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KARL WADENSTEN, third from the left, CEO and president VIBCO Inc., speaks at the Providence Business News Workforce Development Summit on Thursday morning. Also on the first of two panels is, from left, Matthew Weldon, director of the R.I. Department of Labor and Training; Farouk Rajab, CEO and president of the Rhode Island Hospitality Association and the Rhode Island Hospitality Education Foundation; and Rosa Brito, workforce development manager for Brown University Health. PBN Editor Michael Mello, standing, moderated. PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

PBN summit: Skills gaps, demographics challenges linger for R.I. workforce

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s labor market is stable by the numbers, with unemployment below 5% for more than four years, yet for many employers,...
Jason Albuquerque

Cyber Sessions: Security should take priority in AI strategy

(Editor’s note: This is the 42nd installment of a monthly column on the growing number of cyberthreats facing businesses of all sizes and what...
Karl Wadensten

Man, machine and making wise choices in an AI economy

I’ve spent my life in manufacturing – real factories, real people, real machines. I’ve lived through multiple waves of technology – computer numerical control...

Legislation would regulate data centers in R.I.

Changing attitudes toward data centers used by tech companies to support artificial intelligence and cloud computing are coming into focus at the Statehouse. A year...

Nvidia-backed Utilidata moves HQ to Michigan

PROVIDENCE – Smart-grid startup Utilidata Inc. is relocating its headquarters and innovation lab from 225 Dyer St. – the CIC Providence building – to...

Some companies tie AI to layoffs, but the reality is more...

The one thing N. Lee Plumb knows for sure about being laid off from Amazon last week is that it wasn’t a failure to...
Ross J. Gittell / COURTESY BRYANT UNIVERSITY

Five Questions With: Ross J. Gittell

Ross J. Gittell | President, Bryant University 1. How have you addressed the use of artificial intelligence by students and faculty? Do you anticipate...

Bank of America’s AI tool cut 250K hours of clients’ manual...

PROVIDENCE – Bank of America Corp.’s artificial intelligence-powered CashPro Forecasting tool helped more than 3,000 corporate clients save over 250,000 hours of manual cash...
Bruce Van Saun / COURTESY CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP INC.

Five Questions With: Bruce Van Saun

5Q: Bruce Van Saun Chairman and CEO, Citizens Financial Group Inc. 1. You’ve said this is a time to push forward, not pull back. What top...
Kevin Tracy / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Five questions with Kevin Tracy

Kevin Tracy | President, Rhode Island market, Bank of America Corp. 1. You’re celebrating 40 years with Bank of America – how has the...
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