Researchers found that some workers using AI in their roles reported a “mental hangover” with a “fog” that caused difficulty focusing. Excessive use and oversight of artificial intelligence tools in the workplace may cause “AI brain fry,” according to researchers from Boston Consulting Group and the University of California. Workers who are using AI tools report that the technology is “intensifying rather than simplifying work,” researchers wrote in the Harvard Business Review on Friday. A study of nearly 1,500 full-time US workers found 14% said they had experienced “mental fatigue that results from excessive use of, interaction with, and/or oversight of AI tools beyond one’s cognitive capacity,” or what the researchers called “AI brain fry.” Read more
Bitcoin’s price has now fallen over four consecutive days to $66,272 after initially climbing on the US-Israel strikes on Iran. Bitcoin fell nearly 2% in just 15 minutes on Sunday while oil prices rose almost 20% as the escalating Middle East conflict prompted fears of a major supply shortage in the global energy market. Data from decentralized derivatives platform Hyperliquid shows oil prices rose from $95 to $113.7 per barrel shortly after US futures markets opened, as Iraq warned that roughly 3 million barrels per day of production could be disrupted due to Iranian threats against tankers in the Strait of Hormuz. It’s the highest price oil has reached since April 2022, a few weeks after Russia commenced its invasion of Ukraine, TradingView data shows. Read more