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Where’s the ROI for AI? CIOs struggle to find it

CIO Business Intelligence

Gartner recommends CIOs thinking about deploying AI to first consider potential use cases , establish metrics to measure value, and run pilot programs before launching large-scale projects. Tracking the value One company that has embraced AI in a thoughtful way is CNH Industrial, a farming and construction equipment manufacturer.

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How leading CIOs cultivate business-centric IT

CIO Business Intelligence

At the same time, they are balancing technical training with programs to build out soft skills and business experience through embedded roles, mentorships, and immersive rotations. They are recruiting from different talent pools and reimagining organizational structure to encourage IT-business cross-pollination.

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Bezos’ Day 1 Families Fund awards $96M in grants to 32 organizations helping homeless families

GeekWire

While the homelessness-related fund has publicly issued four rounds of grants, little has been said about the schools program. Bezos’ net worth since launching his fund has increased from $160 billion to more than $200 billion today, according to Forbes.

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My sustainability story: Why Orange Poland is at the coalface of change

TM Forum

Our goal at Orange Poland is the same as the rest of Orange Group – to achieve net zero carbon by 2040 for both our own emissions (scopes 1+2) and those of our value chain (scope 3). This complements our long-running Energy Optimization Program that allowed us to reduce emissions by around 15% between 2015 and 2020. Jacek-Hutyra.

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Seattle evaluating its own capital gains tax following new state law

GeekWire

“If you are looking for a local jurisdiction that does not impose a net income tax, but does tax capital gains, I don’t have an example.” The estimated $500 million in yearly revenue the tax is expected to generate is earmarked to be funneled into early-childhood education programs and school construction.

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Jeff Bezos’ move out of Washington state sparks questions about wealth taxes

GeekWire

Washington state lawmakers recently passed a controversial 7% capital gains tax for gains of $250,000 and up to fund early-childhood education programs and school construction. With a net worth of $160 billion, Bezos would be impacted as a Washington state resident.

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Washington state’s new capital gains tax ruled unconstitutional by lower court

GeekWire

There’s a great deal at stake in this case, including funding for early learning, child care programs, and school construction,” Ferguson said in a statement. But others believe the tax is a net-positive for the state’s business ecosystem. Attorney General Bob Ferguson said his office will appeal the judge’s ruling.