Manus went viral online within just about 20 hours of its preview launch on Wednesday. Manus is reportedly the world's first truly general AI agent. Examples showcased on the official website demonstrate its ability to independently think, plan, and execute complex tasks, delivering complete results, CCTV.com reported on Thursday.

A French start-up, Constellation Technologies & Operations (CTO), aims to usher in a new era of space telecommunications with its Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) satellite constellation. This means telecom companies could use a satellite network to deliver internet just like their ground-based networks, offering fast, responsive connections from space.

Vision artificielle, traitement du langage naturel, classification, aide à la décision…Toutes ces applications reposant sur des algorithmes d’apprentissage artificiel pourraient voir leur efficacité très sérieusement augmentée grâce au calcul quantique.

Les solutions relevant de l’intelligence artificielle au service des acteurs de la grande distribution se multiplient, et l’IA pourrait, demain, occuper une place centrale au sein de tous les services de ces entreprises.

L’essor fulgurant de l’IA impose des infrastructures révolutionnaires. OVHcloud, fort de son expertise, se positionne en leader de la prochaine génération de datacenters 1GW, alliant puissance et innovation.

DeepSeek et ModelBest adoptent des stratégies inédites pour rendre les modèles IA plus efficaces. Entre innovation en formation et densification, ces entreprises redéfinissent les standards de l’industrie.

Face à la surcharge numérique, HMD encourage une pause hebdomadaire des smartphones. Un appel à la détox technologique soutenu par des téléphones minimalistes et des conseils pratiques.

Innovation in government often feels like a rare, big breakthrough that changes everything. But in reality, innovation is driven by curiosity—by asking the right questions and exploring new possibilities. In the public sector, where challenges are constantly evolving, fostering a culture of curiosity can lead to breakthroughs that drive progress and solve problems in unexpected ways.

In 2023, we began experimenting with over 40 AI tools. Initially, we used AI to simulate some innovation workshops we had previously conducted with clients to compare the results. Since then, we’ve applied AI in a variety of contexts: working on all kind of challenges (de processes, HR. communication, product and service development…) in very different sectors (pharmaceutical, food, bank, cosmetics…). Through these experiences, we’ve drawn some very clear conclusions.

You were born creative. As an infant, you had to figure many things out—how to get fed or changed, get help or attention, and make a onesie covered in spit-up still look adorable. As you grew older, your creativity grew, too. You drew pictures, wrote stories, played dress-up, and acted out imaginary stories.Then you went to school, and it was time to be serious. Suddenly, creativity had a time and place. It became an elective or a hobby. Something you did just enough of to be “well-rounded” but not so much that you would be judged irresponsible or impractical.When you entered the “real world,” your job determined whether you were creative. Advertising, design, marketing, innovation? Creative. Business, medicine, law, engineering? Not creative.

Dig into human psychology to help people take risks and make innovation the norm within your organization. Imagine this: you’re on a game show standing in front of three doors. Behind one of the doors is a prize, behind the other two, goats. You select a door. The host then opens one of the remaining doors to reveal a goat, and offers you a choice. Do you want to stick with your original choice, or switch doors? Which option gives you a greater advantage of winning?

If you’ve been around the innovation world for a while you probably came across the 70-20-10 ‘golden rule’ for portfolio management. This ‘rule’ suggests that 70% of a company’s resources need to go toward core-business innovation, 20% towards adjacent innovation and 10% towards disruptive or radical innovation.

There is an 80 percent chance that growth “outside the box” is a top-5 priority in your company. The “box” refers to your company’s current business model, operating model, and mental model. But chances are, your company is not delivering that growth. Only 1 in 30 company startups build a new $50 million business, 29 out of 30 attempts fail. Even in good times, out-of-the-box innovation is a tough game. No one is really happy.

La start-up chinoise d'IA a dévoilé un modèle très performant avec un coût minime par rapport aux modèles américains. Une prouesse qui remettrait en cause les dépenses faramineuses des géants de la tech dans les puces.

Avec la troisième version de son grand modèle de langage, lancée en décembre, l’entreprise d’intelligence artificielle chinoise DeepSeek pourrait bien avoir battu en brèche l’idée que les meilleures IA requièrent des milliards de dollars et les puces les plus avancées. Pour seulement 5,6 millions, soit 7 % du coût du développement de ChatGPT, Pékin est parvenu à créer une IA comparable aux modèles américains.

Strategic Research a collaboré courant 2024 avec un groupe d’étudiants en MSc Marketing de HEC Paris. La mission était d’imaginer l’avenir de l’industrie des études de marché. Ce travail s’est nourri de recherches documentaires et d’une quinzaine d’entretiens avec des professionnels reconnus issus de divers horizons, incluant les secteurs des études de marché, du conseil et de l’Intelligence Artificielle.

The fastest way to destroy a great business is to turn it into a venture moonshot

Measuring less than 5 mm in size, microplastics are formed over time as plastic materials break down but don’t biodegrade. Exposure to these substances can come through food, air, and skin absorption. While scientists are learning more about how these substances are absorbed by the body, questions remain about how much exposure is safe, what effect — if any — microplastics could have on brain function, and what clinicians should tell their patients.

Regulatory agencies of any kind know that instituting new rules often requires companies to make substantial changes to their business. The ripple effects can fan out endlessly throughout every corner of the organization, with dependencies and contingencies that disrupt even the most experienced change management gurus. But regulatory agencies aren’t intending to incite upheaval, turmoil or failure with strict deadlines or the potentially complex adjustments required for compliance. Those deadlines to comply are put in place for a reason, and eventually, the grace period extended to companies between the time a law is approved and the time it’s implemented will come to an end. For many sustainability and environmental, social and governance (ESG) regulations, that time is now.

The year 2024 was a challenging year for sustainability, from climate issues to inequality. Three top concerns include elections and political turmoil that threaten progress, companies retreating or staying silent on DEI and ESG goals, and the rise of sustainability reporting that’s (temporarily) taking up companies’ time. Other issues from the past year include the clean economy hitting tipping points, AI’s growth threatening decarbonization, heavy industry making some progress, and the beginning of a crackdown on “greenwashing.”