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Quick Hits in the News: The AI+HI Project, Week 1 of 2025

January 2, 2025 | Nichol Bradford

Each week, as SHRM’s executive in residence for AI+HI, I scour the media landscape to bring you expert summaries of the biggest AI headlines—and what they mean for you and your business.

1. Microsoft AI’s New CEO, Mustafa Suleyman, and How AI Technology Will Impact Culture

What to Know: Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft AI’s new CEO, emphasizes a cultural shift in how artificial intelligence integrates into organizations. Suleyman’s vision prioritizes ethical AI implementation and collaborative innovation. His approach combines advanced AI capabilities with practical applications that amplify human potential rather than replace it. By embedding AI into Microsoft’s strategic frameworks, he aims to redefine organizational culture while addressing global challenges.

Why It Matters: Suleyman outlines his framework for human-centered AI adoption in the integration of cutting-edge technology into organizational cultures worldwide.

Go to article on Hypebeast

2. AI Thinks Differently Than People Do—Here’s Why That Matters

What to Know: AI operates on fundamentally different principles from human thinking, leveraging vast datasets, pattern recognition, and probabilistic algorithms. This divergence allows AI to excel in areas such as predictive analytics and optimization, but it also introduces challenges in understanding human nuance and context. The article explores how AI’s unique thinking methods can complement human decision-making, offering insights into reshaping workflows and innovation strategies.

Why It Matters: Understanding AI’s distinct cognitive approach is critical for organizations aiming to harness its full potential.

Go to article on Harvard Business Review

3. Future Technologies 2025: Insights from Amy Webb, CEO of Future Today Institute

What to Know: 2024’s innovation sets the stage for transformative technologies in 2025. Amy Webb highlights three key drivers: AI, advanced sensors, and biotechnology. Sensors will enhance supply chains, autonomous vehicles, and medical devices, while biotech advances such as rapid 3D bioprinting bring lab-grown tissues closer to reality. Fusion energy and quantum computing, once theoretical, are nearing practical application, promising zero-carbon energy and industry disruption in medicine and finance.

Why It Matters: Webb’s 2024 summary and 2025 predictions, especially those on AI, are worth reading.

Go to Future Today Institute's Annual Letter for 2024

4. Major Tech Breakthrough with Genesis, an Open-Source Physics Simulator

What to Know: Co-developed by over 20 research labs, Genesis can train robots 430,000 times faster than real-world conditions, significantly accelerating robot capability timelines by at least 3-5 years (my guess)[ST1] . While adoption may lag, this advancement marks a pivotal leap in enabling robots to operate effectively alongside humans.

Why It Matters: Robot automation timelines will need to be adjusted going forward. Here are two articles on what’s happening and two on what the government is trying to do about it.

Signals for 2025: Workforce, AI, and Citizenship

What to Know: Workers face significant stress from global instability, political tension, and fears about job security, especially as AI disrupts industries. Generation Z reports a sharp decline in emotional resilience, and 40% of workers worry about job stability[ST2] , expecting employers to provide support. The labor market is splitting: Front-line workers are in high demand, while white-collar roles are shrinking due to layoffs and AI-driven job redesign. HR teams must step up, focusing on simplicity, well-being, and AI literacy to support employees during these transformative times.

Why It Matters: Bersin’s predictions on the workforce and AI are worth reading. The data here will show you what’s happening with white-collar workers.

Go to article on Josh Bersin

The New Future of Work: AI’s Role in Shaping Work and Society

What to Know: This comprehensive Microsoft report explores AI’s impact on work and society through research-backed insights. Key areas include measuring productivity changes from AI, designing smarter workflows, enhancing cognition through collaboration with AI, ensuring appropriate reliance through better user interface, and fostering conversational chatbot empathy. The report also examines the potential of digital agents to work on users’ behalf and addresses global equity, ensuring AI benefits low-resource language groups and underserved communities.

Why It Matters: It’s a great and useful compilation of the current edge of AI understanding and impact on work. Especially intriguing is the reduction in cognition issues. This report will tell you more about how AI influences real productivity in the workplace.

Go to report on Microsoft.com

Federal Example: House Bipartisan Task Force on Artificial Intelligence Delivers Report

What to Know: Responsible AI adoption in the U.S. depends on widespread AI literacy, starting in K-12 education. AI literacy involves understanding how AI works, using it responsibly, recognizing social and ethical impacts, and mitigating risks while leveraging benefits. Educators need resources to teach these skills, and schools require guidance on procuring and integrating AI tools effectively. However, limited access to STEM and computer science education—along with U.S. students lagging in key subjects such as math—is hindering progress.

Why It Matters: This report lists recommendations for education and the workforce. If Congress adopts these in whole or in part, it will have a big impact.

Go to House Committee report

State Example: Massachusetts AI Hub—Leading AI Innovation the Massachusetts Way

What to Know: Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey announced the Massachusetts AI Hub, an initiative aimed at making the state a national AI leader. Supported by the $4 billion Mass. Leads Act, with $100 million earmarked for AI innovation, the hub focuses on health, climate, and economic opportunities. Housed at Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, it will drive AI research, attract and train AI talent, and expand access to sustainable high-performance computing. Economic Development Secretary Yvonne Hao emphasized the state’s commitment to solving meaningful problems responsibly, with equity and inclusion.

Why It Matters: This is an example of public-private partnership to bridge education to the workforce.  Expect to see more states roll out programs like this.

Go to article on HPCwire

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