In an era where AI breakthroughs occur almost weekly, Jim Wilson, Global Managing Director at ... [+] Accenture, reveals why the future belongs to those who can master human-machine collaboration and why this partnership could transform 40% of working hours across industries.Adobe StockAs I sat down with Jim Wilson, Global Managing Director of Thought Leadership and Technology at Accenture and co-author of the newly updated book "Human + Machine: Reimagining Work in the Age of AI," one thing became crystal clear: the AI revolution isn't about humans versus machines it's about humans plus machines.In a world where groundbreaking AI advancements seem to be delivered each month, Wilson offers a refreshingly optimistic perspective that cuts through the noise. Rather than viewing AI as a job-stealing threat, he presents compelling evidence for a future built on collaborative intelligence.The Missing Middle Of Human-Machine Collaboration"There's an emerging kind of collaborative intelligence that companies are going to need now to compete and innovate," Wilson explained during our conversation. "It's really about thoughtfully and rigorously creating that combined effect where human ingenuity, human innovation, plus AI systems outperform what either one could do alone."To illustrate this point, Wilson shared the fascinating story of a Lithuanian researcher who ingeniously repurposed AlphaFold (an AI system for predicting protein structures) to solve complex protein interaction problems that its creators hadn't envisioned. The result? A scientific breakthrough that combined human creativity with AI processing power."On the human side, previous methods could achieve about 74 percent accuracy. But that often took weeks of manual effort," Wilson noted. "On the AI side, AlphaFold would have essentially scored a zero. But through human and machine collaboration, we actually see an effect where they were able to achieve 88 percent precision in just a few hours."This sweet spot of collaboration is what Wilson calls "the missing middle" the space where human capabilities and AI strengths combine to create something greater than the sum of their parts.Transforming Business Functions And The EconomyThe implications of this collaborative approach extend far beyond scientific research. According to Accenture's research, generative AI will transform more than 40% of working hours across industries, with six business functions seeing over half of their work hours reshaped through automation, augmentation, and collaboration.Wilson shared a real-world example of a global beverage company that implemented a generative AI-powered sales coach. The results were remarkable: "Salespeople were now able to spend measurably less time in front of their computers and actually measurably more time out meeting with customers. And the company was also able to see that now these frontline service people are able to actually go after and have meetings with new customers that they just weren't able to do before."The company didn't stop at the pilot phase they're now scaling this initiative to 1,500 additional salespeople across regions.Redesigning Jobs For The AI EraAs AI adoption accelerates, how should leaders reimagine roles and job descriptions? Wilson believes most companies are still missing the mark."Most companies today are really still missing the job designs to methodically connect humans and machines and to build that collaborative intelligence," he explained. "Most companies today are really still missing the job designs to methodically connect humans and machines and to build that collaborative intelligence," he explained. Wilson urges companies to take immediate action by redesigning their workforce around six essential job categories while developing innovative working methods.Wilson categorizes these emerging roles into two major groups. First are the technical positions that directly enable AI systems: trainers who develop and refine AI models, explainers who interpret AI outputs and build interfaces that make them understandable across the business, and sustainers who ensure AI systems operate ethically and effectively over time.Beyond these specialized technical roles, Wilson identifies three distinct ways that AI transforms existing jobs: amplification, where AI enhances human analytical and creative capabilities; interaction, which involves new forms of collaboration between humans and AI interfaces; and embodiment, where AI extends physical capabilities through technologies like collaborative robotics in manufacturing settings. These transformations don't simply replace jobs but fundamentally change how work is performed.He shared compelling statistics showing the power of this augmentation: "In a large-scale study of analytical tasks, AI alone achieved 73 percent performance, human alone 80%. But the AI-amplified workers achieved 90%. So that's a really significant boost."This transformation is already happening in creative fields. Wilson described how furniture designers now collaborate with generative AI systems that can suggest innovative designs based on aesthetic and business criteria, transforming the very nature of the design process.The New Fusion Skills For The AI AgeWith 95% of workers seeing potential value in working with generative AI and 94% ready to learn new skills, the critical question becomes: what competencies do we need to develop?"There is a fusion of human and machine increasingly in work processes," Wilson observed. "There is an increasing need for a fusion of working and learning AI skills on the job."Wilson and his co-author, Paul Daugherty, identified eight "fusion skills" essential for this new era. One crucial skill is "judgment integration" the ability to evaluate AI outputs for novelty, usefulness, and trustworthiness."Creating value in this era of Gen AI really requires bringing your expert human judgment, your domain expertise in areas like law or product design or science into the way that you collaborate with large language models," Wilson emphasized.A Framework For AI TransformationFor business leaders looking to implement AI effectively, Wilson offers a structured approach called MELDS Mindset, Experimentation, Leadership, Digital Core, and Skills.First, leaders need to adopt a mindset that redesigns processes around the "missing middle," decomposing work and delegating tasks to either humans or machines based on comparative advantage.Then comes experimentation but with a clear path to scaling successful pilots. "A lot of companies are kind of getting stuck in the experimentation phase," Wilson warned. "It's really important for companies to think across from those experimental pilots, moving the initiative into a production system."Leadership in the AI age means embracing responsible AI practices that go beyond mere compliance. However, Wilson noted that while "98 percent of executives really do understand the importance of good risk management, only about 2 percent of the companies that we've looked at are really implementing responsible AI in a holistic and action-based way."Companies also need a robust digital core, including cloud infrastructure and modernized data systems. Currently, only about 20% of companies have properly prepared their data and cloud infrastructure for effective AI use.Finally, organizations must invest in skills development. Wilson makes the point that despite widespread employee enthusiasm for AI skills, only about 5% of workers believe their companies are providing adequate resources and time for skill development.The Ultimate Currency: TrustAs AI systems become more capable and autonomous, Wilson emphasizes that trust will be the limiting factor in realizing AI's potential benefits."People aren't gonna collaborate with AI systems effectively if it's just kind of a black box and they don't know why an AI is making a particular decision," he explained. This is why roles like "explainable machine learning engineers" are becoming increasingly vital.The business impact of explainable, human-centered AI is already measurable. Wilson cited research showing "a five-fold decrease in human error rates in identifying defective parts on the factory floor when workers see an explainable AI recommendation in their workflows." Similarly, in healthcare, doctors show a 10-point increase in accuracy with explainable AI but a 20-point decrease with black-box systems.In this new era of collaborative intelligence, the future belongs to organizations that can successfully blend human creativity with AI capabilities, build trust through explainable systems, and develop the fusion skills needed for effective human-machine partnerships. Those who master this balance won't just survive the AI revolution they'll thrive in it.

