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The rise of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has fueled high expectations regarding its potential to enhance knowledge work productivity in terms of efficiency and quality. Building on task-technology fit (TTF) theory, we empirically examine the extent of GenAI's productivity effect for different task types. We conducted a randomized lab-in-the-field experiment with 128 knowledge workers from a multinational industrial organization. Participants completed three representative knowledge

As AI shifts from automation to orchestration, in-house legal teams are redesigning workflows, cutting external spend, and redefining their role, moving from advisors to builders of the systems that now […] The post Orange Rag Insights: From advisors to builders – How AI is remaking the in-house lawyer appeared first on Legal IT Insider .

“I think we’ve done a pretty good job of identifying, amongst commanders, where we’re going to take risk or how we manage the risks as we prioritize… [efforts] in the CENTCOM region right now and what are those things that you know we are able to absorb as commanders elsewhere in the Air Force enterprise,” said PACAF Commander Gen. Kevin Schneider.

Uptime Institute today released the findings of its 16th Annual Global Data Center Survey, the most comprehensive study of the digital infrastructure sector. The 2026 results reveal an industry navigating workforce constraints, escalating outage expenses, even as rising costs remain the top concern for management teams.

After eight years of building a no-code automation platform, Tines launched 3B Tuesday, a new platform that uses AI to The post “There is a sell-by date on low-code, no-code”: What Tines thinks comes next appeared first on The New Stack .

AI readiness isn’t about picking the right tools—it’s about the CEO leading the hard work of reshaping culture, pace, and people to build a more capable organization.

AI readiness isn’t about picking the right tools—it’s about the CEO leading the hard work of reshaping culture, pace, and people to build a more capable organization.

Vodacom, the University of Johannesburg and Amazon Web Services join forces to address SA’s growing demand for job-ready AI and data science skills.

Ben Greene discusses how software engineers can adapt and thrive in an era of rapid AI code automation. Drawing on his startup experience, he explains key mindsets like starting simple, maintaining code comprehension, attacking hard problems first, and focusing on customer impact. He shares why human empathy, agency, and practical problem-solving remain irreplaceable when code is automated. By Ben Greene

and where productivity growth will really come from

Inside the slick new Terminal B at New York’s LaGuardia Airport, a headless robotic “dog” is beginning to patrol the floors. As bemused airport travelers watch from close by, the four-wheeled device rolls around baggage claim, where it’s been deployed for a demonstration. Its job: sniffing. Well, sort of. The robot is armed with air quality detectors that the airport team says help monitor the terminal for pollutants.  This robot, along with two others, constitutes a fledgling automated fle

Lee, an engineer at Samsung’s semiconductor division, clocks out when his shift ends. He used to work longer hours, going the extra mile to excel at his projects. But lately, he’s been coming straight home to work on his job application for the chipmaker’s South Korean rival SK Hynix, sharing tips with his coworkers on…

As countries compete for technological leadership, the ability to anticipate workforce constraints may prove just as important as anticipating geopolitical ones. (Carlos Osorio/REUTERS) In 2021, ...

Two job postings on its careers page suggest OpenAI wants third parties, not just its own sellers, to sell its inventory.

Communities fear they will squeeze access to electricity and water, spoil rural areas and boost tech giant profits with limited local job creation

arXiv:2607.22617v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Data centers are critical to today's digital economy, but are also among the largest industrial consumers of freshwater. Beyond the sheer volume of water use, the environmental impact of data center water consumption varies significantly across locations and seasons, depending on local and regional water stress. However, prior research has largely focused on reducing total water use, overlooking that the same unit of water can have drastically diff

AI is shrinking crews and production times while opening film jobs to workers trained in fields far beyond cinema.

Benedict Cumberbatch, Alan Cumming and Benedict Wong wrote an op-ed Monday citing the dangers to industry competition, jobs and a concentration of power if Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery merge. “We have watched, with growing alarm, what consolidation does to the breadth and depth of the work we produce: independent film acquisitions at the...

It includes the new agentic model MAI-Cyber-1-Flash and the Project Perception platform, with the tech giant claiming it’ll do a better job than its rivals at half the cost. The post Microsoft debuts AI cybersecurity offerings as competition heats up appeared first on CyberScoop .

As conversational AI systems become increasingly integrated into daily life, their potential effects on user well-being require ongoing attention. While consumer-facing generalist models can provide benefits, including improved access to information, learning, productivity, self-reflection, and companionship, they also introduce risks, such as emotional entanglement, unhealthy dependence, and the amplification of psychological vulnerabilities. Drawing on prior research and empirical observations

OpenAI analyzed over 800,000 work-related ChatGPT messages and found that 43.5 percent of job-specific queries involve tasks from other professions. The company calls this "task crossover." The trend is most pronounced at small businesses, where users increasingly handle specialized work without dedicated experts. The article OpenAI says more workers are using ChatGPT to do other people's jobs appeared first on The Decoder .

