JOB AUTOMATION

At a big tech fair in Amsterdam last month, three big money companies showed off a new kind of digital helper. Instead of just answering questions, this helper actually paid for concert tickets after picking the best one within a set price and date. The shopper only had to say yes – everything else

The head of a top hedge fund says machines can finish tasks that once took weeks in just days. The work involves deep financial analysis, normally done by people with master’s degrees or PhDs. Now the fund uses AI programs that learn and decide on their own. This change is not about simple