Consulting Giant McKinsey Launches Internal Generative AI Tool Lilli


McKinsey released an AI and employment report on September 29, stating that the most severe issue is not machines taking jobs, but how to resettle millions of people forced to change careers. By 2035, about 11 million American workers may need to change careers due to AI, accounting for about 7% of the labor force; in the past, about 215,000 Americans changed careers each year, and this number may triple in the future. Low-income individuals are nearly eight times more likely to be affected than high-income individuals, making career transitions a heavy burden.
McKinsey warns that as AI agents spread, enterprise AI spending may keep rising. Unlike chatbots, text AI only generates content; agents must actually complete tasks, with much higher operating costs. Tasks are often broken into multiple steps, and different paths to the same goal vary widely in cost, creating new cost pressures.....
OpenAI CEO Altman said he is not in a hurry to go public, and believes launching an IPO in 2026 is not wise. Despite previous reports that the company had secretly submitted an application, he emphasized that the company will only enter the capital market when its operations are fully ready and AI's societal applications are sufficiently mature, directly denying the possibility of completing the IPO by 2026.
The EU has designated ChatGPT, Reddit, and Roblox as 'very large online platforms' due to their monthly active users exceeding 45 million in the EU, requiring them to fully comply with the Digital Services Act. This move marks the expansion of EU digital regulation into the generative AI field, with platforms facing stricter scrutiny.
The increase in AI cheating in Danish high schools has led the government to introduce an emergency plan: instead of banning AI, it aims to regulate its use. About 9,000 students per year will add an oral defense in addition to written assignments, and their computer screens will be monitored during written exams to curb AI-written assignments and exam cheating, addressing the challenges posed by generative AI to traditional education.