Enterprises that use AI in hiring and firing decisions continue to be under scrutiny, and this time it’s Meta under the microscope. A legal complaint filed on July 13 in a US District Court in California alleges that Meta used AI systems that unfairly and illegally selected workers for termination while they were out on…
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis on Tuesday reiterated his push for an AI industry self-regulation effort, led by the US government, that is particularly focused on artificial general intelligence (AGI) and national security. But it is precisely that focus on national security that may make the results of such an effort, assuming it happens, less…
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis is pushing for the US AI industry to self-regulate, with the support of government, as a starting point for an international creating shared international standards. In a blog post, he called for a focus on artificial general intelligence (AGI) and national security. But it is precisely that focus on national…
Enterprises are facing two simultaneous challenges with AI: The risks associated with it are evolving faster than governance frameworks, while the business benefits are often difficult to measure. This is one of the key findings of The Value of AI, a study commissioned by SAP from Oxford Economics. Now in its second year, the study…
If you just read the headlines, it would seem as if AI is now writing all of the world’s code and powering every application businesses run on. That’s far from true. Just 4 of 33 AI pilots reach production, according to IDC Research — leaving legacy applications still fueling the wheels of commerce. This “silent…
Gen AI spending is moving beyond the familiar software model of seats, licenses, and pilots. As AI shifts from copilots to embedded workflows and autonomous agents, one user request can trigger multiple model calls, retrieval steps, retries, orchestration layers, and infrastructure events. A tool that looks affordable in pilot may behave very differently once connected…
When people hear the term artificial intelligence, they usually think of chatbots or data analysis. But at BMW’s Spartanburg plant in the US, AI is now getting hands, legs, and eyes. Under the term physical AI, the automaker is integrating the new humanoid AI robt Figure 03 into its production logistics. The move comes as…
If you spend enough time in Silicon Valley AI circles, you’ll hear the same message over and over again: AI needs context. The statement is broadly true. The problem is that “context” has become one of the least precise terms in the industry. Depending on who is using it, context can mean documents, dashboards, reports,…
Shadow IT has long been a major problem for IT leaders, but the biggest problem may be coming from the executive suite’s hunger for unsanctioned AI. Nearly two-thirds of senior decision-makers admit to using unapproved AI tools, compared to just 31% of lower-level employees, according to a survey by Microsoft solutions partner TrustedTech. The use…
A largely overlooked layer of the AI stack is emerging as a major driver of enterprise costs. New testing by AI consultancy Systima found that agent harnesses, the software that coordinates models, tools and workflows, can generate significant token overhead through their configuration alone, potentially inflating the cost of AI deployments as organizations scale agents…