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Three AI techniques an MIT researcher uses to improve group decision-making

Three AI techniques an MIT researcher uses to improve group decision-making

Last week I talked with Mark Klein, who researches collective intelligence at MIT and teaches it as a professor at the School of Collective Intelligence at Morocco's UM6P. I went in knowing almost nothing about the field, and came out with three techniques. We were talking about when

Everybody’s talking about agents

Everybody’s talking about agents

You hear it everywhere right now: agents managing teams of agents, agents replacing whole departments, an agent for every workflow, a future where you manage software the way you used to manage people. The word has stretched to mean almost anything, or even anyone, and most of what it brings

How many AI tools is too many?

How many AI tools is too many?

In March, BCG’s Henderson Institute published a study that put a name to something a lot of us had been feeling without one. They surveyed 1,488 full-time US workers about how they actually use AI on the job and found that self-reported productivity climbs as people

Who is actually leading AI in your organization?

Who is actually leading AI in your organization?

Two thirds of newly appointed Chief AI Officers spent their first twelve months writing documentation. Not setting strategy. Cataloging what was already there (Digital Chiefs, 2026). The pattern shows up in the broader data too. Nine in ten executives across nearly 6,000 firms reported zero measurable productivity impact from

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