Welcome to The Green Perspective Podcast, brought to you by Chevron Green Services part of the Chevron Group. In this series, our hosts Steph Berwick, Group Head of Sustainability and Lily Clarke, Ecologist at Chevron Green Services, will investigate how we can create a suitable built environment for society today, whilst also preserving the natural world. Whether you’re a developer, working in green infrastructure, an architect, planner, surveyor or simply interested in how businesses are c ...
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Discover what separates AI success from AI hype. In this series from MIT Sloan Management Review, AI winners share their secrets and success stories from the front lines. Explore the future of artificial intelligence with leaders from companies like YouTube, Cisco, and Hugging Face who are turning AI's potential into measurable business value.
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On UnCommon Law, legal issues, public policy, and storytelling collide. We'll explore the most important legal stories of the day: Is affirmative action in college admissions constitutional? Is it time to kill the bar exam? Should social media face special legal scrutiny? What are law firms doing to fix their lack of diversity? This podcast, hosted by Matthew S. Schwartz, was the winner of the American Bar Association's Silver Gavel Award for Media and the Arts.
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Challenging the Average With Open-Source AI: Hugging Face’s Thomas Wolf
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34:24Thomas Wolf is the cofounder and chief science officer of open-source AI platform Hugging Face, which provides access to thousands of pretrained AI models that can be downloaded and run locally. With over 10 million users, getting started on the site can be a daunting task. Thomas explains how the company aims to improve its accessibility through d…
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For decades, generations of schoolchildren linked to the video on the Schoolhouse Rock YouTube channellearned from Schoolhouse Rock that bills become laws through careful committee work, open debate, and thoughtful compromise. But as today's episode of UnCommon Law makes clear, that tidy version of lawmaking no longer reflects reality. Instead, lea…
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4. Chevron is Dead. Is the Administrative State Still Alive?
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31:53In this episode, we explore the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the Chevron doctrine through the Loper Bright case, examining its impact on the regulatory landscape in America. In just the first six months after Loper Bright was decided, courts cited the case more than 400 times, leading to the invalidation of new agency rules…
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Today’s episode is a bonus drop from our friends over at the MIT CSAIL Alliances podcast. We'll be back on September 16 with new episodes of Me, Myself, and AI. Chris Miller is professor of international history at Tufts University. He joins the MIT CSAIL Alliances podcast to share insights from his recent book, Chip War: The Fight for the World's …
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Training AI to Detect Disease: Stand Up To Cancer’s Julian Adams
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30:40Julian Adams tried but didn’t succeed at retirement after a productive career as a medical chemist with several U.S. Food and Drug Association approvals of cancer-related treatments, including cell therapy for bone marrow transplantation. Soon after, his participation in a Stand Up ToCancer advisory group led to his appointment as the nonprofit’s p…
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3. Loper Bright: How a Little Boat Made Big Waves
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32:34Federal agencies expanding their power beyond congressional intent? Unelected bureaucrats making policy decisions? Regulatory whiplash?! According to the litigants urging the Supreme Court to strike down the Chevron doctrine in the Loper Bright case, those were the harms Americans would continue to face if Chevron deference were allowed to continue…
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Delivering More Connected Care Through AI: CVS Health's Josh Weiner
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27:22Josh Weiner, senior vice president of consumer engagement and analytics at CVS Health, is passionate about making health care more personalized, connected, preventative, and accessible. On today’s episode, Josh joins Sam and Shervin to explain how the integrated health care company is structured and how it is using AI to achieve those goals. Read t…
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Building Better Answers With AI Agents: SAP’s Walter Sun
