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How Will Language Modelers like ChatGPT Affect Occupations and Industries
A method that assesses which occupations will be most affected by artificial intelligence (AI) predicts that advances such as ChatGPT will have significant effects in education and financial services.
GDPR and the Importance of Data to AI Startups
Artificial intelligence (AI) requires data for product development. Privacy regulation makes it harder for AI startups to collect and manage data.
The Occupational Impact of Artificial Intelligence: Labor, Skills, and Polarization
A new impact study may be used to measure the effect of progress in artificial intelligence (AI) on specific occupations. Since 2010, progress in AI has had the greatest effect on high-income occupations.
The Business of AI Startups
This survey of artificial intelligence (AI) startups shows that new AI systems tend to augment human capabilities rather than to displace human workers. AI systems may create professional, sales, marketing, and management jobs.
AI and the Economy
Artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics may boost productivity, but might disrupt the labor market. New regulatory and antitrust policies might mitigate harmful effects.
Pricing and Multi-Market Contact in the Cable TV Industry
This paper discusses, in the context of cable TV firms, whether or not incumbent monopolists use price as a way to deter entry and whether multi-market contact between the incumbent and the potential entrant modifies the extent to which the incumbent will use price to deter entry.