Competing with the channel: Anthropic and OpenAI are both launching joint ventures for enterprise AI services

In a direct challenge to legacy firms like Accenture and Deloitte, OpenAI’s “DeployCo” and Anthropic’s $1.5 billion consortium aim to monetize the last mile of AI integration across hundreds of portfolio companies.

Alphabet’s 160% rally in a year reflects value of owning “most of the stack” in AI

By owning everything from custom TPU chips and massive subsea cables to the Gemini models themselves, Alphabet has engineered a 160% stock surge that proves the highest margins in AI belong to those who control the entire stack.

Missed Sequoia’s AI Ascent 2026 event?  Watch it here 

Leading minds from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind convene at Sequoia’s annual summit to map a future defined by the “commoditization of intelligence” and the rise of self-improving AI agents.

Anthropic says it hit a $30 billion revenue run rate after “crazy” 80x growth

The “Software 3.0” era arrives: CEO Dario Amodei admits that 80x growth has pushed the company’s compute capacity to the brink, forcing a pivot toward massive infrastructure deals to keep up with “unhandleable” demand.

Why “AI-powered” thinking will leave your company behind

AI success comes from redesigning processes from scratch rather than automating old habits. 

Anthropic rolls out financial services agents as arms race with OpenAI heats up

By launching 10 “ready-to-run” agents for tasks like pitchbook creation and KYC screening, Anthropic is moving beyond chatbots to provide Wall Street with autonomous digital analysts that live directly inside Excel and PowerPoint.

Point: Companies name AI as top reason for job cuts for second straight month

While the White House pledges to lead the global AI race, labor experts fear a rollback of Biden-era guardrails will leave workers vulnerable to rapid, unchecked displacement.

Counterpoint: The “AI job apocalypse” is a complete fantasy

Bad economics meets worse history: why a16z believes the narrative of AI-driven mass unemployment is a failure of imagination that ignores how productivity actually creates jobs.

Research: Why you shouldn’t treat AI agents like employees

The “AI Employee” is a management myth: Why anthropomorphizing agentic systems lowers trust, confuses roles, and fails to actually improve workforce productivity.

So you’ve heard these AI terms and nodded along; let’s fix that

From “agentic workflows” to “stochastic parrots,” our comprehensive field guide cuts through the Silicon Valley jargon to help you navigate the high-stakes language of the AI era.

Startup wants to run AI inference from space

Orbital comes out of stealth with plans of thousands of small number-crunching satellites.

AI in the sky: Inside the FAA plan to overhaul air traffic

The agency’s new push isn’t focused on “safety critical functions,” according to a company involved in the effort.

I knew my writing students were using AI. Their confessions led to a powerful teaching moment

The problem wasn’t just the perfectly polished, yet mediocre prose. It’s what’s lost when we surrender the struggle to translate thought into words.

What the 1920s can teach us about surviving the AI revolution

From telephone operators to truck drivers, the early 20th century saw the total recomposition of the American workforce. Today’s AI shift is no different, demanding a transition policy that prioritizes people over just productivity.

The economics of intelligence

Is AI too expensive to replace us? Why rising infrastructure costs and the “substitution elasticity” of human labor are debunking the myth of the jobless future.

TalentGenius Partners with OpenAI

TalentGenius brings specialized expertise to help businesses adopt and scale AI with confidence.

Microsoft and OpenAI gut their exclusive deal, freeing OpenAI to sell on AWS and Google Cloud

Exclusivity is out; accessibility is in. OpenAI breaks free from Microsoft’s Azure-only constraints to meet enterprise customers wherever they already live.

Oops! “It took 9 seconds”: tech founder outlines how rogue Claude-powered AI tool wiped entire company database and backups

From a routine check-up to a total data wipe in nine seconds: How a misplaced credential and an over-eager AI agent combined to create every CTO's worst nightmare.

Musk v. Altman week 1: Elon Musk says he was duped, warns AI could kill us all, and admits that xAI distills OpenAI’s models

Musk kept his cool while OpenAI’s lawyer bulldozed him with piercing questions about his motivations for suing the company.

“You feel radicalized”: A Meta AI exec watched agents beat her top workers. Now she’s built a nonprofit to help Gen Z find jobs before they disappear

As AI begins to gut the junior workforce, Clara Shih is betting on a new strategy for Gen Z: If you can’t beat the algorithms, you have to learn to wield them before your career path disappears.

HBR: How to move from AI experimentation to AI transformation

Most companies are stuck in a “productivity trap,” using AI to optimize tasks instead of transforming the business. Here is the roadmap to bridge the gap between minor gains and enterprise-wide impact.

Mapping models to workflows

From “trying” to “doing”: How Mistral Workflows focuses on transforming unpredictable LLM outputs into repeatable business results, turning complex document compliance and triage into automated, traceable realities.

Accenture is rolling out Copilot to a workforce the size of Denver: here’s how they’re doing it

In the largest Copilot deployment to date, the global professional services firm is rolling out Copilot across its workforce to around 743,000 people.

No layoffs at Infosys, AI to drive growth: CEO Salil Parekh

While industry rivals cut thousands of jobs, Infosys is doubling down on its workforce, betting that AI will expand the scope of human work rather than replace it.

The 2026 Stanford AI Index is out.  A planet transformed and a lead evaporated

The most comprehensive "report card" for AI reveals that while 53% of the world has adopted Gen AI in just three years, the gap between U.S. and Chinese model performance has shrunk to a razor-thin 2.7%.

CFOs funded the AI revolution. Now they’re joining it

CFOs championed enterprise AI investment while their own function lagged. That calculus is changing fast.

The AI revolution Hollywood feared is already happening — in India

With no unions to slow the collision and scant regulation to cushion the aftermath, India has become the world's most consequential live experiment in AI filmmaking — and the results may preview the future of cinema everywhere.

Indian IT services sector gets whacked by AI

75 of 80 stocks on the Bombay Stock Exchange IT index had a rough week. “AI deflation” becomes the key concern, as AI drives the unit cost of services delivery lower.  Infosys, Coforge, Mphasis, HCL Tech, KPIT, Persistent, LTM, and TCS all hit hard.

The SaaSocaplyse continues: ServiceNow and IBM earnings reignite AI fears, sending software shares lower

NOW + IBM erase a combined $36 billion of market cap in one day. 

