Consumer

Artificial Intelligence

Can OpenAI Recover From Botched GPT-5 Rollout?

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Where recent iterations of ChatGPT allowed users to tinker with various settings, GPT-5 attempted to do the tinkering for the user.

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Inflation & Prices

Consumers Aren’t Yet Bearing the Brunt of Inflation, Goldman Warns

The laws of business gravity say that when costs go up, those costs will, eventually, trickle down to the consumer.

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Consumer

Not Folding Yet: Vegas Looks Beyond an Epic Summer Slump

Vegas has been dealing with the economic uncertainty caused by the Trump administration’s trade, tariff and immigration policies.

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Media & Entertainment

Disney Growth Shows Americans Willing to Splurge Despite Gloomy Economic Signals

Revenue from theme parks in the US rose 10% to $6.4 billion, with passenger cruises and resort stays registering higher turnout.

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Real Estate

Housing Will Drag the Most on US Growth in H2 2025 Slowdown, Says Goldman

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On the other hand, the market slowdown is — ever so incrementally — taking a toll on house prices, according to Zillow forecasts.

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CIO Upside

Why Your Enterprise Should Be Thinking About Ethical AI

‘There needs to be someone held responsible.’

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Economics

Dismal Jobs Data Gives Fed a Wake-Up Call on Interest Rates

The economy added just 73,000 jobs in July, according to the Labor Department, well below the expectations of economists surveyed.

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Artificial Intelligence

May AI Take Your Order, Please?

AI is moving into jobs in food services and retail traditionally best left to humans. Can the imperfect tech give customers what they want?

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Economics

Bottom Line Undercuts Hot Quarter for Top-Line US GDP

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Economists anticipated a 2.5% rate, so the better-than-expected top line figure was obviously cause for celebration, right?

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Economics

Consumer Confidence Rebounds as Tariff Tensions (Temporarily) Ease

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You can’t bounce back without first getting low. And, in April, consumer confidence according to the Conference Board got real low.

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