AI can be both sword and shield in layoffs: Businesses are cutting costs and staff while repositioning around AI, which is slashing entry-level opportunities and pushing workers to upskill.

The $8 billion Informatica buy signals a pivot from flashy AI tools to reliable, compliant data—core to scaling enterprise automation without sacrificing transparency.

Retailers and brands are racing to deploy AI across the shopping journey, but trust, quality, and execution will define who wins.

Lightrun isn’t building code—it’s safeguarding it, offering proactive debugging that major players like Microsoft and Salesforce trust to catch AI-generated mistakes before they cause chaos.

Microsoft’s once-controversial Recall tool, now optional and biometric-locked, could set Copilot+ PCs apart by helping users easily search their digital lives.

Consumers are using AI for purpose-finding and companionship more than work tasks, pushing brands to think beyond productivity and into emotional, lifestyle-centric experiences

As AI agents take over the grunt work, coders can step into roles that look more like architects and less like keyboard jockeys.

AI agents are revolutionizing marketing with autonomous capabilities that go far beyond traditional automation. Organizations are implementing AI agents to boost workflow efficiency and prepare for a consumer marketplace increasingly mediated by AI.

With Researcher and Analyst, Copilot gets smarter at handling strategy and data—key upgrades as businesses demand more value.

Layoffs are continuing in 2025 as companies trim non-essential roles, invest in AI talent, and pivot resources.

Enterprises struggle to integrate AI agents with their existing tools and solutions, with 80% of IT leaders citing data integration as the key challenge.

The expanded partnership boosts merchant acceptance for both Fastlane and Pay with Venmo

As genAI expands beyond chatbots, app categories like banking and messaging could see AI-driven disruption, reshaping mobile habits and spending trends

While AI adoption could save employees significant time, most still see it as a draft generator—helpful, but far from a finished product.

With tools like OpenAI’s Swarm and Google’s Mariner, businesses are using smarter AI to automate decisions, disrupt roles, and redefine how work gets done.

AI will become deeply woven into daily life in 2025. Autonomous agents, smart devices, AR glasses, search engines, and digital twins are making AI an ambient presence in how we work, shop, browse, and interact with the world.

Retailers are prioritizing unified commerce solutions to help gain a complete picture of their business operations—including consumer behavior. As the tech landscape becomes more complex, key players are emerging across channels.

B2B marketers are embracing genAI-powered tools to enhance the effectiveness of their marketing initiatives. Marketing teams can use this technology in six valuable ways to drive better outcomes.

By automating interviews and job offers, the fast casual giant aims to improve recruitment efficiency, but risks of bias loom large.

Anthropic’s AI can use computers like a human in an effort to boost productivity, but operational flaws reveal the challenges of AI in daily workflows.