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Al Arabiya
9 hours ago
- General
- Al Arabiya
Ukraine president's chief of staff, First Deputy PM traveling to US, source says
The Ukrainian president's chief of staff and the First Deputy Prime Minister are traveling to the United States on a government visit, a Ukrainian source said on Tuesday. Chief of staff Andriy Yermak and Yulia Svyrydenko will visit Washington, D.C. during the trip, the source told Reuters.
National Post
2 days ago
- Business
- National Post
Prime Minister Mark Carney names former United Nations ambassador as chief of staff
TORONTO — Prime Minister Mark Carney has named Canada's former ambassador to the United Nations as his chief of staff. Article content Article content Carney announced on Sunday that Marc-André Blanchard would begin his post in July, taking over from Marco Mendicino, the former Liberal cabinet minister who had been doing the job on an interim basis. Article content 'Marc-André has a long and distinguished career as one of Canada's most accomplished builders, legal experts, executives, public servants, and diplomats serving as Canada's ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations,' Carney wrote on X. Article content Blanchard currently serves as an executive at CDPQ Global, a Quebec-based investment firm responsible for managing pension funds and insurance plans. Article content In his post on X, Carney confirmed that Mendicino would remain his interim chief of staff into 'early summer.' Article content I am pleased to announce that Marc-André Blanchard will serve as my Chief of Staff beginning in July. Marc-André has a long and distinguished career as one of Canada's most accomplished builders, legal experts, executives, public servants, and diplomats including serving as… — Mark Carney (@MarkJCarney) June 1, 2025 Article content He said Mendicino would be in the job as the Liberal government prepared to introduce its first legislation of the new session of Parliament and host G7 leaders when they meet in Alberta later this month, including U.S. President Donald Trump. Article content Article content Carney has named growing Canada's economy in the face of the president's trade war by knocking down interprovincial trade barriers and fast-tracking approvals for new energy and infrastructure projects as his top priorities. Article content Carney announced Blanchard as his chief of staff as he was set to meet with energy leaders in Calgary on Sunday and then travel to Saskatoon, where he will spend Monday meeting with the premiers for a First Ministers' Meeting. Article content National Post Article content Article content Article content Article content Article content
Washington Post
3 days ago
- Politics
- Washington Post
Impersonator breached Chief of Staff Susie Wiles's phone, Trump says
An apparent impersonator breached the phone of White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, President Donald Trump said Friday, and pretended to be her in calls and messages received by her high-profile contacts. Trump did not go into detail about the impersonation but told reporters he was not concerned because Wiles is 'an amazing woman' who 'can handle it.'
Forbes
27-05-2025
- Business
- Forbes
AI Prioritization: Why AI Is Automating Creative Tasks
Lorick Jain, Chief of Staff & AI Lead, DocNexus. We often hear folks talk philosophically about how they are frustrated that AI is being used in art, music, video generation and coding. But do we know why? All the above are forms of art for people within those fields. But the burning question still remains: Why? I believe the answer can be found in looking at the world through the lens of a prioritization matrix. For example, what do shareholders want? Reduce costs. Where are the costs, and what is the largest count of individual atomic units leading to that cost? Expensive functions, such as ops, talent and manual processes within R&D. Let's take the talent cost bucket. You might argue, "Well, a CEO gets paid cumulatively more than the entire workforce (in some cases)," but that atomic unit is harder to automate given the number of functions or variables required to be taken into account while automating that function. AI today is good at specific tasks, so it is easier to chase responsibilities that do not have many variables to deal with. For example, a software engineer writes good code and design systems. To me, this is more nuclear than a CEO's job, handling product, PR, legal, management, operations and other functions that require a ton of soft skills AI is not good at currently. In my opinion, the prioritization of AI in automating expensive, cognitive roles like coding stems from several factors: • Type Of Work: AI does well at pattern recognition, data processing and structured tasks, making coding—a logic-based field—an easy target. • Data Availability: Coding generates vast datasets (e.g., code repositories, bug fixes and documentation) for training AI models. This large availability of data is what feeds the juggernaut that is AI to become better at these tasks, and thus, there is a natural progression of products in a capitalistic society. • Economic Incentives: Automating expensive roles (e.g., software engineers) offers cost savings. Tech companies that develop AI might naturally target their own high-value sectors first. Think of it as dogfooding (using your own product) for your customer zero (a.k.a. employees). Automating coding can also accelerate product