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Google has a new edge in the AI race

Google has strengthened its AI talent pipeline by completing a deal with San Francisco startup Mechanize Inc, according to public postings. Mechanize co-founder and former CEO Tamay Besiroglu is...

Sam Altman Floats Industrywide Pause as Frontier AI Safety Concerns Grow | PYMNTS.com

Sam Altman is reportedly floating an industrywide pause as frontier AI safety concerns intensify, with hopes that other AI labs will join OpenAI in slowing down. According to the report, OpenAI...

Council Post: Why Your Next Great AI Hire Probably Won't Have A Computer Science Degree

A Council Post argues that the next wave of AI hires may come from non–computer science paths, pointing to shifting student interest and changing project work. The piece cites enrollment data...

Oracle AI Cloud Surge Puts These ETFs in Focus as OCI Growth Hits 121% - Oracle (NYSE:ORCL)

Oracle’s accelerating AI cloud business is drawing renewed investor attention to exchange-traded funds with exposure to the software giant, beyond chipmakers like Nvidia. In its first quarter,...

Council Post: Stop Trying To Save Money With AI; Use It To Make More Money

Jean-Marc Chanoine, Chief Sales Officer de Templafy, argues that many companies are treating AI primarily as a cost-cutting tool—automation meant to replace people and eliminate roles. He says...

Council Post: AI Is Forcing Companies To Answer A Question They've Avoided For Years: What Is The Truth?

Masa Maruyama, CEO de Saison Technology International, says companies are still struggling with how to handle “truth” as AI agents move from retrieving information to taking actions. For years,...

Council Post: Why AI Agents Need A Chain Of Authority, Not Just A Human In The Loop

Stéphane Gervais, fundador y CEO de ApexTransform, describes a scenario where an AI procurement agent detects a supply shortfall at 2:00 a.m., chooses an alternate vendor, accepts revised terms,...

Council Post: AI Is Making People Smarter -- That Creates A New Problem For The Workforce

Igor Trunov, fundador de Ventora, says AI is changing how experience-based advantage works in knowledge jobs. He outlines three stages: first, AI helps people by giving less experienced workers...

Are AI-written resumes more likely to get you a job? The answer may surprise you.

A new experiment suggests that, in this hiring market, resumes written entirely by humans are getting more employer attention than those generated completely by AI. Kickresume tested more than 200...

The Rise of AI Email Triage: Why the Next Email Revolution Isn't About Writing

Email is evolving from a simple messaging tool into a daily triage challenge as inboxes fill with mixed work signals—client requests, notifications, newsletters, receipts, internal updates,...

Google plans $15 billion Finland AI push, signs nuclear deal

Google says it will invest at least €13 billion (US$15.1 billion) in Finland over the next two years to build AI infrastructure and secure nuclear power under a 22-year agreement. The plan...

Meta says it's changing AI suggestions after posing invasive personal questions

Council Post: ​The Next Era Of Cooking With AI

The AI boom and tariff uncertainty are pushing copper prices to record highs | CNN Business

Copper is hitting record highs as global supply tightens, demand ramps up from the AI boom, and traders weigh shifting tariff risk. New York copper futures settled at $6.89 per pound on Wednesday,...

Will AI kill all humans? Anthropic employees freak out!

Former and current employees at Anthropic have publicly raised alarming concerns about advanced AI potentially causing catastrophic harm. Jacob Coxon, who resigned from the company, wrote on X...

Why Most Enterprise AI Pilots Never Reach Production and What's Actually Missing

The gap between proving generative AI in a demo and running it as a production system is still enormous. MIT says 95% of generative AI pilots fail to deliver measurable ROI, while Gartner expects...

The AI boom and tariff uncertainty are pushing copper prices to record highs

Copper prices are surging to record highs as tighter global supply meets strong demand from the AI boom, while tariff uncertainty adds volatility. On Wednesday, copper futures on the New York...

Why We Are Launching An AI Infrastructure Company For Brands, Agencies, Pubs, Ad Tech & MarTech

An ATS London event drew attention to a new company incubation focused on AI infrastructure for the marketing stack. The announcement comes ahead of Glastonbury of ad tech, with the organizers’...

AI-aided law firm intake tools are leveling the playing field - Maryland Family Law

Las plataformas de referidos e “intake” para bufetes podrían convertirse en una herramienta tan útil como los sistemas de IA más avanzados que redactan documentos o revisan contratos. Estas...

Department of Homeland Security ad tells 'Mr Singh' to self-deport, draws criticism from advocacy groups

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is facing backlash after posting an X ad that uses AI-generated imagery to target unlicensed commercial drivers. The campaign shows a brown-bearded man...

Warning about AI taking over by researcher | FOX 5 Atlanta

Meta Added $100 Billion in One Day. A 350-Ad Scandal Arrived Hours Later.

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