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33:53The suggestions and support offered by AI are helpful only if they’re relevant. On today’s episode, Walter Sun, senior vice president and global head of artificial intelligence at SAP, joins Sam and Shervin to share how his organization is helping employees get smarter about artificial intelligence through the company’s AI Days. Additionally, Walte…
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2. The Fishermen Who Took Down a Giant: The Epic Court Fight Over Who Makes the Rules
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25:09Wayne Reichle – who’s been in the fishing business his whole life – had never heard of the Chevron doctrine. That's the two-step legal test that courts used for the past 40 years to decide whether a federal agency had the authority to make a regulation. "No idea," said Reichle, president of New Jersey-based Lund's Fisheries. "Myself, and many, many…
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Upcycling and Upskilling With AI: Goodwill's Steve Preston
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25:37Many of us know Goodwill Industries International as a retailer that accepts and resells donated goods. What the average consumer may not know is that the nonprofit takes in over 5 billion pounds of goods each year — and not all of it can be resold. For those unwanted or unviable items, the organization can either look into recycling or upcycling, …
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Overcoming AI Hallucinations: Truist’s Chandra Kapireddy
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33:39In today’s episode, Chandra Kapireddy, head of generative AI, machine learning, and analytics at Truist, delves into the evolving landscape of AI with a particular focus on how GenAI tools reshape the way Truist and similar organizations must navigate model risk management and regulations. GenAI is more versatile than traditional AI, he notes, yet …
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Speed, Ease, and Expertise With AI: Lenovo’s Linda Yao
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31:59Linda Yao, chief operating officer and head of strategy for Lenovo’s Strategy, Solutions, and Services Group and vice president of hybrid cloud and AI solutions, joins us to explain the organization’s transition from technology product company to managed services provider. It’s now helping organizations with the change management required to implem…
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Reskilling the Workforce With AI: Harvard Business School’s Raffaella Sadun
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30:02Harvard Business School professor Raffaella Sadun’s research has historically focused on digital reskilling. Now, rapid technological changes — like AI — are reshaping the nature of work. Raffaella’s research has explored how AI might empower those with intermediate expertise, such as store managers and blue-collar workers, to become more efficient…
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1. Deadly Haze: How an Invisible Bubble of Pollution Changed the Way Government Regulates Everything
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29:18Congress often passes major legislation setting out broad principles, and then lets the federal agencies sort out the details. But what should an agency do if Congress’s instructions are ambiguous or silent? That was the question facing the Supreme Court 40 years ago, when the Reagan administration's Environmental Protection Agency adopted a busine…
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Feed Drop: How AI Will Change Your Job: MIT’s David Autor
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40:18Today’s episode is a bonus drop from our friends over at the MIT CSAIL Alliances podcast. We’ll back in two weeks for Season 11 of Me, Myself, and AI. David Autor, the Daniel (1972) and Gail Rubinfeld Professor, Margaret MacVicar Faculty Fellow in MIT’s Department of Economics, says that AI is “not like a calculator where you just punch in the numb…
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NEW SERIES TRAILER: The Rise and Fall of Agency Power
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2:47This season on UnCommon Law, join us as we explore the rise and fall of agency power, and what that could mean for the future of regulation in America.By Bloomberg Industry Group
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Monetizing Data With AI: MIT CISR's Barb Wixom
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34:31Barbara Wixom, principal research scientist at MIT’s Center for Information Systems Research (CISR), draws on 30 years of research in this bonus episode of the Me, Myself, and AI podcast. She believes data monetization is the key to enterprise success with AI and breaks down why. With hosts Sam Ransbotham and Shervin Khodabandeh, Barb details case …
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Tackling Injuries With AI: The NFL's Jeff Miller
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30:37Jeff Miller moved from a career in government to focus on the health and safety of NFL players. Due to the nature of their sport, they are more prone to injuries, including concussions, than other professional athletes. By leveraging the game’s unique elements, such as the volume of cameras filming on-field activities, the NFL can gather large data…
