A.I.
Far out, man--this is the term for when an AI generates incorrect or fabricated information.
What is a hallucination?
This 1986 movie features Matthew Broderick calling in sick to high school, “borrowing” a Ferrari, and embarking on a one-day journey through the streets of Chicago.
What is "Ferris Bueller's Day Off"?
This famous figure always ends the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Who is Santa Claus?
This Massachusetts family's compound in Hyannis Port has served as campaign headquarters for multiple political elections.
Who are the Kennedys
This pop star currently engaged to Callum Turner recently performed in Boston at a concert attended by our very own Kathy Wilson!
Who is Dua Lipa?
AI can be used to both create and detect these realistic video and audio threats, which often credibly impersonate important figures.
What are deepfakes?
This local brand invented the caramel-and-cheese popcorn mix known as the “Chicago Mix”
What is Garrett Popcorn?
This is the term for the Saturday after Black Friday, which encourages shopping at local stores.
What is Small Business Saturday?
This band’s song “I’m Shipping Up to Boston” has become a staple of Boston sports games, events, and tours.
Who are the Dropkick Murphys?
Cecily's teenage daughter performs all over Chicago with School of Rock's Show Team on these two parts.
What are guitar and vocals?
This type of AI, expected to dominate 2026, will autonomously perform complex, multi-step tasks.
What are AI Agents, or agentic AI
In 2027, Chicago will celebrate its semi-quintennial, marking how many years since its founding?
What is 250 years?
These 2 NFL teams always play on Thanksgiving Day, but never against each other.
Who are the Detroit Lions and the Dallas Cowboys?
There are dents on Harvard's sidewalks that are believed to be from what thing, thrown from dorm rooms during the Revolutionary War?
What are cannonballs?
These two team members trained for and finished a triathlon or half marathon in 2025.
This 2014 movie stars Scarlett Johansson as an AI operating system named Samantha.
What is "Her"?
This man just became the first American-born head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City-- and was born in Chicago!
Who is Pope Leo XIV (né Robert Prevost)
These 2 "Friends" characters famously get turkeys stuck on their heads in the Thanksgiving episode.
Who are Monica and Joey?
This 2005 rom-com starring Drew Barrymore and Jimmy Fallon is about a die-hard Red Sox fan realizing that a woman may mean more to him than the team.
What is "Fever Pitch?"
The namesake of this 2025 client of Tier One is known as the Father of Material Requirements Planning (or MRP, to those in the know.)
Who was Oliver Wight?
In 2025, researchers at MIT used a generative AI model to discover novel antibiotics capable of effectively treating these dangerous, drug-resistant superbugs.
What is MRSA?
This father of a USWNT soccer star was also a legendary and eccentric Chicago Bulls star alongside Michael Jordan in the 90s.
Who is Dennis Rodman?
The character played by this star of the 1987 holiday film uses "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles" to get home to Chicago for Thanksgiving after a snowstorm reroutes his flight.
Who is Steve Martin?
This legendary 6’9” Boston Bruins defenseman was just inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame this month.
Who is Zdeno Chara?
This client, new to Tier One in 2025 has a mission of "Frictionless investing," aiming to lower barriers to entry into the investing world.
What is Apex Fintech?