Uber’s president, is stepping down after just six months. Sources told Recode that he concluded the situation at Uber is worse than he was led to believe when he was lured from Target, […]

Common misconceptions brand executives have about AI

GUEST: Artificial intelligence is no longer the sole domain of tech companies like Google, Facebook, IBM, and Amazon. Recognizing the potential of exponential technologies like AI and bots, creative agencies like Ogilvy and consulting firms like McKinsey and Accenture now proudly feature AI departments. The message to brands executives is clear: understand and leverage trends […]

President Discusses Future of Aviation in Meeting With Airline Executives

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‘Uber = Fake Taxis’: Argentine prosecutor asks for local Uber executives to be jailed

AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano BUENOS AIRES, Jan 30 (Reuters) – An Argentine prosecutor asked a judge on Monday to jail local executives of ride-hailing company Uber Technologies Inc and a court ordered the company’s mobile application to be shut down following protests from taxi drivers’ unions. In April, a Buenos Aires court said the company […]