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Who Will Build the Future of Artificial Intelligence?

The explosion of AI investment is triggering a nationwide data center building boom and an urgent need for skilled construction workers. Electricians, HVAC specialists and welders are in record demand as companies race to build faster and at massive scale. But retirements, demographic shifts and decades of stagnant productivity in construction are straining the labor pipeline. Higher wages, bonuses, trade school enrollment and prefabrication technology are helping but the question remains: can the workforce keep up with AI's rapid expansion?

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6-Time Olympic Medalists Humphries and Meyers Taylor

On International Women's Day, Bloomberg's Christina Ruffini and David Gura speak with U.S. bobsled greats Kaillie Humphries and Elana Meyers Taylor, both six-time Olympic medalists and mothers in their forties. Both athletes stress the importance of support systems family, childcare, teammates, and national programs in enabling women to compete at the highest level. Watch, on "Bloomberg This Weekend."

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Philip Morris CEO Says Cigarettes Belong in a Museum as Zyn and IQOS Surge

For more than a century, tobacco has been one of the world's most heavily regulated industries and with each wave of regulation, it has reinvented itself. Now Philip Morris International is accelerating a shift away from combustible cigarettes toward smoke-free products like IQOS and Zyn, arguing that eliminating combustion dramatically reduces harm. The company says cigarettes should eventually disappear altogether. But as nicotine pouches and heated tobacco products gain popularity, public health experts warn that long-term effects remain uncertain and addiction risks persist, raising new questions about whether this is transformation or reinvention.

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