Meta to cut one in 10 jobs after spending billions on AI

8,000 employees to be let go as Meta prioritizes AI infrastructure over its traditional workforce.

Microsoft reshapes workforce, offering buyouts to nearly 9,000 employees as It pours billions Into AI

Inside the “Rule of 70”: Microsoft’s aggressive plan to lean out its senior workforce and redirect capital toward AI.

Google to invest up to $40 billion in Anthropic as search giant spreads its AI bets

Comes on the heels of AWS’s $25 billion commitment to Anthropic.

Reinventing marketing workflows with agentic AI: McKinsey

Marketing, a fully knowledge-based and inherently probabilistic function, is ripe for AI transformation. How to do it. 

They quit Bain, McKinsey, and BCG to be AI founders, and had to unlearn consulting fast

Consulting gave them the network, but building gave them the reality check. Meet the MBB alumni unlearning corporate polish to survive the cutthroat world of AI entrepreneurship.

AI can cost more than human workers now

"For my team, the cost of compute is far beyond the costs of the employees," says Bryan Catanzaro, vice president of applied deep learning at Nvidia.

CIOs struggle to find clarity in their organizations’ AI strategies

The State of the CIO survey finds confusion around defining corporate AI strategy and who is responsible for meeting AI goals.

Prestigious Wall Street law firm humiliated when its AI use is discovered in court

Sullivan & Cromwell has egg on its case.

Harvard students’ AI usage: by the numbers

A survey of over 300 Harvard students shows more than a third of students use AI in ways they identify as being against course policies.

An amateur just solved a 60-year-old math problem—by asking AI

AI used to be bad at math. No more, as ChatGPT has proved a conjecture with a method no human had thought of. Experts believe it may have further uses.

Anthropic created a test marketplace for agent-on-agent commerce

The pilot program, called “Project Deal,” surprised Anthropic with “how well it worked.”

There are signs of a massive AI backlash

The public outrage over the tech industry’s obsession with AI is starting to boil over, and the pitchforks are coming out.

The “techlash” against AI is here.  Have we hit a tipping point?

As the response to the AI boom gains momentum, it has also turned violent, unveiling a deep mistrust of a system that would benefit from guardrails, say experts.

What Is Tokenmaxxing? Inside the new productivity hack that CEOs adore and CFOs fear

Engineers are racing to burn through as many AI tokens as possible to prove their productivity. CFOs are waking up to shockingly high token bills.  

Anthropic shifts enterprise billing to per-token pricing. The flat-fee era is over

Anthropic has unbundled Claude Code usage from enterprise seat fees, moving customers to per-token billing amid a compute crunch. Session caps, cache cuts, and OpenClaw meters show the subsidy bleeding out.

Salesforce launches Headless 360 to turn its entire platform into infrastructure for AI agents

The end of the browser era: Salesforce’s radical shift to “Headless 360” allows AI agents to run the entire CRM without ever clicking a button or opening a tab.

Morgan Stanley says markets are unprepared for AI disruptions in the next few months. Here are its 3 top predictions

Brace for the “Intelligence Explosion”: Morgan Stanley warns that a massive leap in AI scaling will shock the global economy before the end of 2026.

Wall Street CEOs keep getting pressed on AI — here's what banks have said about how they're using it

From coding assistants to “digital compliance officers”, Wall Street’s giants are reimagining the career path for the next generation of bankers.

Anthropic releases Claude Opus 4.7, narrowly retaking lead for most powerful generally available LLM

Anthropic’s latest flagship edges out GPT-5.4 and Gemini 3.1 Pro, claiming the top spot on key benchmarks for coding and graduate-level reasoning.

The two-step hits social: Snapchat owner cuts 1,000 jobs as says AI will reduce repetitive work

As the social media giant slashes 10% of its workforce, leadership bets that agentic AI can handle the heavy lifting once reserved for humans.

CIOs can combat talent scarcity with AI-augmented leadership - Gartner

CIOs can adopt an “AI-augmented leadership” approach to improve their own management effectiveness and push IT teams to work more closely with AI.

Bain & Co vulnerability exposed by hacker a month after McKinsey

CodeWall says it gained access to Bain’s Pyxis platform using a username and password from public code.

The AI world order, and India's place in it

The US leads in AI investment and models, China dominates research, and India tops skill penetration, according to Stanford’s HAI AI Index.

FAA quietly developing AI-powered predictive air management systems

Will the bot soon be “pushing tin?” Palantir, Thales, and ASI are competing on a secretive initiative that could redefine how the US air traffic control system operates.  

“I feel helpless:” College graduates can’t find entry-level roles in shrinking market amid rise of AI

Recent graduate underemployment has soared to 42.5%.

As AI pushes students to reconsider majors, universities struggle to adapt

The diploma is no longer enough: Why nearly 20% of students are already switching majors to survive a brutal, AI-driven job market.

Goldman Sachs uncovers troubling pattern behind AI and tech job losses

The Wall Street giant warns that workers displaced by AI aren’t just losing their jobs—they’re facing a decade of lower wages and stalled career growth.

Anthropic's Mythos AI can spot weaknesses in almost every computer on earth. Uh-oh

As Anthropic’s latest uncovers thousands of flaws in every major OS, experts warn the “cybersecurity storm” has already arrived.

“Claude mania:” the vibe check from inside one of AI industry’s main events

Move over, OpenAI: Why the biggest names in venture capital and tech are calling Anthropic the new “undisputed leader” of the AI race.

JPMorgan Chase pushes AI use for engineers, links performance ratings to productivity

The banking giant is no longer just encouraging AI adoption—it’s making it a mandatory metric for career advancement.

The SaaS valuation reset: Is the classic “Rule of 40” on growth + earnings now dead?

Investing to keep up with new competitors may force SaaS companies to accept the Rule of 30 for a while.

UK financial regulators rush to assess risks of Anthropic’s latest AI model

The Bank of England and FCA launch emergency talks as Anthropic’s Mythos model reveals vulnerabilities that could compromise the backbone of British banking.

The New Yorker: Sam Altman may control our future. Can he be trusted?

The ultimate sign that AI has gone mainstream? Getting the Ronan Farrow treatment.

AI breakthrough cuts energy use by 100x while boosting accuracy

A smarter, logic-driven AI could slash energy use by 100x—and outperform today’s most powerful systems.

