Data Catalyst Institute (DCI)

This echoes what we explored in our 2023 report about how the rapid rise of the Digital World is restructuring power, norms, and institutions in ways the Physical World hasn't caught up to yet datacatalyst.org/reports/new-ru…

Fascinating piece in @NoemaMag on how AI agents are hitting the limits of the digital world and recruiting humans to bridge the gap as sensors, verifiers, and more — the governance questions are just getting started noemamag.com/ai-agents-are-…

Netflix has acquired InterPositive, a 16-person tech startup founded by @BenAffleck that makes AI-powered tools for filmmakers about.netflix.com/en/news/why-in…

With @AnthropicAI + @OpenAI in the news re: fully autonomous weapons and @DeptofWar ops, our prescient Nov 2024 report, "Barcodes to Battlefields: How AI Is Rewriting the Rules of Commerce, Banking, Healthcare, and Defense" highlighted the AI 'kill chain' datacatalyst.org/reports/barcod…

2/2 We published about this years ago at @DataCatalyst on “connected vehicles” as rolling sensors and the legal gray zone around who controls that data datacatalyst.org/backseat-drive…

1/2 With Savannah Guthrie’s mom missing, everyone is focused on doorbell and street cameras. But cars are surveillance platforms too. Police have already gotten warrants to seize Teslas just to pull Sentry Mode video from nearby crime scenes. police1.com/investigations…

Fragmented regulation of US autonomous systems is undermining competitiveness. Brendan Stewart at @RedCatHoldings discusses the need for a unified regulatory framework for air-sea-land autonomy—or risk ceding leadership. datacatalyst.org/the-market-the… #Drones #Leadership #Innovation

NEW 🚨: In our latest Q&A, @BuzzSolutions1 CEO @KAlbertoli shares how AI is helping utilities prevent wildfires, boost resilience, and act before failures happen. The future of our electric grid starts with smarter AI software. datacatalyst.org/qa-bringing-ai… #AI #innovation #utilities

NEW 🚨: Check out our latest Q&A with CEO @LillevikAnders of @getfocalpoint. He shares how Focal Point is using AI to turn procurement from a transactional function into a strategic asset. datacatalyst.org/qa-ai-systems-…

NEW 🚨: Read our latest white paper on how fair use fuels U.S. economic growth and competitiveness in the age of Generative AI (GenAI). datacatalyst.org/reports/the-ec… #GenAI #FairUse #Innovation #TechLeadership #EconomicGrowth

Netflix unveils a more intuitive, conversational ChatGPT-driven search techcrunch.com/2025/05/07/net…

The Algorithm Wears Prada: How AI-generated photo shoots are saving brands money pymnts.com/artificial-int…

New @IAB report: Employment in the digital economy is growing 12X more than the U.S. economy overall iab.com/wp-content/upl…

Rogo automates financial analyst grunt work and could reshape investment banking’s entry-level jobs ft.com/content/6c5a00…

FedEx's CEO says the company has shaved $6 billion in costs and is bolstering supply-chain resilience amid trade uncertainty by deploying AI-powered digital twins, direct customer data integration and robots to automate truck loading pymnts.com/news/delivery/…

In partnership with Genius Sports, the NCAA will begin selling data from some of its games directly to sports books, a departure from its previous arms-length approach to betting sportico.com/business/sport…

AI 2027 report: "We predict that the impact of superhuman AI over the next decade will be enormous, exceeding that of the Industrial Revolution." ai-2027.com

Staircase Studios is showing how its proprietary ForwardMotion AI workflow can produce near-studio-quality films for under $500K—ushering in a new era of low-budget, AI-driven moviemaking joblo.com/ai-movie-studi…

These Stanford burnouts launched Phia ("FEE-ahhh"), an AI-powered shopping app to get you the best price on fashion, including in the 'circular' secondhand economy phia.com open.spotify.com/episode/2KjT5f…

Americans sent $93 billion abroad in 2023, with over 60% of those cross‑border transfers flowing through digital wallets like Apple Pay, Google Wallet or PayPal— a shift away from traditional bank wires pymnts.com/news/cross-bor…