We've been looking at (early-stage) stablecoin B2B payments in Africa from our blockchain fund.

We're at a critical juncture now where global players like Visa, Stripe, and Paypal are game & domestic fintechs are seeking more crossborder/b2b revs.

Here's some learnings:

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I think this is a magnificent study. And there's more to this space than advisor/worker, imo. I think there's at least a proactive v reactive distinction - right now ChatGPT is reactive only. Devin is proactive. Differences could be stark. Or not!

Join in! Tomorrow, 9am pst I present new research Erik Brynjolfsson's Stanford Digital Economy Lab on how workers and automation can complement each other.

“Engineering Skill: How Developing AI-Enabled Robots and Nonprofessional Ability Went Hand in Hand at JointBot”

Register: tinyurl.com/34z3khkz

Hi twitter - I'm looking for a list of top research funders globally across all science fields, and top funders of developing country science again across all fields -- any leads much appreciated!

🚨🚨I’m hiring a predoc! Come work with me, Mery Ferrando, and Teodora Tsankova on topics related to gender, labor, and migration 😊 Tilburg University

more info here: meryferrando.com/pre-doctoral-f…

GenAI shows potential for aiding small business growth, but a Kenyan entrepreneur study reveals constraints. The randomized control trial was led by Nick Otis, David Holtz and Solene Delecourt of Haas with Rem Koning and Rowan Clarke of Harvard University. #genAI

haas.org/49mwprh

🚀 We're expanding our team The Agency Fund! 🌍 Join our mission to expand human agency to all. We're looking for:

1️⃣ Investor Relations Associate (USA): Support fundraising & donor relations.

2️⃣ Philanthropy Operations Associate (Nairobi or Bangalore): Streamline our operations

Misinformation is on a massive rise, and social media platforms are scrambling to figure out what to do about it.

In The Atlantic today, my Harvard University colleague Jesse Shapiro and I offer a surprising answer: 👇👀

Apply by March 25 to participate in the Rockefeller University Exceptional Scholars Workshop!

A great opportunity for postdocs of diverse backgrounds to get mentoring designed to prepare for success on the academic job market.

ruscholars.rockefeller.edu

Immense thanks to the #PAC11 team and Wharton People Analytics judges for awarding our paper The Uneven Impact of Generative AI on Entrepreneurial Performance first prize, and for the seamless and engaging conference! Full paper available here: bit.ly/42VLTRD

Congrats to the incredible team from Haas School of Business who won 1st in the #PAC11 White Paper Competition!

Your paper The Uneven Impact of Generative AI on Entrepreneurial Performance showed how tasks selected for #AI assistance shape who will benefit from Generative AI.

Nick Otis

🚨We're hiring🚨

DIME is looking to hire 27 (!) consultants to work on our impact evaluations all over the world as Research Assistants, Pre-Docs, and Field Coordinators. Applications close on March 14. More details on the link worldbank.org/en/research/di…

1/ 3 exciting new positions w/USAID’s Office of the Chief Economist (OCE): 2 are focused on improving USAID’s use of evidence in its Small & Medium-sized Enterprises (SME) programming, the third is to lead our communications function.

🚨🚨🚨 Call for papers for the 2024 Advances with Field Experiments conference at LSE on Sept 5-6.

The keynote speakers are Susan Athey, Oriana Bandiera, & Noam Yuchtman (University of Oxford). 
 
The deadline for registration and submission is April 1, 2024.  Authors will

🚀 Just 1 week until the NBER Digital Economics and AI Meeting that I'm helping to organize along with John Horton and Avi Goldfarb and Catherine Tucker at
Stanford GSB.

nber.org/conferences/nb…

quick 🧵👇 on 8 great papers that are coming up.

Free data! New admin data on US govt funded patents thru 2020, easily extended in the future.

Bonus: #1, charts showing how prolific the 1940s-60s were for govt funded invention, in ways now visible. #2, history of govt patent policy prior to Bayh-Dole, which varied by agency.

NEW: in American Political Science Review we report a treasure trove of data from inside dozens of campaigns’ own experiments on persuasion

The data reveal experimentation at a vast scale that is revolutionizing campaigning

challenges academic theories

& could have implications for democracy

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I am honored that our paper came out in nature today, showing that 'Online images amplify gender bias' nature.com/articles/s4158… What a journey! Douglas Guilbeault and I have a colorful video to summarize the findings:
youtube.com/watch?v=HH84fZ…

Fantastic podcast with VoxDev and @orgrem discussing our field experiment on how generative AI is reshaping entrepreneurship in emerging markets. Big thank you to VoxDev! Read the paper: bit.ly/42VLTRD Listen to the podcast: bit.ly/3wlC4Ac

🆕 AI, entrepreneurship and development.

Today on VoxDevTalks, Rem Koning Harvard Business School discusses the potential of AI in low- and middle-income countries, and outlines evidence on how generative AI might help entrepreneurs become more successful. Listen here: voxdev.org/topic/firms/ai…