Microsoft’s Copilot can now build apps and automate your job — here’s how it works

Microsoft is launching a significant expansion of its Copilot AI assistant on Tuesday, introducing tools that let employees build applications, automate workflows, and create specialized AI agents using only conversational prompts — no coding required. The new capabilities, called App Builder and Workflows, mark Microsoft’s most aggressive attempt yet to merge artificial intelligence with software […]

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‘AI is tearing companies apart’: Writer AI CEO slams Fortune 500 leaders for mismanaging tech

May Habib, co-founder and CEO of Writer AI, delivered one of the bluntest assessments of corporate AI failures at the TED AI conference on Tuesday, revealing that nearly half of Fortune 500 executives believe artificial intelligence is actively damaging their organizations — and placing the blame squarely on leadership’s shoulders. The problem, according to Habib, […]

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Kai-Fu Lee’s brutal assessment: America is already losing the AI hardware war to China

China is on track to dominate consumer artificial intelligence applications and robotics manufacturing within years, but the United States will maintain its substantial lead in enterprise AI adoption and cutting-edge research, according to Kai-Fu Lee, one of the world’s most prominent AI scientists and investors. In a rare, unvarnished assessment delivered via video link from […]

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How Anthropic’s ‘Skills’ make Claude faster, cheaper, and more consistent for business workflows

Anthropic launched a new capability on Thursday that allows its Claude AI assistant to tap into specialized expertise on demand, marking the company’s latest effort to make artificial intelligence more practical for enterprise workflows as it chases rival OpenAI in the intensifying competition over AI-powered software development. The feature, called Skills, enables users to create […]

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Amazon and Chobani adopt Strella’s AI interviews for customer research as fast-growing startup raises $14M

One year after emerging from stealth, Strella has raised $14 million in Series A funding to expand its AI-powered customer research platform, the company announced Thursday. The round, led by Bessemer Venture Partners with participation from Decibel Partners, Bain Future Back Ventures, MVP Ventures and 645 Ventures, comes as enterprises increasingly turn to artificial intelligence […]

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Salesforce bets on AI ‘agents’ to fix what it calls a $7 billion problem in enterprise software

As 50,000 attendees descend on Salesforce’s Dreamforce conference this week, the enterprise software giant is making its most aggressive bet yet on artificial intelligence agents, positioning itself as the antidote to what it calls an industry-wide “pilot purgatory” where 95% of enterprise AI projects never reach production. The company on Monday launched Agentforce 360, a […]

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Echelon’s AI agents take aim at Accenture and Deloitte consulting models

Echelon, an artificial intelligence startup that automates enterprise software implementations, emerged from stealth mode today with $4.75 million in seed funding led by Bain Capital Ventures, targeting a fundamental shift in how companies deploy and maintain critical business systems. The San Francisco-based company has developed AI agents specifically trained to handle end-to-end ServiceNow implementations — […]

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Slack is giving AI unprecedented access to your workplace conversations

Slack is fundamentally reshaping how artificial intelligence agents access and use enterprise data, launching new platform capabilities that allow developers to tap directly into the rich conversational data flowing through workplace channels — a move that could determine whether Slack or Microsoft Teams becomes the dominant platform for AI-powered work. The company announced Wednesday that […]

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The $1 trillion AI problem: Why Snowflake, Tableau and BlackRock are giving away their data secrets

Snowflake, Salesforce, dbt Labs and more than a dozen other technology companies announced Tuesday they will create a universal standard for how business data is defined and shared across platforms — solving what executives call AI’s most fundamental bottleneck. The Open Semantic Interchange (OSI) initiative brings together fierce competitors who have concluded that inconsistent data […]

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How the Web3 stack will automate the enterprise

We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 – 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! Web3 is not only informing entire verticals and industries but automating the core technology stack of enterprises, including those once deemed as the disruptors.  […]

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Dissecting the hype over low-code

We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 – 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! We’ve reached the point where the industry attention being paid to low-code development has moved it from “a hot topic” to “normal.” Gartner, for […]

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ServiceNow powers hybrid work with indoor mapping

We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 – 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! ServiceNow has officially introduced indoor mapping to its Now Platform, some nine months after acquiring indoor mapping provider Mapwize. Founded in 2003, ServiceNow is […]

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Stripe’s new apps marketplace brings third-party tools directly into Stripe

We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 – 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! Payments processing and financial infrastructure giant Stripe has launched a new apps marketplace, designed to bring third-party accounting, analytics, CRM, marketing and esignature features […]

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How to make co-innovation work for your business

We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 – 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! Like innovation before it, co-innovation is quickly becoming both corporate buzzword and gospel. By partnering with tech companies to harness the power of emerging […]

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Imec launches sustainable semiconductor program

We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 – 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! Imec, a semiconductor research accelerator in Leuven, Belgium, announced the first fruits of the Sustainable Semiconductor Technologies and Systems (SSTS) research program aimed at […]

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