Daily Tasks Lead Consumer Shift to AI Assistants

Consumers are increasingly willing to let artificial intelligence (AI) go beyond answering questions and start taking action on their behalf, but this willingness remains selective and uneven. New data from PYMNTS Intelligence shows significant interest in autonomous AI assistants for daily planning, although a significant share of consumers remain cautious about handing over control. Overall,…

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The Case for Dynamic AI-SaaS Security as Copilots Scale

Over the past year, AI co-pilots and agents have quietly permeated the SaaS applications that businesses use every day. Tools like Zoom, Slack, Microsoft 365, Salesforce, and ServiceNow now come with built-in AI assistants or agent-like features. Virtually all major SaaS providers have rushed to integrate AI into their offerings. The result is an explosion…

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Technology exec says AI fuels blue-collar productivity boom, not job losses

Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar corrects criticism that artificial intelligence will create mass unemployment, praising his company for enabling businesses to hire “more” on “The Bottom Line.” Shyam Sankar, Palantir’s chief technology officer, told FOX Business that artificial intelligence (AI) is fueling a boom in blue-collar productivity — not mass unemployment as Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.,…

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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy announces departure of AI executive Rohit Prasad in leadership shakeup

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy dropped an AI bombshell on employees today, announcing that Rohit Prasad, who has led Amazon’s so-called AGI (artificial general intelligence) team since 2023, overseeing the development of the company’s Nova models, would leave at the end of the year. Prasad was previously the chief scientist behind Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant, a…

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Security platform consolidation in 2026: The AI imperative

By Published: December 17, 2025 AI leaves us no choice but to consolidate cybersecurity platforms; In 2026, organizations will face AI-driven attacks that adapt in real time. Fragmented security stacks simply can’t keep up, pushing security teams toward consolidated platforms – not to save money, but to survive. AI-powered threats will launch dynamic, multi-level…

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Stanford awards follow-on Hoffman-Yee funding to AI research teams

Stanford University has awarded up to two million dollars each in follow-on funding to five interdisciplinary research teams through its Hoffman-Yee Research Grants program, extending work focused on human-centered studies. artificial intelligence in science, health and society. The funding, administered by Stanford Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI) and supported by a philanthropic gift from Reid Hoffman…

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