Big Four Firms Roll Out AI That Can Handle Routine Tasks Solo
The next generation of artificial intelligence has arrived at the Big Four firms, promising to upend the core work of their legions of accountants and business consultants.
While generative AI (GenAI) can help define viable objectives for organizational and policy decision-making, the overall quality of those objectives falls short unless humans intervene.
INFORMS has awarded the 2025 Daniel H. Wagner Prize to a team of researchers from George Washington University and the Meituan Group for the paper “Rebalancing and Pricing of Near-Expiry Inventory in Online Grocery Retail."
Prepopulating e-commerce search bars with trending or personalized keywords can meaningfully increase both purchasing and consumer spending.
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The next generation of artificial intelligence has arrived at the Big Four firms, promising to upend the core work of their legions of accountants and business consultants.
BALTIMORE, MD, March 25, 2025 – As global food prices rise and reducing food waste remains a top priority, a groundbreaking new study in the INFORMS journal Management Science reveals how blockchain technology could revolutionize the grocery industry. By increasing transparency in food freshness, blockchain adoption could help retailers slash waste, maximize profits and reshape relationships with suppliers.
Spending on nursing homes grew the slowest in January among all areas of healthcare, according to Altarum’s monthly Health Sector Economic Indicators brief, published Wednesday.
Reciprocal tariffs are coming soon. Many economists and trade experts are concerned that they may backfire on President Donald Trump. But if you take the politics out of the issue, reciprocal tariffs could be an important first step toward fixing longstanding U.S. problems with trade and manufacturing.
A computer science professor says artificial intelligence could help your odds when filling out NCAA tournament brackets.

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