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How a 160-Year-Old Startup Uses AI: The Heineken Company’s Ronald den Elzen
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26:54After trying his luck at the stock market, Ronald den Elzen, pursued a career in technology leadership instead. Today, as the chief technology and digital officer of The Heineken Company, he encourages his team to think about the legacy beverage company as a 160-year-old startup with global scale, operating with multiple brands in more than 80 mark…
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Over the past year, we’ve seen generative AI explode. In this episode, we review insights shared with us from five prior guests — from Microsoft, GitHub, Meta, Partnership on AI, and NASA — and consider what’s changed, what’s the same, and what new concerns organizations face. With GenAI tools becoming ubiquitous and democratized, organizations gra…
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A Trump Second Term: Possible Group Health Plan Implications
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16:26Join our benefits compliance attorneys to discuss the election results, potential regulatory changes in the short term, and policy priorities that could impact group health plans.By Alliant Employee Benefits
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Leveling the Playing Field With AI: Special Olympics's Mary Davis
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38:28Mary Davis, CEO of Special Olympics, wants the people she represents to “have a seat at the table” as AI evolves. In this episode of the Me, Myself, and AI podcast, Davis talks about her organization’s mission along with the growing role of AI and how it’s crucial to ensure that people with intellectual disabilities — a group often ove…
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Bonus Episode: Lessons From Jobs in the Age of AI
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25:24On Sept. 4, 2024, Me, Myself, and AI host Sam Ransbotham moderated a panel discussion at a Georgetown University/World Bank event, Jobs in the Age of AI. Afterward, he interviewed keynote speaker Carl Benedikt Frey, Dieter Schwarz Associate Professor of AI and Work at the Oxford Internet Institute, and panelist Karin Kimbrough, LinkedIn’s chief eco…
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Preventive Care (ACA) and Preventive Care (HDHP): How They Differ and What the Latest Guidance Means
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11:32Join Alliant's benefits compliance attorneys for the latest guidance on preventive requirements, including birth control, breast cancer screenings, and diabetes-related care.By Alliant Employee Benefits
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BONUS: How Quinn Emanuel Lawyers Save 50 Billable Hours With One Click
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22:29Generative AI has promised to reshape the practice of law ever since ChatGPT emerged. However, it's been unclear just how large law firms are using AI. Has it changed how practitioners do their jobs on a daily basis? Are we witnessing the emergence of a revolution in how lawyers do their work? Uncommon Law's Matthew Schwartz sits in as guest host o…
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Ep 10: Exploring Innovation at Chevron: Saving Time, Money, and the Planet
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50:21Exploring the cutting-edge innovations shaping sustainability in infrastructure and ecology at Chevron. Join our hosts Lily Clarke, and Steph Berwick as they explore the transformative power of infrared technology in bat surveys, the crucial role of sustainability education, and the game-changing PAS 2080 accreditation for carbon management. This f…
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Sharing AI Mistakes: Partnership on AI’s Rebecca Finlay
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41:26Rebecca Finlay, CEO of Partnership on AI (PAI), believes that artificial intelligence poses risks — and that organizations should learn from one another and help others avoid the same hazards by disclosing the mistakes they’ve made in implementing the technology. In this episode, Rebecca discusses the nonprofit’s work supporting the responsible use…
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Ep 09: Sustainable Forestry with Pierre Talpe
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26:28We're uncovering the secrets behind trailblazing biodegradable solutions. Pierre Talpe, Director of Rainbow, joins Steph Berwick and Lily Clarke to share how the pioneering company is reshaping the future of forestry and landscaping with 100% recycled and plant-based materials. Get ready to be inspired as Pierre explores how Rainbow’s setting new b…
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6. From Errors to Efficiency: Can AI Transform the Practice of Law?