Looking for help with today's NYT Mini Crossword puzzle? Here are some hints and answers for the ... [+] puzzle.Credit: NYTIn case you missed Thursdays NYT Mini Crossword puzzle, you can find the answers here:Once again, Friday is upon us. This is my last NYT Mini Crossword guide of the week. Ill be back in two weeks, spreading joy and cheer and helping you fine folk solve the crossword of the day. Have a lovely week and for those of you heading into Spring Break, enjoy your holiday! Lets solve Fridays, shall we?The NYT Mini is a smaller, quicker, more digestible, bite-sized version of the larger and more challenging NYT Crossword, and unlike its larger sibling, its free-to-play without a subscription to The New York Times. You can play it on the web or the app, though youll need the app to tackle the archive.Spoilers ahead!ACROSS1- What "OOO" can mean HUGS5- "You've Really Got ___ on Me" (1962 hit) AHOLD7- Indian currency RUPEE8- What III can mean THREE9- Call of Duty: Black ___ (video game series) OPSDOWN1- Roxie ___, lead character in "Chicago" HART2- Nope UHUH3- Camera attached to a ski helmet, perhaps GOPRO4- What ZZZ can mean SLEEP6- The middle of middle DEESToday's MiniCredit: Erik KainThis was a fun, and pretty challenging, Mini Crossword. I knew some, like RUPEE (also the currency in Zelda, which was in yesterdays puzzle) and Black OPS which is the Call of Duty game Im currently playing. Some were trickier. I didnt associate OOO with HUGS even though XOXO is hugs and kisses. And UHUH doesnt really sound like NOPE to me. This one took me 1:46.How did you do? Let me know on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook.If you also play Wordle, I write guides about that as well. You can find those and all my TV guides, reviews and much more here on my blog. Thanks for reading!

