Marketing AI News

Autonomous service still needs a human handoffTechTargetAI agents, robots and automation can handle more service work, but customer service still needs human judgment, clean handoffs and coordinated ownership. ‘It’s not going away’: The Stanford economist who called the AI entry-level jobs crisis early has the receipts*FortuneLast August, a team led by Stanford economist Erik Brynjolfsson […]

AI agents are not your “coworkers”*MIT Technology ReviewMarketing AI agents as digital employees may make human workers worse … Agents, which can effectively be thought of as AI tools programmed … Most Companies Are Already Failing at AI. They Just Don’t Know It Yet.*EntrepreneurTechnology can be copied. A team that knows how to work alongside […]

MIT study warns of major AI risk. Is governance keeping up?TechTargetAI experts warn of catastrophic AI risks, but governance lags, with security concerns driving policy while broader risks aren’t being fully addressed. Tech execs are hoping you forget all that ‘AI is going to kill jobs’ stuffBusiness InsiderLast year, Sam Altman warned that AI would […]

An AI bubble burst? Early warning signs and how to prepare?TechTargetAt the end of May, just 20 of the S&P 500 members closed at a record. Thirteen of these stocks were directly linked to AI. This is strikingly similar to March 2000, when, strangely, 20 stocks also hit new highs and the dotcom bubble reached […]

The real reason enterprise AI is stuckFast CompanyThe AI industry is still building from metaphors. And metaphors do not industrialize. The CMO And CIO Friction Point: Navigating The AI Agent And AEO EcosystemSearch Engine JournalExplore the disconnect between CMOs and CIOs regarding AI agents AEO CMO and its impact on business revenue. This week’s news […]

Anthropic urges global pause in AI development, flags ‘self-improvement’ risk*The Wall Street JournalAnthropic is calling for top artificial intelligence labs to weigh slowing the pace of development, suggesting that AI systems are advancing so rapidly that they may soon be able to improve themselves without human intervention in ways that could pose significant societal risks. […]

Brutal bloodbath at California tech startup Webflow as staff locked out without warningNew York PostWebsite building and hosting platform Webflow is the latest victim of Artificial Intelligence that has wreaked havoc on California’s tech industry — revealing Wednesday that many of its staff will be laid off. AI layoffs were supposed to be the future, […]

The hidden cost of AI: organizations that agree too fastFast CompanyAs AI removes friction from decision-making, organizations risk losing the productive disagreement that drives innovation. Americans are furiously rebelling against AI — and it cost the industry $156 billion. ‘People feel like they’re under siege’EntrepreneurBooed commencement speeches, Molotov cocktails thrown at CEO homes and bullets […]

Opinion: AI is reshaping the labor market, but not how people think*The HillThe AI jobs debate has been trapped between two lazy extremes. One camp insists a white-collar collapse is already underway. The other dismisses every concern because the unemployment rate has not surged. Cognitive scientists found using AI for just 10 minutes impairs brain […]

AI’s got a brand problem. The CEOs aren’t helpingFast CompanyMost companies want to sell you on their product. AI companies do too. They just have a funny way of doing it. The “AI Job Apocalypse” Is a Complete Fantasy?Andreesen HorowitzThe AI Alarmist, “Permanent Underclass” panic isn’t a convincing story. It isn’t even a new story. […]