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| The Gr-AI-m Reaper: Hundreds of jobs at IBM and Crowdstrike vanish as artificial intelligence makes humans more dispensable TechRadar IBM and CrowdStrike slashed hundreds of jobs while simultaneously investing heavily in AI capabilities, signaling a concerning shift in workforce priorities. As executives frame these cuts as “efficiency measures,” should knowledge workers across all industries be preparing for an AI-driven job apocalypse? Have a genius business idea? These 2 AI tools can help you turn it into a reality ZDNET Launching a business has never been more accessible thanks to new AI tools that streamline everything from concept validation to logo design. Could your million-dollar idea finally become reality with just a few AI prompts and zero technical expertise? AI Will Replace Marketing Jobs As CMO Budgets Stagnate, Says Gartner AdExchanger Gartner predicts a significant shakeup in marketing departments as CMO budgets remain flat while AI adoption accelerates. With 75% of marketers already using AI and 25% of marketing jobs potentially automated by 2026, is your marketing career on the chopping block? How to choose the right marketing AI tools for real business impact MarTech As businesses navigate through thousands of marketing AI tools promising transformative results, identifying which ones deliver genuine ROI remains challenging. Could the five-step framework in this article be the difference between AI implementation success and costly experimentation failure? If your teams aren’t ready for AI, then your tools won’t matter MarTech Companies are racing to adopt AI marketing tools, but a staggering 70% of transformation initiatives fail due to organizational readiness issues. Is your organization making the critical mistake of focusing on technology while neglecting the human systems that determine AI success? 2025 Marketing Technology Landscape Supergraphic: 100X growth since 2011, but now with AI… CustomerThink The 2025 Marketing Technology Landscape reveals a staggering 100-fold growth since 2011, with AI now embedded across nearly every category of the 13,000+ solutions. How can marketers possibly navigate this explosion of options without drowning in technological overwhelm? Why CMOs Shouldn’t Trust the AI Confidence Boom CMS Wire CMO confidence in AI marketing solutions has skyrocketed to 91%, yet disappointing ROI and implementation challenges remain widespread. Is this dangerous disconnect between executive enthusiasm and operational reality setting marketing departments up for an inevitable AI reckoning? |
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MarketingTech.AI News May 20, 2025
May 20, 2025 | By Tom Pick | Reading Time: 2 minutes
