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  U.S. Bank shifts critical apps to AWS for AI push

  The financial services firm joins a growing list of banks looking to upgrade foundational infrastructure to better support AI initiatives.

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  OpenAI spins up standalone consulting business

  The model builder acquired applied AI engineering firm Tomoro to help staff the $4 billion venture.

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  AI used to develop working zero-day exploit, researchers warn

  A report by GTIG shows threat groups are increasingly leveraging AI to scale attacks. The exploitation attempt was disclosed and patched, preventing a mass incident.

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  Yum Brands’ tech chief on building its ‘AI backbone’

  The company underwent modernization efforts for its decades-old brands to use one common data model across 35,000 restaurants.

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  Tech unemployment dropped to 3.5% in April. Meanwhile, companies such as Cloudflare and Coinbase announced AI-related layoffs.

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  Ace Hardware releases AI assistant for store staff

  Hey ARMA gives associates access to product knowledge, project advice and recommendations. 

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  CIOs are now orchestrators of AI business value

  AI has prompted tech leaders to become strategic architects driving value from the technology across the enterprise, according to Marriott’s and Jabil’s CIOs.

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  Anthropic deepens push into financial services

  The AI provider is developing industry-specific tools for finance and partnering with investors to gain an edge in middle-market enterprise tech adoption.

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  Businesses hide vast majority of ransomware attacks, report finds

  The security firm BlackFog said the number of disclosed incidents it tracked in Q1 was roughly one-tenth of the number of undisclosed incidents.

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  Why AI regulation is now an operating model

  CIOs must know where AI is deployed, manage risk across the lifecycle and produce evidence without scrambling.

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  Finance chiefs expect smaller finance teams, fewer junior roles amid AI push

  Despite modernization plans, most CFOs said the use of AI in key finance activities are still at the planning or piloting stage.

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  Businesses eager but unprepared for AI to transform their security strategies

  Meanwhile, a new report found, companies are neglecting other basic security tools.

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  High-value use cases lag behind enterprise AI hype

  Just 16% of companies say the tools are delivering significant, measurable impact as governance lags, according to Appian data.

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  Google, Microsoft and xAI’s frontier AI to face national security testing

  For CIOs, the expanded testing signals massive risk in choosing unapproved models for enterprise deployment, The Futurum Group’s Nick Patience said.

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  AWS, IBM boost mainframe-cloud interoperability

  The partnership aims to support enterprises’ hybrid cloud strategies, identifying core patterns of connection between AWS and IBM mainframes.

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  General Mills adds transformation to tech chief’s remit

  Jaime Montemayor now serves as chief digital, technology and transformation officer as the company leans on technology to drive growth.

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  SAP buys Dremio, Prior Labs for AI data push

  The ERP vendor is on a spending spree as it builds out infrastructure capabilities for enterprise AI initiatives.

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  Tech roles expand in the C-suite amid questions about AI value

  Tech leaders are taking on responsibilities around ROI and translating value to the board, a Deloitte study shows.

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  Shake Shack’s tech chief forges a practical AI strategy

  CITO Justin Mennen is prioritizing efficiency with a mix of enterprise-built and custom AI products.

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  Citi launches Arc to scale AI agents across the business

  The financial services firm is looking to the technology to automate manual tasks such as research and data analysis.

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  US and allies urge ‘careful adoption’ of AI agents

  New guidance from a coalition of Western governments underscores the difficult-to-predict risks of still-evolving agentic tools.

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  Microsoft touts Copilot growth, boosts spending as revenues soar

  The tech giant expects $190 billion in capital expenditures during this calendar year, primarily to expand compute capacity, CFO Amy Hood said. 

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  Buoyed by OpenAI deal, AWS prepares for agentic future

  The tech giant will continue to “lay out cash” for compute infrastructure, including land, buildings and chips, CEO Andy Jassy said.

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  Google Cloud tops $20B on AI boom

  The company’s cloud revenue was up 63% as the provider spent $35.7 billion in capital expenditures to reap AI opportunities.

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