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37:26In the season finale of UnCommon Law, we explore the power of AI to transform legal practice. Featuring insights from top law professors, a federal judge, and industry leaders like John Quinn, founder of Quinn Emanuel, we ask: Can AI’s promise of efficiency overcome its risks—and redefine the future of law? Guests: John Quinn, founder of Quinn Eman…
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Ep 08: Sustainable Innovations with Marian Garfield
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34:08Let's talk about groundbreaking innovations that are shaping a sustainable future. Steph Berwick and Lily Clarke are joined by Marian Garfield, Director of Sustainability at Heidelberg Materials. Together, they unravel the transformative strides Marian’s team is making, from winning prestigious Green Business Awards to pioneering the world's first …
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The Risks of Too Much AI: Fortune’s Jeremy Kahn
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35:12Jeremy Kahn’s investigation into the risks and effects of artificial intelligence are reflected in a new book, Mastering AI: A Survival Guide to Our Superpowered Future. But he has also written extensively about the technology in his role as Fortune magazine’s AI editor. On today’s episode, he joins Sam and Shervin to share the insights on AI that …
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Ep 07: Balancing Economy and Ecology to Achieve Net Zero with Paul Aldridge
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39:43Exploring the net zero journey. Steph and Lily sit down with Paul Aldridge, the Group Sustainability Director at WJ Group. A leading road marking and highway safety business in the UK, committed to achieving net zero goals. In this episode, we uncover how sustainability can transform commercial forestry, promote biodiversity, and offer substantial …
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Ep 06: Preserving Our Planet: Alice Burgess on Biodiversity Net Gain and Ecological Action
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38:20We're going on a journey into sustainability and biodiversity with special guest Alice Burgess. She joins hosts Steph and Lily as they explore the impact of Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) legislation, and the importance of preserving our invaluable habitats. Alice shares her expert insights on ecology, sustainable practices, and the steps we need to t…
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Never Too Much AI: Upwork's Andrew Rabinovich
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35:37Andrew Rabinovich began his career in technology working on AI applications for cancer detection. He also spent time at Google, working on early iterations of products like Google Glass. Now at Upwork, as vice president and head of AI and machine learning, Rabinovich and his team are working to enhance the digital labor platform’s capabilities with…
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Ep 05: Transforming Attitudes Toward Sustainability with Dougal Driver
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39:14In today's episode, our hosts Steph Berwick and Lily Clarke sit down with Dougal Driver, CEO of Grown in Britain and Chair of the Society for the Environment, to explore the importance of integrating sustainability at the highest levels of corporate governance, and the pivotal role of woodlands in society. Join us as we explore these essential topi…
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Ep 04: Driving Change: Steve Elderkin on Building Climate-Resilient Infrastructure
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34:11Discover the importance of embedding sustainability throughout business and its supply chains with your hosts Steph Berwick and Lily Clarke, and special guest Steve Elderkin, the Director of Environmental Sustainability for National Highways. Steve shares National Highways' ambitious sustainability strategy focused on three key outcomes: net zero h…
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Ethically Sourced Creativity: Shutterstock's Alessandra Sala
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35:50Alessandra Sala, senior director of data science and AI at Shutterstock, brings an impressive background in responsible AI to her role. Also the global president of Women in AI and cochair of the Women4Ethical AI platform at UNESCO, Alessandra joins this episode to describe how Shutterstock, widely known as a stock photo company, has become a go-to…
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Ep 03: Building a Sustainable Future: Meet the hosts of “The Green Perspective Podcast"
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44:12Tackling the pressing issue of climate change in the UK with hosts Steph Berwick and Lily Clarke. They explore the environmental challenges we face, balancing serious discussion with hopeful solutions. In this episode, Steph and Lily share their personal paths into sustainability work. They offer practical advice for eco-conscious living, highlight…
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Ep 02: Engineering a Better Future with Melissa Zanocco
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45:46Let’s explore how shifting focus from output to outcome can transform industries. Today we're sitting down with Melissa Zanocco, OBE - an influential leader in the built environment sector. Melissa shares her expertise on the importance of quality data, adaptable digital twins, and the role of storytelling in securing investment for sustainable pro…
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Ep 01: Exploring Global Sustainability with Cecilia Bevik-Cronqvist
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28:56Welcome to the very first episode of The Green Perspective Podcast, where innovation meets sustainability! To kick the series off, we're joined by Cecilia Bevik-Cronqvist, the Group Head of Sustainability at Ramudden Global. Join hosts Steph Berwick and Lily Clarke to learn about Cecilia's journey, exploring her unique approach to marrying corporat…
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5. AI Dilemma: Can US Legislators Take Action Before It's Too Late?
