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AI chatbots deliver minimal productivity gains, study finds

For most office jobs, AI chatbots only saved about 3% of work time, with little impact on wages or overall economic benefits, according to a new study.

By Lucas Mearian

Jun 2, 20258 mins

ChatbotsGenerative AIIT Skills

When AI fails, who is to blame?

By Mike Elgan

May 30, 20256 mins

Artificial IntelligenceEmerging TechnologyGenerative AI

OpenAI’s Skynet moment: Models defy human commands, actively resist orders to shut down

By Gyana Swain

May 30, 20256 mins

Generative AITechnology Industry

Number of US workers with side hustles reaches all-time high as economic worries rise

By Lucas Mearian

May 27, 20255 mins

Employee ExperienceHRISIT Jobs

How ‘dark LLMs’ produce harmful outputs, despite guardrails

By Lynn Greiner

May 27, 20255 mins

Generative AITechnology Industry

IT in-depth

WWDC: Apple’s Shortcuts makes a grab at AI

In just over a week, we should know everything Apple plans to introduce at WWDC 2025.

By Jonny Evans

Jun 2, 2025 5 mins

AppleAugmented RealityDeveloper

Why enterprises should use small language models

Your weekly round-up of the questions asked by readers of CIO, Computerworld, CSO, InfoWorld, and Network World finds us saying small is beautiful when it comes to language models; learning about new features in Python; and setting a deadline for migration to S/4HANA.

By Matt Egan

Jun 2, 2025 3 mins

Artificial IntelligenceDeveloperGenerative AI

New Perplexity Labs platform launched for those 'who want to bring an entire idea to life’

The offering is a follow-up to Perplexity’s Deep Research tool, can work autonomously for 10 minutes or more, create reports, spreadsheets, and dashboards, and is intended for more complex assignments.

By Taryn Plumb

May 30, 2025 6 mins

Artificial IntelligenceGenerative AI

Ahead of WWDC, Apple hits its 'dead cat' moment

What’s a company to do when it faces a multitude of existential crises and seems unable to regain control of the media message?

By Jonny Evans

May 30, 2025 5 mins

AppleWWDCiPhone

DeepSeek releases new version of its R1 reasoning AI model

The new version can reportedly perform on par with competitors such as o3 from OpenAI and Gemini 2.5 Pro from Google.

By Mikael Markander

May 30, 2025 2 mins

Artificial IntelligenceGenerative AI

Windows 11 Insider Previews: What’s in the latest build?

Get the latest info on new preview builds of Windows 11 as they roll out to Windows Insiders. Now updated for Build 27868 for the Canary Channel, released on May 29, 2025.

By Preston Gralla

May 30, 2025 82 mins

MicrosoftSmall and Medium BusinessWindows 11

Agentic AI – Ongoing coverage of its impact on the enterprise

Agentic AI has given rise to autonomous systems that learn, adapt, and even communicate with each other. Follow this page for coverage of its impact on work and ethics.

By Dan Muse

May 30, 2025 5 mins

Emerging TechnologyGenerative AIIT Leadership