Could New Ways of Building Make Housing More Affordable?

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This podcast is sponsored by Comcast Business. When business leaders struggle to get measurable value out of artificial intelligence, it's often because they're operating AI on top of disjointed architectures, says Amit Verma, Chief Technology Officer at Comcast Business.

Amit Verma0:13

That's why we make sure AI works with a connectivity fabric that permanently links people, applications, data, and machines everywhere and all the time.

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That's continuous intelligence. Later, he'll explain why it can bring cohesion to AI deployments.

Imani Moise· Host0:28

[gentle music] Hey, listeners. It's Imani Moisse for the Wall Street Journal. Your Money briefing is still on a break, but we're diving back into our series on the biggest financial hurdle facing Americans today, housing. One reason homeownership has become so expensive is simple: demand is high, supply is low. To fix America's housing shortage, do we need to throw out the old blueprint? From new designs and new materials to even shifting construction offsite, today we're looking at the outside-of-the-box approaches some developers are turning to to get more homes built. What's News host Luke Vargas spoke with WSJ housing reporter Nicole Friedman about the future of home building and whether cheaper construction will be enough to make housing more affordable. That's right after the break.

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Continuous intelligence is the ability to keep insights moving, turning signals into decisions and decisions into actions