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Defying skeptics and beating back opponents, David Ellison has harpooned his white whale in buying Warner Bros. Discovery. Now he has to prove that the $111 billion mega-merger can become a profitable entertainment powerhouse, and not just a vessel that will get sucked under by a massive whirlpool of debt.

The article highlights INFORMS's Certified Analytics Professional (CAP®) credential, which validates a professional's business analytics skills and knowledge. It notes the credential requires a combination of education and analytics work experience.

In a Management Science study, researchers built a human-plus-algorithm tool to help the FDA decide which medical devices need expert review. They found it could cut review workload by 40.5% and reduce recalls by nearly a third.

The INFORMS Analytics Framework is an example of putting business-problem framing first, with an emphasis on rigor in how data is interpreted, not just how it's collected or stored. It uses the framework to illustrate what sets data analysts apart from software engineers: turning evidence into actionable business recommendations.

A Wall Street Journal investigation found that Google researchers warned internally about AI risks to children — including cognitive and emotional dependence and falling test scores — as the company pushed Gemini into K-12 classrooms. Google kept pushing the tools, which come preloaded on Chromebook laptops supplied to schools, and one middle schooler described the effect by saying "It slowed my thinking down."