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AI is reshaping all industries as it captivates the public with its limitless potential. Many in financial services have strong reservations about the technology, but it is here and is not going away. How can banks harness the opportunities of AI, from reducing costs to maximizing the customer experience, while managing its shortcomings?

�� The hosts discuss whats responsible for the rise in cases and what can be done to reverse this troubling trend.

Today's Water Cooler

Today we revisit a few of the most interesting topics we covered this week, including the dire state of child care in some rural communities, the impact social media has on the people who use it, and a new push to cap payday loan rates.

Unsupported beliefs have taken precedent over readily identifiable truths in discussions of health, science, and politics. The upshot: “Feelings trump facts” in social media, news reports, books, and other sources of information.

The authors of a fascinating new research study have concluded we are living in a "post-truth era," with baseless beliefs and subjective opinions given a higher priority than verifiable facts.

Language since the 1850s shows increases in rational language and decreases in emotive language until the last forty years.

Today were talking to IU Professor Johan Bollen about the impact social media is having on us, and the complex relationship we have with the tech companies that run them.

The Musk trade: What happens when the worlds richest man tweets about a stock 7 Feb, 2021 08:30 PM 5 minutes to read Elon Musk, founder of Tesla and SpaceX. Photo / Getty Images Daily Telegraph UK By: James Titcomb Nothing was special about Monday, Jan 11, at Signal Advance, a small publicly listed medical device manufacturer in Texas. The company did not have a medical breakthrough to promote, or a lucrative acquisition offer. And yet, that morning the companys shares explode...