Meta is on a mission to turn its social apps into a hub of all kinds of content as well chatter. The next step towards that goal could be Community Chats on Instagram, which could open the doors for the same kind of group chatter as you would find across Telegram channels and Discord.Code sleuth Alessandro Paluzzi has shared visual assets of the in-development feature sharing some details on how it might work. These chat groups will be able to host up to 250 people at once, and will be open to all users to join and share messages among the community.Recommended VideosIt wont be a no-holds-barred chat zone though. Community Chats will allow creators to select admins for moderating the conversation. These admins will be able to remove messages that violate conduct policies, and will exercise a similar level of control over ejecting members, as well.Please enable Javascript to view this contentGoing a step further, Instagram will also be checking the ongoing community chats against its own content guidelines. However, its unclear what kind of disciplinary action it might take, not just against members, but also the entire community chat in itself.@Alex193A / DigitalTrendsOnce a community chat is established, the creator will be offered the choice to keep it gated so that only approved users can join the chat. Moreover, just like broadcast channels, users will be able to advertise their Community Chats on the profile page and channel.For now, the only community-based feature available on Instagram is the broadcast channels system. Primarily targeted at creators and influencers, they allow posting of content updates in the form of text, videos, and pictures.For boosting engagement, poll and question updates are available, too. Theres also an option to invite another creator to post live updates as a guest in the broadcast channel. Exclusive channels can also be created for subscribers, but do keep in mind that broadcast channels are limited to Professional accounts only.@RelevantUpdates / Digital TrendsThe only limitation is that aside from reacting and engaging with polls or questions, channel members cant share their own posts. Thats where Community Chats come into the picture, allowing fans and followers to share their views in the same way as they would in aTelegram channel or Discordcommunity.The biggest challenge, however, is going to be moderation. Meta has already loosened some of its content moderation policies, especially around sensitive topics such as LGBTQ dialog, which experts have criticized ever since the shift was made.Enforcing such policies wont be easy, and it would take strict vigilance from community members to keep the community chat in order. Another issue is the proliferation of community chats engaged in problematic discourse, especially when these groups take an invite-only approach.Meta has received a fair amount of criticism for allowing hateful material inciting violence and other problematic ideas across Facebook and Instagram, despite all the material being out there in the public. It would be interesting to see whether Instagram fares any better at preventing Community Chats from spiraling into utter chaos.Editors Recommendations

While SpaceX managed to get its hulk of a Starship rocket off the ground on Thursday, the upper-stage spacecraft disintegrated soon after separating from the main-stage Super Heavy booster. The catastrophic failure occurred just two months after the spacecraft suffered a similar fate in another flight test. That accident was put down to fires from propellant leaks caused by unexpected harmonic vibrations, but its too early to say if the same factors contributed to this latest incident.The failure to nail the second part of Thursdays mission will have been a big disappointment for SpaceX engineers, but as the company said in a statement following the flight test, Success comes from what we learn, and todays flight will help us improve Starships reliability.Earlier in the day, some 3,200 miles southeast of SpaceXs Starbase launch site in Texas, another rocket, the Ariane 6, achieved a flawless mission on only its second flight, after lifting off from Europes Spaceport in Kourou in French Guiana.Please enable Javascript to view this contentWhile the technology on Arianespaces 6 rocket is less complex than that on the next-generation Starship rocket, the team behind the launch will nevertheless be delighted that the rockets first commercial mission went as smoothly as it did, successfully placing in orbit the CSO-3 Earth observation satellite for the French Defense Procurement Agency (DGA) and the French space agency (CNES).A video (top) shows the Ariane 6, which is similar to SpaceXs workhorse Falcon 9 rocket in terms of launch thrust, leaving the launchpad on Thursday. The footage also captures other crucial phases of the rockets flight.The two-stage Ariane 6 first flew in July 2024. Standing at 164-feet (50 meters), the new rocket replaced the Ariane 5, which made its final flight in July 2023 following several decades of reliable service.Commenting on Thursdays mission, CNES CEO Lionel Suchet said: Im delighted at the successful launch of the French defense satellite CSO-3 for CNES and the DGA. This launch success Ariane 6s first commercial mission is excellent news in so many ways and clearly demonstrates European and French excellence in space, to the benefit of our citizens.Editors Recommendations

