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Unilever works to align AI with both the company’s business and people strategy: buff.ly/DCNkHUB

The offer of job stability is becoming a bigger asset for employers in a roiled market, with job-seekers citing it a common driver of attrition: buff.ly/Jqm57wo

A four-tiered curriculum designed for the roles and functions of specific employees helps Schneider Electric address skills gaps: buff.ly/hxh4K4S

AI is retracing the steps of Agile methodologies, which got more complex and lost its efficiency over time, writes Envorso's Michael Dennis. "But the blast radius is much bigger this time, because it reaches every job built on knowledge work." buff.ly/bqu8Yd0

Prior to the rise of agentic systems, the bank spent the last 14 years transforming its technology “from the bottom of the tech stack up,” CEO Richard Fairbank said. buff.ly/dzR1PxZ

Unifying the sprawl of observability tools is becoming a strategic priority for businesses as they pursue automated operations amid ongoing AI transformation: buff.ly/xTbmIOt

Retailers are turning to AI as they scramble to win over consumers, who have become choosy about how they spend their money as gas and grocery prices go up: buff.ly/w32wDpS

There’s no universal structure for outcome-based pricing models in the agentic AI era. For CIOs, this change means they must agree on the outcomes and the consequences if they are not met: buff.ly/QP4YHeV

With the set of updates released this week, Google joins a growing list of vendors offering AI cost management tools as CIOs contend with mounting bills: buff.ly/RAyQyXP

Women made up just 26% of AI hires last year despite comprising half of the hires for non-AI roles, LinkedIn research found: buff.ly/gsJQkNP

Along with TravelersLLM, a homebrewed AI model, the insurer uses a variety of models to avoid depending on a single external model or vendor: buff.ly/M8BzMe0

Rising AI spend is just one factor leading companies to take a more pragmatic approach to AI deployment in recent months, consultants and experts told CIO Dive: buff.ly/LYRPk9m

SAP CEO Christian Klein says the company will continue to push ahead on its AI efforts — both for its customers and its internal operations: buff.ly/oguIFEt

More than four in five professionals use AI tools several times per month, yet fewer than one-third describe themselves as having a high level of familiarity with the technology: buff.ly/DxuWiuw

The rise in price of tokens will lead AI coding to become more expensive than an average developer’s salary by 2028, according to a Gartner report released Wednesday. buff.ly/PCpwT3D

With tech leaders under pressure to build successful AI programs while delivering ROI, there are lessons for enterprise CIOs within the lean, cost-conscious innovation work happening in the public sector: buff.ly/jX0EWkT

Long seen as a laggard in digital adoption, the heavily regulated financial services sector has proven that an established cloud strategy can propel AI initiatives forward. Here are three lessons from SMB banks on AI deployment: buff.ly/gaTpsRQ

Gap, Best Buy and Dick's Sporting Goods are not alone in their pursuit of AI adoption. Investment into the technology by retailers is steadily increasing, with 39% anticipating AI will account for more than 10% of their tech spend by 2028: buff.ly/SwGKcv8

Dell is among a growing cohort of technology vendors reaping the rewards of AI infrastructure investments as enterprises secure supply in support of workloads: buff.ly/wxhnmlY

Although the Trump administration pulled an executive order on AI oversight, AI providers are facing regulations on the state and international level: buff.ly/0HDodxk