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    Retailers double down on AI despite reliability concerns

    More than 3 in 5 leaders in the industry worry about the consistency and quality of generated outputs, according to a Monday.com survey.

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    FM taps MassMutual CTO for CIO role

    The commercial property insurer appointed Tara Long to succeed Chief Strategy and Information Officer Srini Krishnamurthy.

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    Immature data strategies threaten enterprise AI plans

    Executives rate their organization's data maturity 12% higher than those working in the environment daily, according to an Actian survey.

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    Kohl’s adds CTO to its tech leadership lineup

    The retailer brought in former Nike and J.Crew executive Steven Dee to lead all technology and information platforms.

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    Cyber, AI drive software spending to double-digit growth through 2029

    Cloud security and identity and access management tool purchases insulated the market from tariff-induced economic shocks, according to Forrester.

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    AIG taps financial sector veteran as chief digital officer

    HP executive Scott Hallworth will be tasked with scaling generative AI use across the insurance company.

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    Execs use responsible AI to drive growth, prevent risks

    Business leaders want to prevent further fallout as nearly all have experienced at least one problematic incident tied to AI, according to an Infosys survey.

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    Data center vacancies plummet amid power supply constraints

    Colocation vacancy rates in North America dropped to an historic low during the first half of the year, according to JLL.

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    US Open serves AI add-ons for tennis matches

    With IBM, the United States Tennis Association is embedding the technology to improve the fan experience and boost productivity behind the scenes.

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    Should CIOs care about new AI models?

    Discussion about diminishing returns picked up momentum following OpenAI’s release of GPT-5. Other analysts say: Not so fast.

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    EG America names head of data and AI

    The convenience store retailer appointed an external consultant it previously worked with to spearhead its enterprise data and AI strategy.

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    Northwestern Mutual picks COO to lead technology efforts

    Beth Rodenhuis will return to the financial services company to serve as COO and business architect, overseeing the company's digital strategy.

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    Cisco banks on hardware refresh as AI boosts enterprise segment

    The company expects network traffic to reach “unprecedented levels” as agentic AI and inferencing workloads proliferate, Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins said Wednesday.

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    FedEx appoints new tech chief

    Vishal Talwar will join the logistics giant Friday as EVP, chief digital and information officer and president of Dataworks.

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    What’s the right number of AI projects? It depends.

    Analysts say the roster hinges on the goals, budget and overall readiness of an enterprise, as well as its technology stack and workforce.

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    Microsoft axes volume discounts for SaaS suites

    The move is intended to standardize pricing for online services, including Microsoft 365 and Dynamics 365, the company said Tuesday.

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    Research shows AI agents are highly vulnerable to hijacking attacks

    Attackers could exploit widely deployed AI technologies for data theft and manipulation, experts from Zenity Labs found.

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    SpartanNash hires CIO, CISO as it preps for merger

    The grocery company has also combined its finance, IT and strategy groups ahead of its planned acquisition by C&S Wholesale Grocers.

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    Banks accelerate AI deployments as agentic tools gain traction

    More than half of the new use cases launched by the financial firms this year leveraged generative AI capabilities, according to Evident Insights research.

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    Fast food brands fire up AI despite challenging backdrop

    McDonald’s, Chipotle and Yum Brands are embedding the technology into workflows to streamline processes and improve customer and employee experiences.

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    Cloud’s big 3 continue to rule infrastructure services

    AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud commanded more than 70% of global IaaS spend in 2024, according to Gartner.

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    6 CIO goals on AI for the rest of 2025

    Tech leaders need to focus on unifying data structures, modernizing architectures and shaping governance ahead of agentic AI adoption.

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    Lack of AI governance brings security problems: IBM survey

    Despite AI-related breaches remaining low, nearly all businesses that reported an incident lacked proper access controls, leading to broader disruption. 

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    AI jobs resistant to recent hiring slump

    Demand for professions linked to AI bucked a sectorwide contraction, in some cases more than quadrupling since 2020, according to Indeed.

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    ‘Big bang’ tech deployments fade amid optimization focus

    “Instead of 24- or 36-month projects, we’re talking six- to eight-week cycles,” Grant Thornton’s Tony Dinola said.