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30:02Deepfakes. Disinformation. Algorithmic bias. Job displacement. These are just some of the harms legislators and regulators worry about when they think about how to tackle the risks posed by artificial intelligence. The first episodes of this season of UnCommon Law deal with generative AI in the copyright law context, since the technology uses massi…
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Meet Your New Teammate, AI: Asana’s Saket Srivastava
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34:17Saket Srivastava, CIO at work management platform Asana, has had technology roles at organizations such as General Electric, IBM, and Fujitsu, moving from back-end IT services positions to more strategic business leadership roles. Asana has already been working with artificial intelligence for several years, Saket notes, and has seen the technology…
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A Numbers Game: How the Internal Revenue Code Impacts Your Plan and Avoiding Problem Plan Designs
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11:58Join our compliance attorneys to discuss key provisions of the Internal Revenue Code that impact your group health plan and how to identify plan designs that could create risk and run afoul of the Code.By Alliant Employee Benefits
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Tightening Your Belt On Obesity Drugs: Compliance Best Practices and Pitfalls
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14:37Many employers are considering covering GLP-1 drugs for weight loss, but the costs associated with this coverage can be extensive. Join Alliant’s employee benefits compliance team for a robust discussion on how to cover GLP-1 drugs without breaking the bank or the law.By Alliant Employee Benefits
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Welcome to The Green Perspective Podcast, brought to you by Chevron Green Services, a proud part of The Chevron Group. Join your hosts, Steph Berwick, our Group Head of Sustainability, and Lily Clarke, a dedicated Field Ecologist, as they dive into the pressing issues and innovative solutions surrounding sustainability in infrastructure across the …
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Feed Drop: Why Only 10% of Companies Succeed With AI With Sam Ransbotham, Professor at Boston College
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45:28In the time before Me, Myself, and AI returns for Season 10, we're pleased to bring you a special episode from our friends at the Modern CTO podcast. Read the episode transcript here. From Modern CTO: Today we’re talking to Sam Ransbotham, professor at Boston College. Sam shares with us the reason that the vast majority of companies are falling beh…
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4. Artists Argue AI Art Illegally Steals Work and Threatens Careers
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32:58The US copyright system encourages human creativity. So does it make sense to grant a copyright to work created by AI with the click of a button? And, if AI generated artwork is given copyright protection, how would that impact the livelihoods of creative professionals? In our last episode, we looked at Jason Allen’s AI-generated artwork, "Théatre …
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Litigation Impacting Group Health Plans: Chevron And More
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15:58From the Johnson & Johnson fiduciary breach to the Affordable Care Act preventive care mandate, to the Supreme Court’s decision overruling prior precedent in a case commonly known as Chevron—this year has been a busy one for court cases impacting group health plans.In this episode, Alliant’s in-house employee benefits compliance attorneys discuss a…
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Friday Politics Roundup | Reaction to the first presidential debate: panic? Also, SCOTUS overturns Chevron doctrine: ready for climate dystopia?
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1:14:50Here for the good, the bad, and the ugly in state and national politics. If we want a progressive future, we need progressive media. Support pull-no-punches, homegrown progressive media today by becoming a patron of Raging Chicken for as little as $5/month. Simply go to Patreon.com/RCPress. Help keep the media in the movement and the movement in th…
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Building Connections Through Open Research: Meta’s Joelle Pineau
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32:35Joelle Pineau’s curiosity led her to pursue a doctorate in engineering with a focus on robotics, which she describes as her “gateway into AI.” As vice president of AI research at Meta, Joelle leads a team committed to openness in the service of high-quality research, responsible AI development, and community contribution. In this episode, Joelle, w…
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