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Vendor of AI tech comes to Australia and promises to grow our GDP by 4% if only we give tax incentives to increase use of AI tech. Stenographers in the press report the amazing "windfall" but thankfully we have Crikey to call BS:
https://www.crikey.com.au/2…

OpenAI’s ‘productivity’ garbage is an age-old scam that’s long crippled Australia
Touting the economic benefits of AI is straight from business lobbyists' playbook, one used over and over again.

Artificial Intelligence, Lean Startup Method, and Product Innovations
Gavin Wang, Lynn Wu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.16334 https://ar…

Artificial Intelligence, Lean Startup Method, and Product Innovations
Although AI has the potential to drive significant business innovation, many firms struggle to realize its benefits. We examine how the Lean Startup Method (LSM) influences the impact of AI on product innovation in startups. Analyzing data from 1,800 Chinese startups between 2011 and 2020, alongside policy shifts by the Chinese government in encouraging AI adoption, we find that companies with strong AI capabilities produce more innovative products. Moreover, our study reveals that AI investmen…

Artificial Intelligence, Domain AI Readiness, and Firm Productivity
Sipeng Zeng, Xiaoning Wang, Tianshu Sun
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.09634 https://arxiv.…

Artificial Intelligence, Domain AI Readiness, and Firm Productivity
Although Artificial Intelligence (AI) holds great promise for enhancing innovation and productivity, many firms struggle to realize its benefits. We investigate why some firms and industries succeed with AI while others do not, focusing on the degree to which an industrial domain is technologically integrated with AI, which we term "domain AI readiness". Using panel data on Chinese listed firms from 2016 to 2022, we examine how the interaction between firm-level AI capabilities and domain AI re…