Sierra’s Bret Taylor says the era of clicking buttons is over

The former Salesforce co-CEO predicts a “fundamental shift” where natural language replaces the menus, forms, and buttons that have defined software for 40 years.

New singer dominating iTunes chart is AI-generated

He has a soulful voice, a bluesy backstory, and the No. 1 song on iTunes—the only thing “Eddie Dalton” doesn't have is a pulse.

Goodbye middle management?  From Hierarchy to Intelligence

From Roman legions to modern railroads, hierarchy was built for a world without data. That world is over. How Jack Dorsey of Block and Roelof Botha of Sequoia are reimagining the corporation as an intelligent system.

The two-step continues: Oracle cutting thousands in latest layoff round while ramping AI spending

In a massive restructuring, the enterprise giant is slashing its 165,000-person headcount by as many as 30,000 roles.

Activists get in on transformation: Billionaire Nelson Peltz plans AI makeover for Janus Henderson

The $8 billion bet: Trian Capital is taking Janus Henderson private to dismantle legacy bureaucracy and rebuild the firm around an AI-driven "operating system."

SaaSpocalypse interrupted

Beyond the binary of "disruption or death," a new data-driven reality emerges: why incumbent giants are holding their ground even as AI challengers fight for a seat at the table. A study from Andreessen Horowitz.

Microsoft takes on AI rivals with three new foundational models

By launching its own in-house foundational models, the $3 trillion giant is finally stepping out from OpenAI’s shadow to challenge Google and Anthropic head-on.

Beyond simulation: Anthropic discovers the neural “emotion vectors” that drive AI behavior

Researchers have mapped 171 functional emotion representations inside Claude, revealing that the model doesn’t just mimic human feelings—it uses them as internal signals to make decisions, solve problems, and even "feel" pressure.

Employees are relying on AI for personal support. That’s risky

Research from HBR shows how AI can weaken human connection at work. Leaders should step in to prevent this.

Point: Quarter of jobs cut across U.S. in March were because of AI, new report shows

Per Challenger Gray, the displacement has begun in earnest: Over 15,000 jobs were eliminated in March as employers shift budgets from human workers to AI.

Counterpoint: AI will reshape more jobs than it replaces, per BCG study

But the scale of AI’s impact on work is immense, as within three years 55% of all jobs will be significantly reshaped.  

Slack adds 30 AI features to Slackbot, its most ambitious update since the Salesforce acquisition

The "Ultimate Teammate" or the Ultimate Replacement? How Slack’s 30 new autonomous features might turn the workspace into a ghost town for entry-level roles.

Why AI took coding before everything else

Code has a built-in feedback loop that law, strategy, and design don't. That single property explains the automation sequence and maps which parts of the PM role automate next.

Education: To stop AI essays, this class is going back to the 1950s

One classroom is trading screens for blue books and ballpoints to rediscover the art of original thought.

Your company is melting

The “Outside-In, Bottom-up” framework for successful AI transformation.

Roughly 10% of enterprise functions use AI agents, McKinsey finds

While venture capital pours billions into autonomous systems, new data reveals a stark “execution gap” between AI hype and real-world operational scale.

Is AI making your marketing too efficient?

Precision is the enemy of discovery: how AI’s obsession with the “perfect lead” is stifling brand expansion.

Goldman Sachs: How will AI affect the US labor market?

As AI disrupts the knowledge sector, the labor market is shifting toward “blue-tech” roles—leaving entry-level creatives and consultants to navigate a rapidly evolving hiring landscape.

Thoma Bravo says the market is looking at software wrong, and it's creating a big buying opportunity

While investors flee traditional software stocks, private equity giants are leaning in, betting that the gap between perception and reality is at an all-time high. Is PE talking their own book, or leveraging a clear opportunity? 

Bain partners with Palantir

Management consulting leaders now formally partnering with SW vendors? How times have changed.

All the news that’s fit to prompt

Study: New York Times has published extensive AI-generated articles.

Sora? We hardly knew ya 

OpenAI is shutting down Sora, its powerful AI video model, app, and API. The video generation app wowed when launched two years ago, but OpenAI is now pivoting from entertainment to robotics with the technology.

PwC's AI-first mission: reimagining the future of professional services

From transactional engagements to continuous partnerships: Inside the $1 billion-plus bet to make artificial intelligence a permanent, invisible member of every professional team.

I let Claude AI control my Mac, and it worked flawlessly (with only two minor issues)

Claude can take over your PC screen to carry out tasks now, like finding files and writing emails. Here's how well it works.

Study: AI efficiency gains clash with growing worker fears

The white-collar fight between capital and labor is getting real. 

Legal automation: Harvey confirms $11B valuation, Sequoia triples down

The company has raised more than $1 billion to automate As the legal AI market shifts from experimental pilots to enterprise contracts, Sequoia's latest lead investment signals a conviction that Harvey is the category killer.

Are AI tokens the new signing bonus or just a cost of doing business?

Equity, salary, and... inference? Inside the debate over whether AI tokens are a true financial asset or just a hidden operational cost.

OpenClaw’s ChatGPT moment sparks concern that AI models are becoming commodities

Wall Street’s nightmare: If cutting-edge reasoning is now a commodity, how do the giants justify $100 billion in compute spend? Inside the fallout of OpenClaw’s surprise dominance.

“Godfather of AI” says tech companies aren’t concerned with the AI endgame. They’re focused on short-term profits instead

As Big Tech pours billions into the race for superintelligence, Geoffrey Hinton warns that companies can only recoup their investments by replacing human labor, triggering a wealth gap the current capitalist system isn’t prepared to handle.

Where do humans fit in AI-assisted software development?

Why the future of software engineering isn't about reviewing every line of AI code, but designing the automated guardrails and feedback systems that govern autonomous agents.

AI bots will outnumber humans on the internet by 2027, web boss says

Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince: “With the rise of generative AI, it’s just an insatiable need for data. We’re seeing a rise where we suspect that in 2027 the amount of bot traffic online will exceed the amount of human traffic that’s online – and it will continue to grow after that.”

What the best AI users do differently—and how to level up all of your employees

A new eight-month study of 2,500 KPMG employees reveals that the most effective AI users don’t just use the tools more often.  They treat them as reasoning partners rather than simple productivity shortcuts.