development, boosting revenue. • Technological Feasibility: Software automation (e.g., GitHub Copilot) can be easier to deploy at scale. Widespread adoption is far easier since this is a repeatable copy-paste model. One complex task is built, replicated and scaled to millions of nodes in the distribution, greatly reducing the cost and complexity of rollout. • Industry Focus And Innovation Culture: Tech firms drive AI development, prioritizing tools for their workflows. They have large R&D budgets and might tend to run after shiny objects. Why? Because of the people. You are in the people business if you are in the software industry. • Societal And Labor Dynamics: The tech industry embraces automation as innovation. Builders within the tech industry are ambitious believers in bringing the storybooks they read in their childhood to life. They want to see the world they read in comics come to life. Look at people wanting to industrialize the moon and have reusable rockets take us to Mars or WALL-E around you in every sphere of life. Stories coming to life. 1. Conduct an audit check. Understand your role and your altitude within the company/firm, and tap into lateral positions within other companies to understand AI requirements on the job. That is the first place to understand where you stand and what gap needs to be bridged. 2. Stay updated. Subscribe to top voices in any industry, as they are pivoting their audience to leverage AI in their respective fields. 3. Understand that you need not feel that AI is "daunting" to understand and use. As long as you understand what problem to solve and what application layer needs to be served for end users, you are going to be successful in adopting and leveraging AI. 4. Stay up to date through newsletters. Consider learning the various use cases of AI tools through popular newsletters. Learn the how-tos of AI use cases by searching for the tool on YouTube and looking at how it is being used. 5. Start making inroads into improving AI products. Once you master using AI products, begin providing feedback to tool creators and influence the roadmap of those AI products. The important idea here is for you to envision the future and be in the position to start creating your own luck. Finally, dive deeper into the algorithmic understanding of AI based on your interest levels. I believe AI may go after creative roles first due to technological readiness, economic incentives and data advantages. Advances in robotics and AI generalization will continue snowballing innovation from more creative to less creative job role automation. Forbes Business Council is the foremost growth and networking organization for business owners and leaders. Do I qualify?
New York Times
26-05-2025
- Politics
- New York Times
Former Austrian Chancellor Cleared of Perjury, but Legal Woes Remain
Sebastian Kurz, a former chancellor of Austria, was acquitted Monday of charges that he lied to a parliamentary inquiry, clearing his name in a legal matter that has tarnished his reputation since before he resigned in 2021. A court in Vienna overturned an earlier ruling that found he had lied about the extent to which he was involved with installing an ally to a government panel while he was chancellor. The ruling Monday overturned an eight-month suspended sentence handed down by a lower court last year. 'The objective elements of false testimony were not met,' said Judge Werner Röggla, who led the three-judge panel. At issue was not Mr. Kurz's meddling itself, but whether he had properly characterized the degree to which he was involved. In studying video of the exchange, which occurred in 2020, the judges found that Mr. Kurz had been truthful in his answers, if incomplete. Had he had been given more time to testify, the court said, he could have given a more complete answer. The court found that Mr. Kurz's chief of staff had lied during the same committee inquiry and upheld an earlier sentence for him. The ruling is a vindication for Mr. Kurz, who since dropping out of politics in 2021 has been working in the business sector. He has long painted himself as a victim in the legal fight. 'You can probably imagine that it is difficult for me to understand why I am being prosecuted for not saying enough in response to a question, when I was even interrupted and unable to finish speaking,' a jubilant Mr. Kurz told reporters in Vienna on Monday. Monday's ruling did not clear Mr. Kurz of potential charges stemming from his involvement in coordinating the publication of doctored polls. A legal inquiry into that episode, which ultimately led him to resign in 2021, is still underway and could yet result in criminal charges. Mr. Kurz, who became Austria's youngest chancellor when he was sworn in December 2017 at 31, led two troubled governments. His first, during which he was in coalition with Austria's hard-right Freedom Party, fell apart after video emerged showing the leader of the that party apparently exchanging political favors with a woman he thought was niece of a Russian oligarch. A parliamentary inquiry launched to investigate wrongdoing in that episode led to the exchange for which Mr. Kurz was cleared on Monday. A favorable documentary movie on Mr. Kurz in 2023 led to speculation that he was preparing himself for a political comeback. But Mr. Kurz, who is 38, has always denied those rumors, and when the party he led, the Austrian People's party, was looking for new stewardship after a leader resigned suddenly last January, Mr. Kurz did not compete.
