Nearly half of small businesses would choose AI over a new employee
AI adoption is climbing among small businesses, but a new Thryv survey reveals a troubling shift as 46 percent say they would choose software over hiring a person.
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American Express launches new AI training and scholarship programs for small businesses
American Express is introducing new AI training and scholarship programs designed to help small businesses and employees build practical artificial intelligence skills.
Companies rolled out AI tools but forgot to teach employees how to use them
AI is everywhere at work now, but employees say training is missing. A new survey shows companies may be moving too fast without preparing people.
SK hynix starts mass production of 192GB SOCAMM2 for NVIDIA AI servers
If you think AI progress is all about GPUs, you are missing half the story. Memory is quickly becoming the real choke point, and SK hynix seems eager to cash in on that. The company says it has kicked off mass production of a 192GB SOCAMM2 module built on its latest 1cnm LPDDR5X DRAM. That … Read more
Google invests $10 million to teach factory workers AI as automation anxiety grows
Google.org is funding new AI training programs for 40,000 manufacturing workers, raising questions about automation and the future of factory jobs.
Cloudflare launches Content Signals Policy to fight AI crawlers and scrapers
Cloudflare is giving publishers and site owners a way to declare preferences on how AI companies use their content, expanding robots.txt with new policy language.
Google brings AI to California Community Colleges raising questions about liberal bias
Google’s partnership with California Community Colleges will deliver free AI tools and certificates to 2.1 million students… but some say political bias could be a concern.
OpenAI wants to be the gatekeeper of AI jobs with new certifications and marketplace
OpenAI is pushing AI skills training and certification while building a jobs marketplace. Backed by Walmart, the initiative could shape the future of work… or fall flat.
Most workers fear AI will replace them soon
Udacity says most workers fear AI will take their jobs within five years, and it’s betting big on that anxiety with new agentic AI training programs for developers, business leaders, and even non-technical staff. I might even try one myself.