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Malaysian Reserve
17-07-2025
- Business
- Malaysian Reserve
SCAD Publishes New Foundational AI Insights Report, Accelerating AI Literacy through Human Creativity
SAVANNAH, Ga., July 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — The Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) is proud to present the release of its 2025 SCAD AI Insights Report, developed by the university's leading research team SCADask. Since 1978, SCAD has consistently adopted technologies to ensure students have the tools necessary to launch their creative professions. AI, an invention that augments and amplifies human productivity, is the next chapter in SCAD's legacy of design innovation. This year, SCAD invited creative design industry luminaries and SCAD leadership, faculty, and students to the 2025 SCADask AI Summit to reassess AI's role in design education. As world-renowned AI experts from influential global brands including Google, Maison Meta, Adobe, Meta, and Deloitte engaged in the multi-day panel discussions the key message became clear – humanity and creativity endure alongside any technologies, past, present or future. Prior to the 2025 AI Summit, SCADask surveyed creative business leaders who shared their observations regarding AI's impact on their respective industries. It was found that AI delivers bottom-line benefits without challenging job growth with two-thirds of leaders reporting operational costs have declined, celebrating revenue bumps. Nearly a quarter of the leaders surveyed reported that they have expanded their teams with AI-focused roles. 'The creative process is not about having a broad palette of tech or software skills,' said Dan Bartlett, Dean of the School of Animation and Motion at SCAD. 'It's about having a flexible one where the focus is on the vision or an idea along with the ability to create an outcome rather than the specific things needed to make it happen.' AI supports creatives with infinite possibilities for designers across a range of professions. Last year, the university launched the SCAD AI Advantage Portal, a strategic resource hub that helps designers integrate AI into their practice. This fall, SCAD will launch the Bachelor of Design in Applied AI, designed for students to gain the skills to imagine, prototype, and direct how AI functions—and how people interact with it. To expand access to this rapidly evolving field, SCAD will also offer a minor in Applied AI, available to all students across majors—equipping creative professionals in every discipline with the tools to integrate intelligent systems into their future careers. SCAD AI Insights 2025 highlights the newest use cases of AI in student projects and alumni creative work. In addition, it outlines the essence of meaningful design work, which requires creatives to deliberately cultivate the fundamentals of design in order to wield AI in a way that creates the best output. To learn more about AI education at SCAD and the future of design, visit SCAD AI Insights 2025. SCAD: The University for Creative CareersSCAD is a private, nonprofit, accredited university, offering more than 100 graduate and undergraduate degree programs across locations in Atlanta and Savannah, Georgia; Lacoste, France; and online via SCADnow. SCAD enrolls more than 18,500 undergraduate and graduate students from more than 110 countries. The future-minded SCAD curriculum engages professional-level technology and myriad advanced learning resources, affording students opportunities for internships, professional certifications, and real-world assignments with corporate partners through SCADpro, the university's renowned research lab and prototype generator. SCAD has earned top rankings for degree programs in interior design, architecture, film, fashion, digital media, and more. Career success is woven into every fiber of the university, resulting in a superior alumni employment rate. A 2024 study found that 99% of recent SCAD graduates were employed, pursuing further education, or both within 12 months of graduation. SCAD provides students and alumni with ongoing career support through personal coaching, alumni programs, a professional presentation studio, and more. Visit SCADaskSCADask is an applied research studio that leverages the university's collective expertise to facilitate and generate strategic insights for business and media partners. Our design-centered research identifies business opportunities that reveal the future of commerce, creativity, and culture. SCADask initiatives include the university's annual Al Summit, an event that unites design and technology luminaries with SCAD leadership, faculty partners, and students to discuss Al's impact on design, education, and creative careers. SCADask research and publications like the Al Insights 2024 report have been featured in Fast Company, Paste Magazine, AP News, Yahoo! Finance, California Business Journal, and more. To partner with us on custom research, email research@
Time of India
23-06-2025
- Business
- Time of India
How Walmart plans to steal Amazon and Google's best tech talent
Walmart is investing billions in a gleaming new headquarters campus designed to lure top tech talent away from industry giants like Google, Netflix and Amazon, as the retail behemoth transforms itself into a technology-driven company to compete in the digital marketplace. The retailer's new 350-acre Bentonville, Arkansas campus features Silicon Valley-style amenities including electric bikes, robot groundskeepers, a hotel, food hall, amphitheater and massive fitness centers. The facility, which opened its first building in January, represents a dramatic departure from Walmart's spartan former headquarters in a converted distribution center with wood-paneled offices and few windows. Tech workers now comprise one-third of Walmart's 15,000-person corporate workforce, driving the company's digital advertising platform, data services, artificial intelligence and drone delivery operations. This technological pivot has forced the world's largest retailer by revenue to compete directly with tech companies for skilled employees who have specific workplace expectations. From discount store to tech powerhouse by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Giao dịch vàng CFDs với mức chênh lệch giá thấp nhất IC Markets Đăng ký Undo "You are in a competition for talent — even if you are the largest company in the world by revenue — and having a nice experience and work environment is a great recruiting and retention tool," said Scott Benedict, a former Walmart executive turned retail consultant, according to The New York Times. The challenge is particularly acute for a company based in Arkansas, where recruiting tech talent requires convincing workers to relocate from major metropolitan areas. Walmart must demonstrate that life in Bentonville can rival opportunities in San Francisco, Seattle or New York while shedding its image as