Charles MacKinnon disagrees with the British Gas owner’s justification for cutting 1,300 jobs According to Centrica’s boss, Chris O’Shea, most people using British Gas prefer to talk to a chatbot rather than a person ( Customers prefer AI chatbots, says British Gas owner as 1,300 call centre and back office jobs axed, 23 July ). He says that 90% of his customers prefer to use digital channels than speak to a person in the first instance, and that the number of customer calls has fallen by 20%. W

Early warning of extreme weather is essential for mitigating the societal, economic, and environmental risks posed by hazardous weather events. However, expert-centered warning workflows are costly, labor-intensive, and difficult to scale throughout the warning-to-action process. Although recent advances in Large Language Model (LLM) agents have enabled the automation of weather-related tasks, existing studies remain centered on isolated scientific tasks and overlook the chain of interdependent

At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, the Smart Systems Stage will be where energy, infrastructure, and technology collide, covering everything from fusion breakthroughs to the grid strain AI is putting on the entire economy.

In 2020, voters in California’s Alameda County made a remarkable decision. Rather than accept generations of underinvestment in young children, they chose to build something families had never truly had: an early childhood system designed to work. Parents, early educators, childcare providers, labor leaders, business leaders, advocates and community organizations came together around a shared […]

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When we created software agents, we built them in the shape of humans, as solitary individuals. Today, agents created by The post “Developers see this as the future”: Pilot Protocol launches to power the agent economy appeared first on The New Stack .

What GAO Found The Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA) was enacted in 1980, in part to address individuals’ and organizations’ ability to challenge or defend themselves against civil or administrative actions involving the federal government. EAJA authorizes the award of legal fees to parties that prevail against the federal government and meet other eligibility criteria, under certain circumstances. Federal agencies reported paying over $116 million for about 15,000 EAJA awards, on average per y

This story was originally published on June 29 in The Highlight. To get access to member-exclusive stories like this every month, become a Vox Member today. America in the summer of 1976 was not in a good place. The president who presided over the country’s bicentennial, President Gerald Ford, only had the job because the previous president […]

Some data suggest that artificial intelligence is causing job losses. Other sources show the opposite. Why is it so hard to figure out what’s going on?

Open source software is a critical pillar of the global economy. It underpins cloud computing, financial services, manufacturing, telecommunications, government and internet services by making technology accessible and observable to communities of experts. Cybersecurity is among the top three beneficiaries of open source software. The Open Secure AI Alliance — building on the leadership of […]

Show me a farmer, said Mike Burdick, vice president of Sabanto, an autonomous tractor startup in Itasca, Illinois, and I’ll show you someone who has a million things he or she just doesn’t have time to do in the course of their workday. He’ll also show you a farmer who wouldn’t mind having their tractor ghost-ride across their fields as they take care of the endless work of being a modern farmer.  That’s one of the central observations that has driven the growth of Sabanto’s autonomous tech

A corporate fad of “tokenmaxxing” on artificial intelligence technology is hitting its limits as workplaces throwing AI at everything are seeing the costs rise without a similar spike in productivity.

The academic’s ambitious guide to the ethics of tech falls short of its promise to provide meaningful answers The AI ethicist Eleanor Drage believes that to thrive alongside artificial intelligence, humans need to recognise AI’s “humanity”. She means that while we often speak of AI as though it were some mystical, formless thing, it is the product of hours of human labour, in silicon and quartz mines, microchip factories and data labelling centres. If citizens want to wrest power from the t

Can Outcomes-Based Financing Help Solve the Loan Crisis? jessica.blake@… Mon, 07/27/2026 - 03:00 AM In an interview with Inside Higher Ed , Ethan Pollack, a senior director at Jobs for the Future, discusses how these loans work and why they might help address today’s challenges. Byline(s) Jessica Blake

Workforce Pell Is Live. How’s It Going for States? Sara Weissman Mon, 07/27/2026 - 03:00 AM As states work to implement the new policy, only a trickle of programs have qualified. But experts say it’s too early to tell Workforce Pell’s full impact. Byline(s) Sara Weissman

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New OpenAI research shows how AI is expanding what workers do, with ChatGPT users taking on tasks across roles and reshaping job boundaries.

The complexity of modern chip design continues to grow as engineering teams work to develop increasingly sophisticated CPUs, GPUs and AI systems. To help meet that challenge, NVIDIA is collaborating with industry leaders Cadence and Synopsys to optimize critical electronic design automation (EDA) applications for the NVIDIA Vera CPU. NVIDIA is now deploying Vera across […]