2025-03-07T05:12:31Z Read in app Russia hopes to build a drone plant in Belarus, which borders Poland, Lithuania, and Latvia. Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.Have an account? Russia is preparing to build a factory in Belarus that can make up to 100,000 drones a year.Moscow said the plant would bring "effective security" to Minsk but didn't say if it's for weapons.Russia aims to build millions of drones yearly, but a plant in Belarus brings production closer to NATO.Belarus said on Thursday that it's open to hosting a Russian factory that can build up to 100,000 drones yearly, expanding Moscow's production to NATO's backyard.Russian representatives, including Maxim Oreshkin the Kremlin's deputy chief of staff proposed the idea at a drone exhibition"This is a huge prospect for us," Belarusian leader Aleksander Lukashenko, who attended the event with Oreshkin, said in a statement from his office.Belarusian officials at the exhibition said the plant would initially build 2,000 drones for agriculture and other logistics.Though Oreshkin did not explicitly say the factory would also be used to build military drones, he said it would bring "effective security" to Belarus."This, of course, is a matter of ensuring sovereignty," Oreshkin told Belarusian state media.Lukashenko said that Belarus would consult drone specialists in April and May but did not specify when the plant is expected to finish construction.Russia said in September that it's already able to build 1.4 million drones a year, but official production has been focused deep in its territory through areas such as Tatarstan. Some Russian volunteer groups also provide their troops with cheaper drones.A plant in Belarus would expand official production to a nation bordering Poland, Lithuania, and Latvia. All three are NATO members seeking to rapidly scale up defense spending as concerns soar about a heightened Russian threat.Those efforts also include drone production on their end: Poland, Lithuania, and Latvia are part of a six-nation European coalition that plans to build a "drone wall" to police their eastern borders.The rest of the world is also locked in an arms race to boost drone capacity, and Russia and Ukraine have been at the forefront. Both say they want to build 3 to 4 million drones each in 2025.Still, military drones can vary in size and function, and it's unclear what type of drone Belarus intends to help manufacture. The Kremlin, for example, has relied on Iranian long-range Shahed drones to harass Ukrainian cities.At the same time, the war has seen the sharp rise of commercial drones fitted with explosives, which serve as a cheap, lethal, and precise way to attack troops and valuable equipment.Regular reports from Ukraine's air force say it typically shoots down about 1,000 Russian drones a mix of Shaheds, first-person view drones, and reconnaissance drones a week.Belarus already hosts several significant Russian capabilities, including tactical nuclear weapons and advanced air defense systems. In 2022, Moscow's troops used the country to station part of its invasion force to attack Ukraine's northern border.Press services for the defense ministries of Poland, Lithuania, and Latvia did not respond to requests for comment sent outside regular business hours by Business Insider.

2025-03-07T05:04:20Z Read in app Ashley Tisdale says she feels "much more confident" as a second-time mom. Frank Micelotta/Disney via Getty Images This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.Have an account? Ashley Tisdale says she had very different postpartum experiences following her two births.The "High School Musical" star felt "robbed" of her first experience as a mother due to postpartum depression.But welcoming her second child to the family was a "very easy transition," she said.Ashley Tisdale, 39, is excited that she got to be a mom again.The "High School Musical" star told Us Weekly that welcoming her second child was a chance to experience motherhood again since she felt "robbed" of her first experience due to postpartum depression, or PPD."To be able to have this experience again and to have it in such a great way and be so present, it makes me cherish every single moment," Tisdale said.Tisdale and her husband, Christopher French, married in 2014. They welcomed their first daughter, Jupiter, in 2021 and their second daughter, Emerson, in September.So far, it's been a "really easy transition" for the family, she said.When she first became a mom, Tisdale said she was nervous and didn't know what to expect."With the second, you just feel so much more confident," she said.She also credits her husband for his support."I feel like we balance each other out," Tisdale said. "There are times where Chris is really the fun parent and I might be a little bit more strict. And then, there's times where he's a little bit more strict with scheduling, and I'm a really fun parent."In a September post on her website, written about two weeks after she gave birth to her second child, Tisdale reflected on how different her two postpartum experiences were.When she had her first child, "something just wasn't clicking for me as a new mom," Tisdale wrote."I had expected to feel certain things as a new mother, but I didn't. Instead, I spent a lot of time feeling sad and anxiousand guilty about feeling that way," she continued. "It took me a while to realize that I was going through postpartum depression. Fortunately, I came out of it in time, but I remember feeling robbed of the joy I'd been hoping to experience."But thankfully, things were different with her second child."When I first looked into Emerson's eyes, I immediately had the connection I'd dreamed of. This postpartum period has been so much easier because I feel like my normal self, and I feel 100% connected with my daughters," she wrote.Tisdale isn't the only celebrity mom who has been open about experiencing postpartum depression.In a March 2017 essay for Glamour, Chrissy Teigen shared that taking antidepressants helped her with postpartum depression. She was diagnosed with the condition after giving birth to her daughter, Luna, in April 2016.During a 2020 episode of Jameela Jamil's "I Weigh" podcast, Reese Witherspoon shared that she experienced postpartum depression after the birth of two of her three children.Based on data from the CDC, one in eight women in the US report experiencing symptoms of depression after giving birth.Some symptoms of postpartum depression include severe mood swings, crying too much, and having difficulties bonding with the newborn baby.A representative for Tisdale did not immediately respond to a request for comment sent by Business Insider outside regular hours.