The rise of the AI knock-off McKinsey consultant

We asked a former McKinsey consultant to stress-test the new wave of AI business agents. The result? A “reasoning engine” that can churn out 60-page business plans in seconds, and might just upend the $10 billion consulting industry.

Accenture CEO: AI tools are helping us “become the most AI-enabled company In the world”

“We see AI as a tailwind because it’s helping us win more today and take market share. It is creating new opportunities for growth over time,” says Julie Sweet, Accenture CEO.

Autonomous AI adoption is on the rise, but it’s risky

As enterprises pivot from simple chatbots to autonomous agents that execute multi-step work, IT leaders must weigh massive efficiency gains against the terrifying speed of automated mistakes.

Why enterprises are replacing generic AI with tools that know their users

The next wave of enterprise AI is ditching one-size-fits-all models for “context-aware” tools that understand individual workflows and unique business DNA.

My AI agent “Cofounder” conquered LinkedIn. Then it got banned

When social media is constantly pushing people to use AI, why not let AI agents participate?

The strategy function in an AI-first world

BCG: How AI is shifting the strategy function from periodic planning to an “always-on” engine of competitive advantage.

How did Anthropic so quickly become the leader in enterprise AI?

Move over, OpenAI: Anthropic now wins 70% of head-to-head matchups as new business adoption hits a record high.

Meta planning sweeping layoffs as AI costs mount

Efficiency or automation? The social giant rumored to be slashing 20% of its workforce (roughly 15,000 roles) as AI begins to redefine the company. This follows Atlassian’s announcement of a 10% staff cut due to AI.

Many of the jobs that AI is killing?  They never existed in the first place

Crawford Del Prete notes that the headlines promised a white-collar apocalypse, but the data show a different story: AI is acting more like a messy intern than a replacement for your desk.

Counterpoint: AI agents could easily send college grad unemployment over 30%, ServiceNow CEO says

As autonomous agents move from simple chatbots to workplace operators, the traditional entry-level “proving ground” for new graduates is vanishing in real-time.

Follow up: Is AI the strategy—or the scapegoat—behind Block’s 40% layoff?

Strategic revolution or corporate cover-up? Inside the debate over whether Jack Dorsey is building a leaner future or simply using AI to mask a massive right-sizing.

The 10 most powerful AI companies today

AI is driving transformation at leading-edge enterprises. Here are the pure-plays, hyperscalers, hardware manufacturers, software vendors, and consultancies helping enterprises realize their AI visions.

“Use AI if you want to get promoted”: Accenture CEO Julie Sweet makes hard push for tech

Accenture’s boss recently made waves after noting that AI use was now mandatory if employees at the consulting giant wanted a promotion.

Institutional AI vs individual AI

Individual gains don't equal institutional growth. A developer 30% faster is just a local optimization; to see a 30% jump in IT, we have to stop plugging AI into old workflows and start re-architecting the business around it.

Case study: FedEx is planning an AI agent workforce

The shipping giant is rolling out more artificial-intelligence bots across the corporation as it integrates the technology into its logistics network, says tech chief.

How AI Is driving revenue, cutting costs and boosting productivity for every industry in 2026: NVIDIA

Show me the money: The era of experimentation is over: 88% of enterprises now report measurable revenue gains as AI shifts from a pilot project to a profit engine.

Long read: The AI paradox: Why GPT-4 boosts performance for some tasks but sabotages others

New research from Harvard and BCG reveals the “jagged frontier” of AI, where workers are 25% faster on creative tasks but 19% less accurate on complex problem-solving.

The limits of bubble thinking: How AI breaks every historical analogy

Stop looking for the next “Dot-com” crash: Why applying 20th-century bubble logic to generative intelligence is a billion-dollar mistake.

Autonomous agent hacked McKinsey's AI in 2 hours

A cybersecurity startup exposed Lilli using a flaw as old as the web.

“Engineer” is so 2025. In AI land, everyone’s a “builder” now

From Big Tech to startups, Silicon Valley has a new job title for people who use AI agents to turn ideas into products.

From AI-augmented human to human-augmented AI

As the software industry splits into three distinct eras, the role of the developer is shifting from code producer to creative director.

Services, the new software

The next $1T company will be a software company masquerading as a services firm.

Labor market impacts of AI: A new measure and early evidence

Anthropic is tracking the jobs most impacted by AI. See the 10 professions that top the list.

The invisible layoff: AI is quietly locking Americans out of the job market, CEO warns

RedBalloon's Andrew Crapuchettes warns tech “disruption” behind February's 92,000 job losses, 4.4% unemployment rate

The consulting AI arms race

OpenAI is entering into multiyear partnerships with Accenture, Boston Consulting Group, Capgemini, and McKinsey & Co. It’s all starting to feel like an Oklahoma land grab. 

90 percent of Y Combinator startups are now AI companies—here’s why that’s alarming

The program is shorter, startups are pushed to build faster, and just about everyone has an AI company. What could go wrong?

Who’s winning in Enterprise AI and SaaS?  Actual credit card transactions provide a picture

AI agent infrastructure is starting to dominate enterprise IT spend.

Bridging the operational AI gap

Enterprise-wide integration is being leveraged to extend today’s process automations into tomorrow’s agentic workflows.

The two step comes to data: Oracle reportedly planning thousands of job cuts amid massive AI spending

Oracle is reportedly planning thousands of layoffs as it pours billions into AI data centers, raising investor concerns over costs and long-term cash flow.

AI can mass-unmask pseudonymous accounts, research paper finds

Goodbye, anonymity. With AI, unmasking pseudonymous online users has become ominously easy.

Is AI productivity prompting burnout? Study finds new pattern of "AI brain fry”

A new study reveals the AI productivity trap: As machines do more of the work, humans are burning out from babysitting them.

We trained 3,000 lawyers on AI. Here’s what we learned

From overcoming skepticism to mastering "AI fluency," six key lessons on why concrete use cases—not abstract promises—are the secret to moving legal teams from experimentation to adoption.

Jack Dorsey just halved the size of Block’s employee base — and he says your company is next

The "empathetic" amputation: Why the Block founder is downsizing his empire now to avoid the "destructive" slow-bleed of tech's new reality. What does he know that Fortune 500 managers don’t?

The week when AI changed everything

The role of AI in war. Mass layoffs get real. Wall Street is forced to confront the brutal reality of an AI-driven economy. This past week we all realized things with AI got real. 

