Adding a human to oversee AI doesn’t automatically build trust, study finds
A study of AI-generated investment reports finds that labeling content as "human-supervised" can lower trust. What builds credibility is a ...
The networking blind spot that could be holding back your next big product
A study of Dutch firms finds that a moderately connected business network is linked to the best odds of launching ...
Did voters punish inflation or pay cuts? A county-by-county look at the 2024 election
A new working paper finds that falling real wages, not inflation itself, tracked with Republican gains in 2024. Once wages ...
Can criticism be a sign of brand loyalty? A study of gaming communities says yes
Analyzing 23,000 Reddit posts with AI, researchers found video game fans defend their favorite titles more than they praise them, ...
What a brainwave headset revealed about why some traders make money and others don’t
Researchers put wearable EEG headsets on 16 professional day traders during real, high-stakes trading. Brief spikes in neural engagement before ...
When beauty backfires: Why some shoppers steer clear of good-looking salespeople
New research finds that women in committed relationships tend to avoid strikingly attractive salespeople, choosing plainer-looking staff instead. The pattern ...
One office day a month? A remote-work experiment finds surprisingly large gains
A randomized trial at a Turkish call center finds that bringing fully remote workers together just one day a month ...
The “perfect” AI face may be turning shoppers off
As AI-generated hosts flood shopping livestreams, new research suggests the facial traits humans find beautiful in each other can backfire ...
A Chicago economist links decades of interest-rate movements to public memory
A working paper finds that decades-long swings in real interest rates across the U.S., Germany, U.K., and Japan track slow-moving ...
The wrong people are raising their hands for management jobs, a new study suggests
A large study finds that people eager to become managers often perform worse than those chosen at random, and that ...