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Christopher Nolan and Universal opening weekend

Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” is off to an epic start. The Universal film adaptation tallied an estimated $124.5 million in its opening weekend as audiences flocked to premium large-format screenings, especially IMAX theaters. “Death, taxes, and Christopher Nolan,” said Shawn Robbins, director of analytics at Fandango and founder of Box Office Theory. “He’s reinvented the…

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How using AI at work can hurt your career, according to experts

Momo Productions | Digitalvision | Getty Images Using artificial intelligence can make people “boring,” according to Sandra Matz, a professor at Columbia Business School. Her research on the topic indicates two direct consequences for workers: stagnation and mediocrity. “When employees use it to outsource critical thinking or creative reasoning, there’s a real risk of gradually…

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Market for psychedelic drugs to treat mental health gets a buy signal

Psilocybin mushrooms stand ready for harvest in a humidified “fruiting chamber.” John Moore | Getty Images Thursday’s announcement that Eli Lilly will acquire AtaiBeckley, a clinical-stage maker of psychedelic drugs, for up to $3.8 billion indicates Big Pharma’s increasing embrace of a long-stigmatized class of medications as alternatives for treating an array of mental health…

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