a traditional brick-and-mortar retailer. Dan Bartlett, Walmart's executive vice president of corporate affairs, acknowledged the new campus "will play a role in recruiting and retention of talent, particularly tech talent, where they have certain expectations." Walmart is going beyond price wars The transformation reflects Walmart's recognition that competing on price alone is no longer sufficient. Modern commerce demands excellence in convenience, breadth and speed, forcing the company to match Amazon's technological capabilities while leveraging its vast network of nearly 11,000 stores worldwide. Walmart's e-commerce business recently achieved profitability, with the company expecting two-thirds of future growth to come from digital operations. The retailer now sells premium items like $6,000 Louis Vuitton handbags online while expanding drone delivery services to compete with Amazon's logistics network. The investment appears to be paying dividends with investors. Walmart's stock has outperformed both the S&P 500 and Amazon this year, rising more than 5 percent as analysts overwhelmingly rate the company a buy. AI Masterclass for Students. Upskill Young Ones Today!– Join Now
Axios
05-06-2025
- Business
- Axios
Walmart's annual meeting faces 7 charged shareholder proposals
Walmart's annual Associates Week kicked off Monday in Northwest Arkansas and its annual shareholders' meeting is Thursday morning at 8:30. Why it matters: Employing 2.1 million people and being the world's largest company by revenue, Walmart holds the leverage to influence global supply chain as well as human rights and environmental issues. The big picture: A few years ago, consumers, shareholders and employees increasingly expected companies to take stances on social issues as part of their corporate strategy. But even as some companies dig in on commitments to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), many others have lifted their foot off the pedal as backlash over DEI and environmental, social and governance issues become more politically charged. This week's gathering may be a peek at how Walmart will navigate this evolving environment. State of play: The company's 2025 proxy statement outlines 11 proposals for shareholder voting today. Seven were submitted by outside investors to which the company suggests votes of no. The company explains its rationale for each in its proxy statement. Loosely categorized, the external proposals break down into three groups of equity, environmental and governance: Equity — Organization United for Respect calls for a third-party audit to analyze impact on and make recommendations for the company's racial equity impact. A proposal from Bowyer Research asks for a report evaluating how Walmart "oversees risks related to discrimination against ad buyers and sellers based on their political or religious status or views." The National Center for Public Policy Research, on the other hand, wants a report "explaining why it apparently took an external threat of public exposure of Walmart's policies and practices for Walmart to revise its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives." The company said it would phase out the term and some related programs in November. What they're saying:"We'd already moved to the term of 'belonging' over a year ago, and moved away from DEI," corporate affairs EVP Dan Bartlett told Axios in January. "We aspire to be a place where, regardless of your politics or regardless of your views on cultural issues, you still feel like you're welcome and seen at Walmart." Environmental — Green Century Capital Management calls for the company to report how it can "can increase the scale, pace and rigor of its sustainable packaging efforts." The National Legal and Policy Center wants the company's board to examine Walmart's plastic production and packaging policies through the lens of non-biased research. Governance — Oxfam America seeks a report on the steps the company's taken since 2019 to "monitor and manage human rights risks related to workplace health and safety." A group on behalf of the AFL-CIO requests that Walmart commission a third-party study of its policies for "law enforcement information requests relating to the use of medications" by employees and customers, and disclose the results. Between the lines: The request follows a growing patchwork of state laws governing the sale and distribution of certain medications — notably for contraception, abortion and gender-affirming treatments. The four internal proposals related to the board of directors, its executive compensation program, ratification of its accounting firm and approval of its stock incentive plan.
Bloomberg
04-06-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Walmart Pledges Transparency on Prices After Drawing Trump's Ire
Walmart Inc. said it will continue to communicate the impact of tariffs with investors, consumers and policymakers after President Donald Trump criticized the retailer's plans to raise prices. 'We don't aim to be a political figure. We are providing facts as they come,' Dan Bartlett, executive vice president of corporate affairs, told reporters in response to a question about tariff discussions at the company's annual shareholders' week in Bentonville, Arkansas.
Time of India
22-04-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Walmart-backed Flipkart to shift base back to India from Singapore
Flipkart will shift its holding company from Singapore to India , the e-commerce company said on Tuesday, as its parent Walmart aims to take the 17-year-old company public. Many Indian startups that once chose to be based abroad for better access to capital and smaller tax bills are now queuing to return home from financial hubs such as Singapore and the U.S. due to better initial public offering ( IPO ) prospects in a country that does not allow dual listings. "This move represents a natural evolution, aligning our holding structure with our core operations," Flipkart said in a statement. Flipkart started in 2007 by selling books online and expanded into a behemoth that competes with Amazon in India. It moved its holding company to Singapore in 2011. Walmart bought a controlling stake in Flipkart in 2018, which also gave it ownership of PhonePe , a digital payments company owned by Flipkart at the time. In 2022, PhonePe separated from Flipkart and shifted its headquarters from Singapore to India, a move that left Walmart with a tax bill of nearly $1 billion. Walmart is looking to list Flipkart and PhonePe in India over the next couple of years, Dan Bartlett, Walmart's executive vice president for corporate affairs, told Reuters last year. PhonePe has already begun preparatory steps for a public listing on India's stock exchanges. Financial technology firms Razorpay and Pine Labs, quick commerce startup Zepto and advertising technology company InMobi are among startups that have already shifted, or are in the process of shifting, back to India.
