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Detroit automakers are monitoring the conflict in Iran for potential impacts on Middle East operations and U.S. vehicle sales. Analysts predict a prolonged conflict could disrupt oil supplies and cause gasoline prices to soar, potentially increasing demand for electric vehicles. The primary threat to automakers is not direct sales in Iran, but potential supply chain disruptions and rising oil prices. INFORMS member Sunderesh Heragu lends his voice to the article.

The artificial intelligence race between China and the United States has reached a critical stage. However, regardless of who wins the race, the more crucial question globally is: How will AI-driven boosts in productivity affect labor markets as companies automate key business tasks on a large scale?

“I think, depending on the outcome of this court case, that may give more credibility to the notion of digital addiction,” says David Schweidel, a marketing professor and the chair of Business Technology at Emory University’s Goizueta Business School. “In an extreme scenario, social media could get labeled as the next Big Tobacco.”

AI technologies (or computer programs in general) automating price setting is, on the face of it, a straightforward application of the laws of demand and supply to the context of digital platforms. However, the potential for algorithmic collusion and antitrust implications are far from straightforward.

Zachary Collier, Assistant Professor of Management at Radford University, joins Shaye Ganam to talk about EVs in Canada and the inherent cybersecurity risk in operating them.