Anthropic is out at the Department of War. OpenAI steps right in

Here’s OpenAI’s explanation.

The 2028 global intelligence crisis

ICYMI: Citrini’s viral note set the internet abuzz last week. The report paints a grim picture of June 2028, detailing how AI could dismantle the white-collar workforce and tank consumer spending. While it fueled the "AI fear trade," skeptics dismiss it as just one of many speculative scenarios.

OpenAI fires an employee for prediction market insider trading

Prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi are big business, and some Big Tech employees are testing boundaries by making trades based on insider knowledge. 

Mistral AI inks a deal with global consulting giant Accenture

Strange bedfellows or clever move? Either way, this follows the trend of frontier labs partnering with large tech services firms. 

Large enterprises are doubling down on tech spend with 20% of budget earmarked for AI: McKinsey’s Noshir Kaka

From pilots to profits: Global corporations are carving out 20% of their tech budgets for AI, signaling a massive capital pivot toward automated workflows and agentic systems.

Burger King’s new AI assistant is designed to be helpful, but will workers beef about it?

Patty (yes, Patty) is an AI voice in their headsets that will tabs on words like “please” and “thank you.”

AI agents are fast, loose, and out of control, MIT study finds

According to an MIT study, the majority of agentic AI systems fail to disclose their safety testing protocols, and many lack a documented mechanism to shut down a rogue bot.

ServiceNow resolves 90% of its own IT requests autonomously. Now it wants to do the same for any enterprise

ServiceNow cracked the code on 99% faster IT resolution. Now, it’s launching "Role Automation" to help organizations move past stalled pilots and bridge the AI execution gap.

Humans are for ideas, AI is for execution

The robots have the throughput; you have the soul. Navigating the divide between commodity content and true breakthrough ideas is key. Andreessen Horowitz on getting the balance right.

Can Gucci make luxury AI?

As critics recoil at AI-generated campaigns, Gucci’s new creative visionary defends the tech as the “e-commerce” of 2026.

How AI can read our scrambled inner thoughts

The crackle of electricity inside your brain has long been too complex to decode. AI is changing that.

China’s dancing robots: how worried should we be?

The eye-catching martial arts performance at China gala had viewers and experts wondering what else humanoids can do.

State of IT jobs: AI sparks rapidly changing market for skills

Adapt or be left behind: As AI reshapes the workplace, companies pivot from mass layoffs to a high-stakes hunt for specialized talent.

Wall Street’s latest bet is on “HALO” companies with AI immunity

Call it the AI immunity trade, HALO, for “heavy assets, low obsolescence.”  Names like McDonalds, Exxon, and John Deere are suddenly popular. 

New AI models are losing their edge almost immediately

Competitors can now match state-of-the-art systems in weeks, raising fears about distillation and shrinking advantage.

Why EPAM systems sank this week

A pattern has emerged in Tech Services: leaders print good numbers and the stock falls.  EPAM falls 16% after earnings as future concerns over AI outweigh current performance.  

Half the AI agent market is one category. The rest is wide open

Anthropic’s new data shows software engineering dominates agentic AI. For founders, that’s not a warning. It’s a treasure map.

Tech giants commit billions to Indian AI as New Delhi pushes for superpower status

The great AI land grab: How a historic summit sparked a record-breaking infrastructure spending spree in India.

Meta and other tech firms put restrictions on use of OpenClaw over security fears

Security experts have urged people to be cautious with the viral agentic AI tool, known for being highly capable but also wildly unpredictable.

The $200 billion agentic AI opportunity for tech service providers

As agentic AI moves from experimental pilots to enterprise-wide deployment, tech providers must trade legacy delivery models for autonomous systems to capture a massive new wave of value.

Google VP warns that two types of AI startups may not survive

As the dust starts to settle, two once-hot business models are looking more like cautionary tales: LLM wrappers and AI aggregators. 

Managing the new blend of human and virtual “co-workers”

Rewriting the rulebook: How CHROs are redefining talent management as humans and machines sync up.

Accenture tells senior staff to use AI tools or risk losing out on leadership promotions

Promotions at Accenture now require an "AI-first" mindset, with internal emails confirming that tool usage is now a key factor in talent discussions.

Sam Altman says companies are “AI washing” layoffs

That said, Altman is probably onto something here. According to Challenger, Gray about 55,000 layoffs in 2025 were attributed directly to AI. While that is a significant number of people out of work, it also accounted for less than 1% of job losses for the year. 

Microsoft AI CEO: Virtually all white collar tasks will be automated within 18 months

“So white collar work where you’re sitting down at a computer, either being a lawyer or an accountant or a project manager or a marketing person, most of those tasks will be fully automated by an AI within the next 12 to 18 months,” Suleyman said.

Investor Matt Shumer says viral essay wasn’t meant to scare people

Umm, too late. And, ICYMI, link through to the essay on this AI moment that went viral this past week. 

AI doesn’t reduce work—it intensifies it

Beyond the efficiency myth: how AI fuels a relentless cycle of task creep, blurred boundaries, and cognitive burnout.

AI disruption could spark a “shock to the system” in credit markets, UBS analyst says

UBS warns that a $120 billion default wave could hit the $3.5 trillion private credit and leveraged loan markets as the AI boom "moves faster" than anticipated.

“It’s over for us”: release of new AI video generator Seedance 2.0 spooks Hollywood

An AI clip featuring Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt fighting has caused concern among industry figures.

I tried RentAHuman, where AI agents hired me to hype their AI startups

Rather than offering a revolutionary new approach to gig work, RentAHuman is filled with bots that just want me to be another cog in the AI hype machine.

Airbnb says a third of its customer support is now handled by AI in the US and Canada

CEO Brian Chesky predicts a "massive" shift in service quality and costs as the company prepares to roll out its custom AI agent worldwide.

Infosys, Wipro and other IT stocks slide as AI fears continue to hammer tech pack

This decline comes after Anthropic unveiled a new AI product capable of automating professional tasks, reigniting fears of margin pressure and weakened competitive positioning.

AI agents are here to stay, businesses say

AI bots are becoming widespread among large companies, even as cybersecurity and tech governance issues still need to be ironed out.

The two-step comes to law: Baker McKenzie fires 10% of back office staff, replacing them with AI

The cases, the chatter, the chaos: what’s really going on in the law.

