Now transformer models are being trained on the “language” of financial data, bringing their prediction-making capabilities to the world’s capital markets, whose worth is approaching $300 trillion.

Fears about technology replacing human labor have a long and illustrious history. Back in 1978, when British television only had three channels, the BBC science show Horizon devoted an episode to the ...

The University of Chicago Booth School of Business has received a generous commitment from University of Chicago trustee Steven S. Wymer, MBA ’89, as a part of the university’s recently launched ...

US federal spending during the COVID-19 pandemic was enormous even by Uncle Sam’s standards. With the economy and job market in a free fall, and the severity of the health crisis uncertain, ...

We recently connected with mothers at Booth to share what it’s like pursuing an MBA alongside having a family and other responsibilities outside of business school. Read on as they provide their first ...

89.1 percent of 2025 graduates from Chicago Booth’s Full-Time MBA Program landed full-time job offers within three months of graduation—up from last year’s 86.8 percent. Booth MBAs were hired by ...

Demis Hassabis is not a chemist, yet he was one of three recipients of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The prize recognized major contributions to the study of protein structures. Hassabis, a ...

Generative artificial intelligence has set off a tremendous amount of excitement, speculation, and anxiety thanks to its ability to convincingly mimic human work, including human writing. Although a ...

A conceptual artwork titled “Comedian” sold at auction last November for just over $6 million. The piece consisted of a banana duct-taped to the wall, along with installation instructions and a ...

Crypto enthusiasts used to have a catchphrase in response to the doubters: “Have fun staying poor.” Their message: Go ahead, invest in your boring stocks and bonds while we get rich with Bitcoin, ...

During the height of the COVID pandemic, many people who couldn’t eat out at a restaurant—because of stay-at-home mandates or safety concerns—ordered in instead. The increase in orders for takeout or ...

The revolution that’s been happening in financial services is right in your pocket: the phone that you pull out when the check arrives after a restaurant dinner with friends. Until relatively recently ...