A new Ibec report warns that Ireland risks failing to capitalize on a multi-billion euro AI opportunity without a shift to lifelong reskilling. The report, supported by Accenture, urges policymakers t…
A global SAP Emarsys survey of over 10,000 consumers found that 66% have switched from a previously loyal brand due to cost, with true brand loyalty dropping to 29% in 2025. AI shopping tools are acce…
Investors are dumping BPO stocks like Teleperformance and Concentrix, betting that AI will disrupt the call center industry. Teleperformance shares fell 29.3% after Klarna disclosed its AI assistant r…
David Hardoon, Standard Chartered's former global head of AI enablement, has joined Accenture as managing director and head of advanced AI for Southeast Asia. The move reflects growing demand for AI e…
Factory co-founder and CEO Matan Cohen presented the concept of a software factory at the AI Engineer World Fair in San Francisco, defining it as the full autonomous cycle of software development incl…
California Governor Gavin Newsom announced a deal with Anthropic giving all state agencies access to the Claude AI assistant at half price, making Anthropic the state's first official AI partner. The …
British American Tobacco is cutting 5,500 jobs and outsourcing 3,500 roles as part of an AI-driven restructuring program called Fit2Win, targeting £600 million in annual savings by 2028. The overhaul …
British American Tobacco (BAT) plans to cut 9,000 jobs, about a fifth of its workforce, as part of a transformation program to cut costs and increase use of artificial intelligence. The cuts include 5…
British American Tobacco announced plans to cut 5,500 jobs and outsource 3,500 more by year-end, affecting 19% of its global workforce, as part of a streamlining initiative called Fit2Win that leverag…
Consulting firms including Boston Consulting Group and Accenture are shifting to outcome-based fee arrangements for AI projects, driven by client demand for shared risk amid uncertain returns on AI in…
British American Tobacco announced plans to cut 5,500 jobs and move 3,500 roles to third-party firms as part of an AI-driven cost-saving program, aiming to save £600 million by 2028. The restructuring…
Meta shut down its internal AI token leaderboard within days of launching it, Uber burned through its entire 2026 AI budget in four months and capped employees at $1,500 per tool per month, and Amazon…
Microsoft is cutting Claude Code access for 5,000 engineers on June 30, citing cost overruns after spending an estimated $5 million per month on the AI coding tool. The move reflects a broader industr…
Employees at fintech firm Slash and consulting giant Accenture are burning through expensive AI tokens on trivial tasks like creating a meme-themed video game and converting PDFs to PowerPoints, expos…
Economic constraints on token use in organizations are driving the emergence of norms as AI providers shift from flat subscription fees to per-token pricing, leading companies like Uber to cap AI tool…
Empresas como Microsoft, Anthropic e OpenAI estão migrando clientes corporativos para cobrança por token, gerando faturas astronômicas — um cliente gastou US$ 500 milhões em um mês no Claude Code. Fun…
OpenAI reported that 97.9% of its employees now use its Codex AI coding agent, with the tool accounting for 99.8% of internal AI output tokens, signaling a rapid shift from conversational AI to agenti…
Accenture AI lead Stacy Pence said Australia is catching up in sovereign AI capabilities while leveraging offshore opportunities, as banking regulator APRA warned the nation is entering a dangerous pe…
Shares in major consulting firms like Accenture, IBM, and Capgemini have plummeted as investors fear AI will disrupt traditional business models. Accenture lost over 57% of its value in the past year,…
ZDNET outlines 12 vendor-neutral rules for successful enterprise agentic AI transformation, emphasizing that most deployment failures stem from architectural issues rather than AI capability. The repo…