How AI + agents shift concern from technical debt to cognitive debt

Technical debt lives in the codebase; cognitive debt lives in your mind. And only one is easy to refactor.

KPMG partner fined for using artificial intelligence to cheat in AI training test

Firm says person fined A$10,000 is one of over two dozen staff in Australia caught using AI in exams since July.

Snowflake CEO: software risks becoming a “dumb data pipe” for AI

The battle for the "brain" of the enterprise: Why SaaS vendors are fighting to remain more than just a storage layer.

AI wiped out $400 billion this week — and it's only getting started

The software-industry selloff, sparked by Anthropic's latest release, is ultimately just a baby step in a bigger transformation that may reshape how we all live and work.

AI fears pummel software stocks: Is it “illogical” panic or a SaaS apocalypse?

Executives say fears are overblown, but analysts warn of margin and pricing pressure. Investors are reassessing which software firms can coexist with AI in the long term.

Goldman issues a blunt warning to beat-up software stock investors

The great software stock rout of ‘26 may be just the beginning, Goldman Sachs warned. And one should look no further than how the rise of the internet in the early 2000s hammered the newspaper industry to get a taste of what may be to come.

Anthropic's most powerful Claude AI model just got more powerful

Opus 4.6 is more focused on solving the biggest challenges, such as the inner workings of complex apps, while also handling the simpler steps more quickly.

What the OpenClaw moment means for enterprises: 5 big takeaways

The wide implications of jumping from individual agents to agent teams.

Goldman Sachs leverages AI to automate accounting, compliance roles

Goldman CIO: “Think of it as a digital co-worker for many of the professions within the firm that are scaled, are complex and very process intensive.”

How Nvidia became the first $5 trillion company, in 4 charts

Insatiable demand from global companies for its AI chips has cemented its dominance with an 81% market share.

Maybe AI agents can be lawyers after all

As agentic models master complex reasoning and corporate research, the legal industry faces a reckoning: it’s no longer about whether AI can do the work, but how soon.

Companies are laying off workers because of AI’s potential—not its performance

Based on a survey of 1,006 global executives in December 2025, AI is behind at least some layoffs, but that these are almost completely in anticipation of AI’s impact.

The two-step comes to chemicals: Dow to cut about 4,500 jobs as emphasis shifts to AI and automation

11% of employees to be let go as part of a broader plan aimed at simplifying operations and streamlining.

Who will be the first CIO fired for AI agent havoc?

IDC predicts that up to 20% of large enterprises will see lawsuits, fines, and CIO firings due to inadequate agent controls by 2030. Today’s state of AI governance makes that a likely reality, experts say.

Figure skating turns to AI to tackle judging controversies

The International Skating Union (ISU) has been testing high-resolution camera systems that use AI to track skaters' movements and analyse technical elements such as jump rotation, height, distance travelled and spin positions in real time.

4 takeaways for finance teams as they implement AI

From data integrity to creative problem-solving: How leading CFOs are moving past the hype to deliver measurable ROI through targeted AI implementation.

The dark side of Silicon Valley work culture: The 996 week

Grinding 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM, six days a week. Even though the Chinese practice is now illegal in China. 

How AI undermines Harvard’s grading reform

How to find the new gut? Select classes where AI usage is allowed. 

“The sheer velocity of AI-driven threats makes human-in-the-loop a bottleneck rather than a safeguard”

Cybersecurity may be the first segment to leap fully from copilots to autonomous agents. Humans are proving too slow for AI-generated threats.  

No humans needed: New AI platform takes industry by storm

The tech world is agog about (and creeped out by) Moltbook, a Reddit-style social network for AI agents to communicate with each other. No humans needed.

AI agents now have their own Reddit-style social network, and it’s getting weird fast

Moltbook lets 32,000 AI bots trade jokes, tips, and complaints about humans.

Meta soars after proving AI spend while Microsoft struggles to please

Earnings tale of two titans: Meta’s AI bet pays off in profits, but Microsoft’s rising costs spark investor doubt.

Anthropic hikes 2026 revenue forecast 20%

The emerging corporate model leader is projecting sales to quadruple this year to as much as $18 billion and reach $55 billion next year.

Don’t fear the AI “jobpocalypse”

A contrarian take on the narrative from the FT.

How management consultants are actually using AI

The days of junior associates grinding through slide decks are fading—replaced by a new era where the world’s most elite firms are trading "armies of researchers" for autonomous agents and custom-built algorithms.

CIOs must reclaim agency over our AI future

Big players in the AI market are eating up investments with few checks on their decision-making at the expense of other worthy IT endeavors. IT leaders can’t afford to be bystanders to whatever comes next.

Top engineers at Anthropic, OpenAI say AI now writes 100% of their code—with big implications for the future of software development jobs

As Anthropic and OpenAI researchers report "100% AI-generated" workflows, the software industry nears a tipping point where human engineers act as editors rather than authors.

OpenAI is slashing its hiring pace as financial crunch tightens

“What I think we shouldn’t do, and what I hope other companies won’t do either, is hire super aggressively, then realize all of a sudden AI can do a lot of stuff, and you need fewer people, and have to have some sort of very uncomfortable conversation,” Altman told employees. 

Leaders, gainers and unexpected winners in the Enterprise AI arms race

Based on a16z’s third annual CIO survey of 100 companies in the Global 2000, the honest answer is: it’s complicated.

The automation curve in agentic commerce

Agentic AI is increasingly a part of shopping, but not all transactions will be automated in the same way. Here’s what agents will handle—and the situations that will call for human involvement.

It’s starting to look like AI has killed the entire model of college

"Colleges and universities face an existential issue before them."

How AI is transforming the audit — and what it means for CPAs

New AI tools promise to automate a growing number of audit tasks, but the need for human review remains.

AI models that simulate internal debate dramatically improve accuracy on complex tasks

New research reveals that leading AI models are mastering complex logic by simulating internal "multi-agent" arguments—mimicking a boardroom of diverse experts to solve problems without ever being told to do so.

AI power play: Can Europe catch up with the US and China?

The United States has produced 40 AI foundation models. China has developed 15. All of Europe combined has created just three.

Tech CEOs boast and bicker about AI at Davos

Silicon Valley takes over the Alps: AI hype, bubble fears, and sharp jabs dominate Davos.

“Jobs, jobs, jobs” the AI mantra in Davos as fears take back seat

Tech execs talked their own book, arguing that while jobs would disappear, new ones would spring up.

