"While researching early references to photogenicity in newspaper archives, I encountered numerous articles that acknowledged this bias quite explicitly, including one in the Illustrated Daily News in 1934 proclaiming the camera to be “kindest to blondes” because of “their ‘photogenic’ coloring.”When you understand the history of the concept, “you can see just how fluid and unstable the very ide..."
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"The summit’s agenda refers to the importance of “responsible capability scaling”—the idea that companies should develop their cutting-edge models according to a set of guidelines—and companies will be asked to publish policies laying out how they are committing to “safe AI development and deployment.”"
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"Our inaugural cohort was selected based on a variety of factors, including the potential impact of their companies, and reflected a diversity of geographies, sectors, and demographics.Subscribe to CHRO Daily, our newsletter focusing on helping HR executive navigate the changing needs of the workplace."
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"Federal Reserve has been widely criticized by market watchers and economists for failing to use its toolkit to tackle inflation before it was too late, resulting in inflation surging way above the central bank’s 2% target and requiring hawkish policies to help bring costs back down."
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"— Jeremy GordonThe Savage Detectives - A NovelBy Roberto BolañoBuy BookBlack Land: Imperial Ethiopianism and African America, by Nadia NurhusseinIn January 1936, Time magazine named the Ethiopian emperor, Haile Selassie I, “Man of the Year,” and praised his efforts to defend the country against the 1935 Italian invasion—though just four months later, he would abandon Ethiopia and flee to Englan..."
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"Apart from her competition for voters with the AfD, Wagenknecht will surely also be aware of the potential votes from even further extremes in German society, including both unreconciled Communists and outright neo-Nazis.Read: Germany is no longer exceptionalGermany faces economic and social challenges that seem to have overwhelmed an ossified, consensus-seeking, and risk-averse mainstream poli..."
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"This eye-opening Washington Post op-ed explores the rise of online dating, its role in the uptick in interracial marriage, and, more broadly, a society that's more open-minded about connecting—and falling in love—with people from different backgrounds.This is the web version of raceAhead, our weekly newsletter on race, culture, and inclusive leadership."
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"5 Clearfield, a fiber-optic product manufacturing and distribution company, has seen an earnings-per-share three-year annual average growth rate of 138% under the watch of Cheryl Beranek, a founding member of Clearfield who’s been at the helm since 2008."
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"These include the eugenics movement of the 19th century which aimed to “improve” the genetic quality of human beings and was enthusiastically adopted by the Nazis; forced sterilisation in India and China in the 1970s and 1980s, encouraged by the American government which threatened to withhold food aid to India unless it made its policies more draconian; and the subsidised export of medically u..."
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"At assistive technology company Texthelp, the HR team uses ChatGPT to rewrite job specs and draft new performance review questions, though its chief people officer, Cathy Donnelly, acknowledges: “You’re never going to lift something ChatGPT gives you and implement it.”"
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"She recommended that people read the safety data Amazon submits each year to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, “which shows that rates in our buildings have improved significantly, and we’re slightly above the average in some areas and slightly below the average in others.”"
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"During the years I spent processing purchases at big-box and chain retailers in the 2000s, every point-of-sale system I used felt more intuitive and less error-prone than the ones I’m now regularly tasked with navigating as a paying member of the public.There’s little evidence that self-checkout is reliably faster than the old cashier system, and that feel of convenience has always been largely..."
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"The Associated Press also reported in July that Justice Sonia Sotomayor, aided by her staff, has advanced sales of her books through college visits over the past decade.Get the business news that matters most to you with our customizable digest, Fortune Daily."
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"“What’s important and distinctive about the Coca-Cola company from the beverage industry in general [is that] we in particular have been on a journey for those people who want to consume less calories, to provide zero-calorie drinks, to have innovation, to take down the calories in other drinks, and to have smaller package sizes,” Quincey continued."
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"At assistive technology company Texthelp, the HR team uses ChatGPT to rewrite job specs and draft new performance review questions, though its chief people officer, Cathy Donnelly, acknowledges: “You’re never going to lift something ChatGPT gives you and implement it.”"
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"This eye-opening Washington Post op-ed explores the rise of online dating, its role in the uptick in interracial marriage, and, more broadly, a society that's more open-minded about connecting—and falling in love—with people from different backgrounds.This is the web version of raceAhead, our weekly newsletter on race, culture, and inclusive leadership."
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"While the recent infusion of billions from the Inflation Reduction Act will allow the agency to rebuild itself in the coming years, the Microsoft case shows the fruit of those efforts could take a long, long time to reap.Subscribe to the CFO Daily newsletter to keep up with the trends, issues, and executives shaping corporate finance."
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"The new speaker will be leading the same five-vote majority that routinely rebuffed McCarthy, forcing him to rely on Democrats to pass high-stakes legislation.Read: The real-world consequences of the House speaker fightCongress faces a November 17 deadline to avoid a government shutdown—the result of a five-week extension in funding that ultimately cost McCarthy his job."
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"In Chile, given steady disinflation and what policymakers see as below-potential growth, the central bank is all but certain to deliver a third straight jumbo rate cut from the current 9.5%.Subscribe to the CFO Daily newsletter to keep up with the trends, issues, and executives shaping corporate finance."
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"“If the CEO takes the lead in being ‘the face of’ interactions with customers, it could decrease the design and production costs of marketing programs, and especially complaint handling and service recovery programs,” wrote G."
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