Chicken, beef or vegetables: assessing the real environmental impact of AI
The inexorable rise of AI is increasing energy demand around the globe, but the technology itself is also enabling greater efficiencies. Assessing its real impact requires an understanding of both its “footprint” and its “handprint”, and its impact may not be as dire as we’ve been led to believe.
Asset owners eye tech’s new foundation for investing
Institutional investing is entering a new era as blockchain-based rails make markets always-on, near-instant and capable of delivering hyper-customised portfolios. Are asset owners ready?
Are we waiting for a superhero to save our world?
Can climate inaction be reversed, or will we keep waiting for someone else to act? Jessica Gao, researcher at the Thinking Ahead Institute at WTW, explores how individuals, investors, and companies can step up to lead the transition – before it’s too late.
Khosla warns of disrupted decade before AI boom brings abundance
AI will deliver a five-year burst of productivity and cost cutting before a deflationary decade reshapes the global economy, according to legendary venture capitalist Vinod Khosla.
Managing fat tails and risks in the face of contradictory signals
Global investors face the difficult task of setting asset allocation in an environment where the global macro-economic backdrop suggests chaos and downside risk but markets continue to perform strongly.
