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The speed at which agentic AI has spread throughout the workforce accelerated over the past year. A survey of business ...

New AI-driven jobs like decision designer and AI Experience Officer are emerging rapidly. These roles blend AI expertise with psychology, ethics, and organizational design skills. This article is part ...

The biggest story in tech is AI’s increasing capacity to take on tasks once reserved for human beings. But the agents driving that change aren’t machines. They’re humans—inventive, ambitious, ...

In 2025, the U.S. military treated artificial intelligence less like a lab experiment and more like a daily tool. The biggest change was not a single new robot or “autonomous” breakthrough. It was a ...

Artificial intelligence was responsible for almost 55,000 layoffs in the U.S. in 2025, per consulting firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas. Major firms including Amazon and Salesforce cut thousands of ...

The AI industry in 2025 saw big-money acquisitions, advancements in virtual assistants and agent orchestration, and new innovations in hardware. Big-money acquisitions. Advancements in virtual ...

Money was no object for the AI industry in early 2025. A vibe check crept in the second half of the year. Such astronomical investments were followed by equally incredible spends. Meta shelled out ...

Healthcare organizations are increasingly adopting artificial intelligence to improve efficiency and reduce administrative burden, but most remain cautious about deploying AI in high-risk clinical ...