AI & Future Tech
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IBM powers up AI-ready z17 mainframe
The product line, designed to handle AI workloads, will begin shipping this summer.
By Matt Ashare • April 8, 2025 -
Zoom goes agentic in ongoing AI push
The collaboration software provider unveiled a task management capability, which can suggest action items and help complete them on users' behalf.
By Roberto Torres • April 7, 2025 -
How CIOs can course-correct data strategies with AI goals in mind
Businesses should assess existing practices, then engage leadership and plot a path forward to get enterprise data structures in shipshape.
By Lindsey Wilkinson • April 7, 2025 -
AI model performance improvements show no signs of slowing down
In 2025, OpenAI’s o3 model solved nearly 72% of coding problems, a steep jump from an overall high score of 4.4% in 2023, an analysis from the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI found.
By Lindsey Wilkinson • April 7, 2025 -
Sponsored by Pluralsight
AI is the future, but most companies’ plans are short-term
A clearly defined AI strategy is crucial to optimize implementation, ROI and leadership support.
By Chris McClellen, Chief Product and Technology Officer • April 7, 2025 -
The Campbell’s Company drafts Coca-Cola vet to lead digital transformation
The 155-year-old soup and snack giant appointed Aaron Gwinner as SVP, chief digital and technology officer Thursday.
By Matt Ashare • April 4, 2025 -
Papa Johns bets on AI for CX, operations boost
The pizza chain created an innovation team focused on utilizing Google Cloud's AI, ML and data analytics capabilities.
By Lindsey Wilkinson • April 3, 2025 -
Enterprises have high ROI hopes for agentic AI
Business decision-makers want to use lessons learned from generative AI adoption to improve agent implementation, a PagerDuty report found.
By Lindsey Wilkinson • April 2, 2025 -
AI training lags despite increased use at work, survey says
Most workers believe AI will influence their jobs and career plans, according to the Jobs for the Future survey, but about half said they still don’t feel prepared to use AI at work.
By Carolyn Crist • April 2, 2025 -
Expedia pursues agentic, generative AI with caution
Leadership balances innovation with speed, scalability and costs while boosting employee engagement via an internal “playground.”
By Lindsey Wilkinson • April 1, 2025 -
Developers feel the heat as AI coding tools shorten deadlines
Hiring activity shifted to senior development talent last year amid rising role expectations, according to a HackerRank report.
By Roberto Torres • March 31, 2025 -
The Hartford reshuffles tech leadership team to drive AI, cloud strategy
The insurer appointed Jeffery Hawkins to chief data, AI and operations officer and elevated Shekar Pannala to the CIO role.
By Matt Ashare • March 31, 2025 -
Cybersecurity firms brace for impact of potential Oracle Cloud breach
As evidence continues to pile up, providers are warning customers to secure their networks.
By David Jones • March 31, 2025 -
Sponsored by BetterCloud
The rise of shadow AI and regaining control of software spend
Unmasking shadow AI is easier said than done, but absolutely necessary to control risk.
March 31, 2025 -
CIOs cull internal generative AI projects as vendor spending soars
“This is the year that we go from a little bit of money being spent on software with Gen AI to a tidal wave of money being spent on it,” Gartner Analyst John-David Lovelock said.
By Matt Ashare • March 31, 2025 -
Generative AI users say outputs show bias, lack detail
Developers, quality assurance pros and consumers report that the technology often lacks detail or misunderstands prompts, according to an Applause report.
By Lindsey Wilkinson • March 28, 2025 -
Why banks are all-in on open source
Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase and other industry giants are reaping efficiency rewards and attracting tech talent simply by sharing code.
By Matt Ashare • Updated 4 hours ago -
Enterprises beef up cybersecurity plans to mitigate AI risks
More than 2 in 5 leaders say they’ve strengthened practices to curb increased threats, misuse and other vulnerabilities tied to using the technology.
By Lindsey Wilkinson • March 28, 2025 -
Kyndryl fires up Google Cloud analytics, AI to drive mainframe modernization
The partnership will help enterprises translate COBOL code to Java and migrate on-prem applications to cloud environments.
By Matt Ashare • March 27, 2025 -
What’s keeping technology leaders up at night?
From skill gaps and governance hurdles to the rush of AI advancements, executives from Mondelēz, EY, Walmart and other enterprises share what worries them.
By Lindsey Wilkinson • March 26, 2025 -
How to navigate generative AI adoption hurdles
CIOs shouldn’t fear taking the path of least resistance, narrowing their focus and leaving room for failure on the road to adoption, BCG Managing Director and Partner Amanda Luther said.
By Matt Ashare • March 25, 2025 -
Virginia vetoes AI bill in latest push toward light-touch regulation
As the federal government promotes a deregulation approach to the technology, the state-level move is the latest sign of minimizing oversight.
By Lindsey Wilkinson • March 25, 2025 -
Hiring for promise can help close skills gaps, research shows
“Many organizations are transforming their capabilities so rapidly that they can’t acquire all the skills they need,” a Gartner director said.
By Carolyn Crist • March 25, 2025 -
How Experian’s innovation lab fueled generative AI adoption
A 15-year-old innovation lab enabled the credit reporting company quickly build AI capabilities rather than get left behind, Chief Innovation Officer Kathleen Peters said.
By Roberto Torres • March 24, 2025 -
Leaders struggle to scale, reap value from generative AI
Businesses seeing AI-driven benefits are more likely to have invested in agentic architecture and crafted a comprehensive data strategy, Accenture found.
By Lindsey Wilkinson • March 24, 2025