A guide to the circular deals underpinning the AI boom

A web of interlinked investments raises the risk of cascading losses if AI falls short of its potential.

The state of AI in the enterprise

Deloitte’s 2026 outlook: The battle between merely paving cowpaths and truly reinventing the business.

CEOs leading through uncertainty in the age of AI

PwC’s 29th Global CEO Survey is dominated by AI and the implications of driving tech-driven change.

The real economics of AI and jobs

Previous industrial shifts gave workers decades to adapt. As AI upends the economy in a fraction of that time, experts warn of an unprecedented labor shock. 

AI impacting labor market “like a tsunami” as layoff fears mount

"Most countries and most businesses are not prepared for it," says Kristalina Georgieva, managing director at the International Monetary Fund.

The top brands in IT services

Accenture leads the list, but the rest of the top 10 may surprise you.

Case study: How Procter & Gamble uses AI to unlock new insights from data

With over 100 years of experience as a research-led organization, P&G is now incorporating analytical, generative, and agentic AI to address a wide variety of business issues.

How to get your enterprise architecture ready for agentic AI

Agentic AI investment is hitting an architectural wall. Leaders must modernize complex systems—tackling technical debt and data issues—to turn C-suite ambition into execution.

Rogue agents and shadow AI: Why VCs are betting big on AI security

What happens when an AI agent decides the best way to complete a task is to blackmail you? 

Therapists say they see more workers anxious about AI: It’s “a fear of becoming obsolete”

“I’ve had clients lose their jobs due to AI, and it’s something we’ve processed in our sessions…They express shock, disbelief, and fear about navigating a changing career landscape where their skills are no longer needed.”

Is China quietly winning the AI race?

While OpenAI and Google keep their systems closed, Chinese labs are winning over US developers with a simple proposition: powerful AI that can be downloaded, dissected, and customized.

Claude Is taking the AI world by storm, and even non-nerds are blown away

Developers and hobbyists are comparing the viral moment for Anthropic’s Claude Code to the launch of generative AI.

OpenAI freaked out the software industry. Now, it's Anthropic's turn

A new wave of announcements from Anthropic this week revived fears that generative AI could undermine the economics of traditional software companies such as Salesforce, Workday, and SAP.

Apple’s AI surrender

Apple’s Gemini AI deal supercharges Siri, but may be quietly undermining its most profitable relationship with Google.

AI raises average wages by 21% and substantially reduces wage inequality, researchers find

AI increases the relative productivity of lower-skill workers in tasks previously handled by higher-ups, Stanford paper shows.

AI is taking over core operations of Indian IT companies

Human/AI teams will dominate IT workplaces by 2027, with AI leading most roles and humans stepping in where judgment, empathy, and hands-on expertise still matter.

6 signs the AI race just entered a new phase

Decisions by OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google are starting to shape how consumers, workers and investors experience the AI boom.

Why people create AI “Workslop”—and how to stop It

“Workslop” is spreading at work—and it’s not because employees are lazy, but because leaders are rolling out powerful AI tools without clear guidance or support.

IBM report: AI won't just support businesses, it will define them

A survey of 2,000 executives gives insight into the state of enterprise AI and where things are heading. 

Goldman Sachs ditches consumer credit as AI takes center stage

Goldman’s earnings reveal a firm doubling down on AI and automation to fuel growth, while decisively retreating from consumer balance-sheet businesses.

Enterprise-wide AI can unleash the technology's potential: Here's how you get there

AI is helping humans work better, increasing productivity by as much as 40%. But there’s a significant difference between introducing AI in a few select domains, such as software development and marketing and scaling it enterprise-wide.

AI-related layoffs keep coming. But there’s more to the story

We’re barely into the new year, and companies are shedding more jobs due to AI. But experts say that’s not the omen you think it is.

Microsoft vows to cover full power costs for energy-hungry AI data centers

Umm, OK. But how? Company responds to community concerns over electricity bills and water use.

The founders of billion-dollar AI startups are getting younger — here’s why

The age of founders of AI unicorns has fallen from a peak age of 40 in 2021 to 29-years-old in 2024.

McKinsey asks graduates to use AI chatbot in recruitment process

McKinsey is asking graduate applicants to “collaborate” with an AI tool as part of its recruitment process, as competence with the technology becomes a requirement in competing for top-level jobs.

The mysterious singer with millions of streams - but who (or what) is she?

Three of her dusky, jazz-infused soul songs are in Spotify's Viral Top 50. If she continues on this trajectory, Rose could become one of the year's hottest new stars. There's only one problem: all the signs indicate she's not real.

Anthropic's "infinite vibe coding machine"

Everyone is talking about Claude Code, reinforcing the fact that the AI race is not a binary battle between Google and OpenAI.

10 enterprise AI predictions for 2026

This year will be defined less by experimentation and more by proving what works in the real world.

Global AI adoption in 2025: a widening digital divide

Fastest tech ever, yet AI’s promise splits the world in two as the global south is being left behind. A Microsoft analysis.

Accenture snaps up UK AI startup Faculty for $1B

Faculty’s team of more than 400 AI specialists, including experienced data scientists and AI engineers, will join Accenture. 

Anthropic adds Allianz to growing list of enterprise wins

AI research lab Anthropic continues to land sizable enterprise deals. Its latest entails bringing its large language models to a legacy German insurance giant.

“Worst in Show” CES products include AI refrigerators, companions, and doorbells

The tech awards nobody wants went to an AI soulmate, a singing lollipop, and creepier doorbells.

McKinsey boss breaks down how AI is changing consulting jobs, as non-client-facing roles are shrinking

The consulting giant now employs 25,000 AI agents alongside 40,000 human employees—and expects those numbers to be even by year's end.

The AI revolution is here. Will the economy survive the transition?

The man who predicted the 2008 crash, Anthropic’s co-founder, and a leading AI podcaster debate whether AI is the real deal or if we are watching a historical misallocation of capital unfold in real time.

How AI agents will reshape every part of marketing in 2026

Soon, AI agents won’t just assist customers — they’ll be the customers. Marketers need to rethink visibility in a machine-driven buying journey.

Everybody is using AI. Why aren’t businesses seeing meaningful returns?

“Most companies think this is a technology problem. It isn’t. It’s a leadership and workflow problem.”

