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There are big implications for artificial intelligence (AI) design and workplace management if anthropomorphic AI agents gain traction in the workplace, says Professor Jochen Menges. On the plus side, there may be comfort in dealing with a humanlike AI agent, but lost autonomy could bring a feeling of worthlessness to employees that managers must mitigate.

Most consumers are not starkly for or against meat substitutes, which are far more environmentally friendly than meat. Instead, complex factors including culture, taste, health and economics interact to shape individual choices, says research co-authored by Jaideep Prabhu of Cambridge Judge Business School that has practical implications for marketers and policymakers.

Social innovation is usually evaluated on short-term impact, but it doesn’t have to be that way. Research by Helen Haugh of Cambridge Judge Business School takes a longer-term perspective, focusing on 3 key approaches to how social innovation can have true transformational effect to help address society’s grand challenges.