Fishermen Light Cinema - Renovation of Dongmen Pier / TheY ArchitectsSave this picture! Arch-ExistArchitects: TheY ArchitectsAreaArea of this architecture projectArea:200 mYearCompletion year of this architecture project Year: 2024 PhotographsPhotographs:Arch-Exist Lead Architects: Yuan Yao, Yuze Liu More SpecsLess SpecsSave this picture!"Fishermen Light Cinema" is not merely a rest stop for weary travelers, but a theater that encapsulates life itself. Whether fleeting visitors or locals living and working here, everyone becomes a silhouette in this seaside cinema, enacting the simplicity and authenticity of life on the pier. Shipu Town is known as the "City of Fishermen Light." The term "Fishermen Light" is the symbol of Shipu. It represents the flickering lights on fishing boats since ancient times, as well as the poignant era of fishermen's joys and sorrows captured in the 1934 film "Song of the Fishermen", directed by Chusheng Cai and filmed in Shipu. Over time, Xiangshan is now composing a new chapter of a beautiful life under the theme of Fishermen's Light in the New Era, and the name "Shipu" has become synonymous with the prosperous life of fishermen today.Save this picture!Save this picture!The project is located at Dongmen Pier on South Yugang Road in Shipu Town, Xiangshan County, Ningbo City, China. The renovation, in a light-touch manner, preserves the main steel structure of the original passage building. It retains the passage function while adding a second-floor visitor rest area and extending a viewing and meditation space facing the fishing port dock. A single-flight staircase on the north side of the passage leads to the second floor, ensuring enough width of the passage way.Save this picture!Save this picture!The facade renovation draws inspiration from the shimmering sea wave, the traditional fishing lanterns, and fishing nets, creating a texture unique to coastal fishing villages. The facade is composed of polycarbonate panels with different light transmittance from 35%, 67% to transparent. From bottom to top, it gradually becomes more transparent and the texture becomes denser, creating a semi - transparent effect. The polycarbonate panels with different level of transparency blur the activities of people inside, making the facade resemble a screen that reflects people's movement tracks inside.Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!The second floor is composed of a rest area near the South Yugang Road and a meditation space facing the pier. From the meditation space that extends beyond the roof, one can take in views of the dock, boats, and Dongmen Island across the sea. In addition to tourists, boatmen and pierworkers who live and work here often come up to the meditation space. They pause and sit quietly, contemplating the pier they once knew so well from a new perspective.Save this picture!Save this picture!For the "Fishermen Light Cinema," renovation doesn't mean erasing the old times but rather embracing the site and achieving symbiosis with it. The true symbiosis perhaps lies in permitting different orders to grow and collide within the building. The "Fishermen Light Cinema" sets up a narrative stage for these spontaneous events, enabling them to perform an ever - lasting improvisational drama amidst the interplay of light and shadow.Save this picture!Save this picture!Project gallerySee allShow lessAbout this officePublished on March 07, 2025Cite: "Fishermen Light Cinema - Renovation of Dongmen Pier / TheY Architects" 07 Mar 2025. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1027335/fishermen-light-cinema-renovation-of-dongmen-pier-they-architects&gt ISSN 0719-8884Save?: / You've started following your first account!Did you know?You'll now receive updates based on what you follow! Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors, offices and users.Go to my stream

Nature, Published online: 05 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08603-0Paired transcriptomic and chromatin accessibility profiling are used to examine the developmental trajectories of neuronal populations in the hypothalamic preoptic region, including cell types with key roles in physiological and social behaviour functions have been identified.

Nature, Published online: 05 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08616-9Experimental evidence is presented for a new implementation of supersolidity in a driven-dissipative, non-equilibrium context realized in a photonic-crystal waveguide, demonstrating the breaking of translational symmetry with exceptionally low losses.

Recently, weve told you how3D Generalist Edward Urea created a Blender rig inspired by technique used in Win or Lose, Pixars animated series, and now, the artist has delighted the audience with a new amazing work.Edward Urea showcased a new Blender artwork created with a similar technique, which implies that animators could change the position of the mouth, nose, and ears, place them anywhere on the characters face, and adjust their size. This time, the artist presented a Ranking of Kings fan art, sharing a take on its protagonist, Boji. The rig looks highly detailed, and the approach inspired by the animated series allows for visualizing more vivid emotions.Take a closer look at the rig and another recreation of the character showcased by Edward Urea:Check out the previously showcased rig:Follow Edward Urea onX/Twitterfor more artwork anddont forget to join our80 Level Talent platformand ournew Discord server, follow us onInstagram,Twitter,LinkedIn,Telegram,TikTok, andThreads, where we share breakdowns, the latest news, awesome artworks, and more.Source link The post 3D Artist Reveals New Rig Inspired by Pixars Win or Lose appeared first on CG SHARES.