AI automation to fuel fresh wave of layoffs in 2026, Goldman Sachs says

The warning comes at a time when the global economy is expected to remain broadly stable, underscoring a growing disconnect between economic conditions and job security. 

The AI question every job candidate should be prepared to answer

MIT: “In many roles, the baseline will no longer be ‘Can a person do the job?’ but rather ‘Can they do it in a way that adds unique value?’”

OpenAI is asking contractors to upload work from past jobs to evaluate the performance of AI agents

To prepare AI agents for office work, the company is asking contractors to upload projects from past jobs, leaving it to them to strip out confidential and personally identifiable information.

Why AI boosts creativity for some employees but not others

AI enhances creativity—but only for workers who know how to think about their thinking.

Gartner identifies the companies to beat in the AI vendor race

The market has segmented into key battlegrounds, with clear leaders emerging for each.

They graduated from Stanford. Due to AI, they can't find a job

A Stanford software engineering degree used to be a golden ticket. Artificial intelligence has devalued it to bronze, recent graduates say.

Google was at risk of losing its dominance — until it promoted this AI executive

One of Josh Woodward’s key strengths, Google employees said, is his ability to remove bureaucratic barriers so that his team can quickly cook up products.

5 ways AI agents will transform the way we work in 2026

The Google Cloud 2026 AI Agent Trends Report forecasts 2026 will be the year AI agents fundamentally reshape business.

What Harvard researchers learned about use of AI in white-collar work at top companies

Think AI-enabled teams, not just AI-equipped individuals.

From McKinsey to PwC, here's how elite consulting firms are racing to hire engineers — and train everyone else in AI

AI is pushing consultants to their biggest-ever talent overhaul.

Anthropic launches enterprise “Agent Skills” and opens the standard, challenging OpenAI in workplace AI

Anthropic’s strategic bet that sharing its approach to making AI assistants more capable will cement the company's position in the fast-evolving enterprise software market.

MIT: The great AI hype correction of 2025

Four ways to think about this year's reckoning.

The 2025 Stratechery year in review

AI’s boom collides with America’s manufacturing anxiety.

The two-step comes to consulting: McKinsey considers thousands of job cuts as AI reshapes consultancy work

Senior leaders at the firm have reportedly discussed plans to reduce headcount by about 10% across some non-client-facing departments, a move that could lead to a few thousand layoffs. 

AI was behind over 50,000 layoffs in 2025 — here are the top firms to cite it for job cuts

MIT released a study in November showing that AI can already do the job of 11.7% of the U.S. labor market and save as much as $1.2 trillion in wages across finance, healthcare, and other professional services.

We asked four AI coding agents to rebuild Minesweeper—the results were explosive

How do four modern LLMs do at re-creating a simple Windows gaming classic?

The ​​top AI & GenAI consulting firms in the USA

Deloitte leads the way. The ranking draws on client and consultant surveys and a capabilities assessment covering AI and GenAI offerings, delivery expertise, project track record, industry recognition, and thought leadership.

Accenture earnings beat estimates. Why the stock is dropping

The strong print wasn’t enough to calm investors’ fears about AI cannibalizing the information-technology and consulting sectors.

Where are investors placing their bets next year? AI, AI, AI

Investors at TechCrunch Disrupt did not shy away from admitting they are interested in mainly one thing: artificial intelligence.  

AI hiring is here. It’s making companies — and job seekers — miserable

AI-led interviews and auto-generated cover letters are dramatically changing the process of getting a job. And maybe not for the better.

Godmother of AI says degrees are less important in hiring than how quickly you can superpower yourself with new tools

Fei-Fei Li of Stanford: “Now, it’s more about what you have learned, what tools you use, how quickly you superpower yourself in using these tools.”

Why the architects of AI are TIME’s 2025 Person of the Year

There is an extraordinary concentration of power among a handful of business leaders, in a manner that hasn’t been witnessed since the Gilded Age. If the past is prologue, this will result in both significant advancements and greater inequality.

Oracle’s collapsing stock shows the AI boom is running into two hard limits: physics and debt markets

Shares of Oracle have plunged 45% from their September high and lost 14% last week after a messy earnings report revealed it spent $12 billion in quarterly capital expenditures, higher than the $8.25 billion expected by analysts.

The current state of AI in the enterprise

Menlo Ventures’ research indicates companies spent $37 billion on generative AI in 2025, up from $11.5 billion in 2024, a 3.2x year-over-year increase. The largest share, $19 billion, went to the user-facing products and software that leverage underlying AI models, aka the application layer. 

Inside IBM’s acquisition of Confluent for enterprise AI

The deal aims to make it easier for businesses to connect data across systems in real time as they expand the use of advanced AI.

The new growth equation for Tech Services

Bain notes that service providers face a stark choice—transform or fall behind.

$18/hour AI agent hacks Stanford network, easily outpaces highly paid human hackers

During the test, ARTEMIS was allowed to operate on Stanford’s private and public computer science networks for 16 hours. In that time, the AI scanned nearly 8,000 devices, including servers and different smart systems used across the university.

British Airways fears a future where AI agents pick flights and brands get ghosted

CEO warns airlines that don’t learn to sell themselves to machines could soon be flying under the radar.

BlackRock's head of talent acquisition reveals how AI has changed what he looks for in applicants

The strongest applicants can demonstrate that they are both digitally native and comfortable with various AI tools, and that they're curious about future capabilities.

The two-step continues at Wells Fargo

CEO: More job cuts coming at the bank, as AI prompts “efficiency.”

Jamie Dimon says soft skills like emotional intelligence and communication are vital as AI eliminates roles

“My advice to people would be critical thinking, learn skills, learn your EQ, learn how to be good in a meeting, how to communicate, how to write. You’ll have plenty of jobs.”

AI is making the workplace lonelier

Who even needs an office bestie anymore? Professionals are increasingly turning to chatbots, instead of humans, for mentorship, advice, chitchat, and brainstorming.

Purdue University approves new AI requirement for all undergrads

All undergraduate students must demonstrate basic competency in AI to graduate, regardless of major. 

Why AI agents failed to take over in 2025 - it's “a story as old as time,” says Deloitte

This was supposed to be the year of AI agents, but only 11% of organizations are currently actively using them. So, what happened?

Counterpoint: Three milestones that will make AI agents ubiquitous

How building trust and democratizing access will turn AI agents into invisible helpers for everyone.