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Tag: AI strategy
Slack’s GM Predicts Agents Will Soon Outnumber Humans on the Platform
Slack is about to become a place where most of its users don’t need it — at least not in any human sense. The platform has long been where work happens. That’s been the pitch since day one. But spend time with General Manager Rob Seaman and you start to wonder whether the work happening […]
This Adobe Sneak Uses AI to Rethink the Personalized Web
Cookies have long been the default tool brands reach for when personalizing the web. For over 30 years, small text files stored in browsers have given companies a window into how users move across the web—and a way to tailor ads and content accordingly. But privacy regulations such as GDPR and CCPA, restrictions in browsers […]
Adobe Must Defend Its Creative Advantage as AI Transforms Design Tools
Adobe kicks off its annual Summit in Las Vegas this week with more to prove than usual. The company that once defined the creative software market is now navigating an AI shift that threatens to make its tools less essential—and its premium pricing harder to justify. Not only that, but it’s navigating these waters without […]
Can Seattle Become America’s Next AI Capital?
IN THIS ISSUE: Seattle has long been one of America’s most consequential technology cities—and the evidence suggests it may be more ready for the AI era than its national reputation reflects. This week’s column makes the case for Seattle as a serious AI capital, drawing on its unique concentration of cloud infrastructure, renewable-energy advantages, aerospace […]
Why Microsoft Is Betting on OpenClaw
IN THIS ISSUE: Microsoft is making its boldest agentic bet yet, building a new team to bring the OpenClaw framework into Microsoft 365 Copilot — a move that could reshape how hundreds of millions of office workers interact with AI. But as enterprises race to deploy AI agents, a quieter crisis is building in the […]
Okta Moves to Rein In Shadow AI Agents Inside the Enterprise
Okta is moving to provide enterprise IT teams with clearer visibility into the AI agents operating within their organizations—especially those not officially approved. With its new Agent Discovery capability inside its Identity Security Posture Management (ISPM) offering, the company aims to shed light on so-called shadow AI, flagging emerging risks before they escalate, and help […]
Ai2 Releases Molmo 2, an Open Video Model That Outperforms Qwen 3, GPT-5, and Gemini 2.5 Pro While Knowing Where the Action Happens
Ai2 has unveiled Molmo 2, the latest iteration of its open-source vision-language model (VLM). Arriving over a year after the original, this state-of-the-art update brings the most notable upgrades yet: support for multiple images and video, and grounding. The next-generation Molmo can now count and track objects or actions within videos. And just like its […]
AI Agent Ambition vs. Reality: Enterprises Expect Mass 2027 Deployment, But ‘Sprawl’ and Skills Gaps Keep 97% From Scaling
If 2025 feels like the year AI agents finally arrived, 2027 may make it look tame by comparison, with analysts projecting an outright surge in enterprise-grade bots. But for now, even as companies adopt these digital workers, their ambitions far outpace their execution; 97 percent have yet to figure out how to scale agents across […]
Salesforce Launches New Agentforce Observability Tools to Solve the AI Black Box
Salesforce is introducing new tools in its Agentforce 360 platform to provide greater transparency, giving enterprises clearer insight into how AI agents behave. The goal: crack open the proverbial black box that has slowed AI adoption and undermined trust. As organizations push to build truly agentic enterprises, the ability to observe and understand these bots […]
68% of Companies Use AI, but Frontier Firms Are Driving Real Enterprise Impact
Seven months ago, Microsoft introduced the concept of the Frontier Firm, arguing that AI would fundamentally reshape the enterprise. Its research predicted that within two to five years, most companies would be well on their way to becoming AI-native. Now, a new Microsoft-commissioned study by IDC offers an early look at that trajectory—and how closely […]