Oracle is reportedly weighing cuts of up to 30,000 employees to fund AI data center expansion. Here’s what HR leaders need to watch.
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As organizations increase managers’ spans of control, they risk losing significant performance; yet, agentic AI can transform that challenge into an opportunity.
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The IRS and Treasury Department last week unveiled details on the new Trump Accounts, but guidance on employer involvement remains pending.
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When Romy Gai, FIFA’s chief business officer, described the operational challenge of running a 48-team World Cup across Canada, Mexico and the United States, he was not talking about technology. He was talking about complexity. Previous World Cups relied on local organising committees to absorb much of the logistical load. For 2026, FIFA is running operations directly. […]
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“Ask Maps,” rolling out today to Google Maps on mobile, lets you ask Gemini questions about locations and even to plan trips on your behalf.
For months, Grammarly has been using the identities of real people (including us) for its “Expert Review” AI suggestions without getting their permission, and now it’s facing a lawsuit from one of the journalists included, as previously reported by Wired. The class-action complaint filed by journalist Julia Angwin on Wednesday alleges that Superhuman violated the […]
Perplexity wants to be more than just an answer engine. On Wednesday, it launched Personal Computer, a new AI agent tool that can turn a spare Mac into a locally run AI system, pitching it as “a digital proxy for you.” Personal Computer will run 24/7 on a dedicated device on your local network, have […]
Google is continuing to weave Gemini into the firmament of its most-used products. Today, it announced that Google Maps was getting a new AI-powered “Ask Maps” feature that allows for “complex, real-world questions” with highly detailed, personalized responses. In the past, Google Maps would struggle with hyper-specific questions like “where can I charge my phone […]
A new way to solve data scarcity: Turning qualitative reports into quantitative data with an LLM.
The tech giant says the “Immersive Navigation” launch is the biggest update to Maps in over a decade.
AI chip giant continues dealmaking spree that deploys huge cash reserves into funding its own customers
Software group sold debt at significant premium in borrowing costs in sign of Wall Street jitters over AI disruption
Database group set aside an additional $500mn for restructuring costs
Investors are prioritizing startups that demonstrate real production usage, measurable outcomes and revenue — focusing less on flashy demos and more on proven business impact, writes guest author Harsha Kapre, head of Snowflake Ventures.
AI has inserted itself into the earliest stages of the job search, building narratives about employers most CHROs have never looked at.
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“Insurers risk sleepwalking into a financial crisis by neglecting customer trust,” says Adoreboard CEO Chris Johnston.
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Australia’s Victoria is legislating work-from-home rights. The move exposes compliance gaps that U.S. HR leaders haven’t had to solve…yet.
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New immigration policies are among the factors prompting companies to report workforce staffing challenges.
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The loss of disparate impact protections removes one of the only tools workers have to challenge discrimination caused by AI.
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Feng Qingyang had always hoped to launch his own company, but he never thought this would be how—or that the day would come this fast. Feng, a 27-year-old software engineer based in Beijing, started tinkering with OpenClaw, a popular new open-source AI tool that can take over a device and autonomously complete tasks for a…
ADLINK Technology has signed a strategic alliance and joint development agreement with Under Control Robotics, the company behind the robotics startup Noble Machines. The two firms will combine ADLINK’s edge AI platforms with Noble Machines’ autonomy software to create a new generation of general-purpose robots for modern manufactories and engineering plants. The work focuses on […]
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Virtual simulation data is driving the development of physical AI across corporate environments, led by initiatives like Ai2’s MolmoBot. Instructing hardware to interact with the real world has historically relied on highly expensive and manually-collected demonstrations. Technology providers building generalist manipulation agents typically frame extensive real-world training as the basis for these systems. For some […]
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The gap between proprietary frontier models and highly transparent open-source models is closing faster than ever. NVIDIA has officially pulled the curtain back on Nemotron 3 Super, a staggering 120 billion parameter reasoning model engineered specifically for complex multi-agent applications. Released today, Nemotron 3 Super sits perfectly between the lightweight 30 billion parameter Nemotron 3 […]
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In this tutorial, we build a Streaming Decision Agent that thinks and acts in an online, changing environment while continuously streaming safe, partial reasoning updates. We implement a dynamic grid world with moving obstacles and a shifting goal, then use an online A* planner in a receding-horizon loop to commit to only a few near-term […]
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How OpenAI built an agent runtime using the Responses API, shell tool, and hosted containers to run secure, scalable agents with files, tools, and state.
Wayfair uses OpenAI models to improve ecommerce support and product catalog accuracy, automating ticket triage and enhancing millions of product attributes at scale.
How ChatGPT defends against prompt injection and social engineering by constraining risky actions and protecting sensitive data in agent workflows.
Rakuten uses Codex, the coding agent from OpenAI, to ship software faster and safer, reducing MTTR 50%, automating CI/CD reviews, and delivering full-stack builds in weeks.
Brooklyn-based Looking Glass has been dabbling in 3D screens for nearly a decade. It’s finally launching Musubi, an AI-powered holographic frame to bring your photos and videos to life.
The MTIA processors are the tech giant’s latest attempt to build its own AI hardware, even as it continues spending billions on gear from industry leaders like Nvidia.
The move could position the AI infrastructure powerhouse to quickly compete with OpenAI, Anthropic, and DeepSeek.
The feature, which Grammarly shut down Wednesday, presented editing suggestions as if they came from established authors and academics—without their consent.
AI companies have repeatedly promised safeguards to protect younger users, but a new investigation suggests those guardrails remain woefully deficient. Popular chatbots missed warning signs in scenarios involving teenagers discussing violent acts, in some cases even offering encouragement instead of intervening. The findings come from a joint investigation by CNN and the nonprofit Center for […]
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Millions of people are on the job hunt right now – and for many people, landing a job in the AI era feels more intimidating than ever. That’s why the onset of AI avatars running your job interview via one-on-one video call, asking you questions, and analyzing how well you respond has generated a lot […]
Canva introduced a new feature that separates flat image files and AI-generated visuals into layered, fully editable designs. The Magic Layers tool is launching in public beta today in the US, UK, Canada, and Australia, allowing design components like objects, text boxes, and other graphics to be selected individually while preserving the original layout. “After […]
