Cognizant to train 15,000 workers for AI deployment roles

Amazon launches new $1 billion FDE org, following OpenAI and Anthropic

Engineers on the new team will embed within companies to deploy purpose-built agents, focusing on fast deployments and customer self-sufficiency.

TCS Says It's Still Hiring Freshers - But There's A Catch

India's largest IT firm is hiring graduates, but the focus is shifting rapidly towards AI-ready talent and next-generation skills.

Microsoft, AWS deploy engineer armies to help make AI profitable

Microsoft, AWS deploy engineer armies to help make AI profitable

Autonomous Agentic Workflow Platforms: A Comparative Analysis

The adoption of AI co-pilots and virtual assistants has been quick. Businesses embraced them. AI tools, like chat assistants and coding copilots, promised faster work. They helped with smarter decisions and boosted efficiency. But there was one catch: humans still had to drive the process. That is now beginning to change. A new generation of [] The post Autonomous Agentic Workflow Platforms: A Comparative Analysis appeared first on Fingent - Trusted AI Software Development Partner for Business Growth.

TCS bets on 8,900 AI deployment engineers to defend India’s IT services model

Tata Consultancy Services plans to build a team of up to 8,900 forward-deployed AI engineers and is looking for acquisition targets in AI and cybersecurity, chief executive K Krithivasan said. The move is India’s largest IT firm answering the question that has hung over the sector since the arrival of agentic AI in enterprise stacks, [] This story continues at The Next Web

Meta Exposed Data Internally From Its Controversial Employee-Tracking Program

Employees had previously raised concerns about the initiative, which involves collecting workers’ keystroke data to train AI models.

Minnesota company to lay off hundreds of Chicago-area workers starting in July – NBC5 (Chicago)

Ideal US Talent Worker OpCo LLC announced under Illinois' WARN Act that nearly 1,400 employees in five Chicago-area counties would be laid off as part of a restructuring within the company. The counties with impacted workers include Cook, Kane, Kendall, Lake and McHenry, according to the filing.

The Line Between Enterprise and Consumer AI Is Gone

Your employees are using AI in and outside of work, and what they’re learning can benefit the organization.

Iconic American Company Re-Hires Humans After AI Wasn’t Up To Their Jobs

The Ford Motor Company has been hiring humans again after finding that artificial intelligence (AI) could not match the expertise of experienced technicians. Over the past three years, the second-largest U.S.-based automaker reportedly said it rehired more than 300 “veteran” quality inspectors, including former Ford employees and engineers from other automotive suppliers, after automated systems ...

Orchestration layer is new battleground for AI talent

Orchestration layer is new battleground for AI talent

Meta halts worker tracking for AI training due to privacy fears

The company had started just two months ago tracking workers’ computer usage for AI training data.

Small Business Owners Are Now Overseeing Entire Teams of AI Agents. Here’s What the New Technology Can Do.

Small business owners are shifting from using AI as a tool to managing it as a workforce, with AI agents handling core operations like customer service.

Want a big tech job? Startups may be your best shot now - here's why

AI is reshaping tech hiring, and smaller companies may offer some of the best opportunities today.

Suffolk Technologies, DPR Invest in AI-based Hiring Platform Skillit

Skillit is bringing artificial intelligence to the idea of a skilled labor platform for the trades.

Perekop training ship reaches Northern Fleet's main base from Baltiysk

During the voyage, the cadets trained in navigational disciplines and ship handling, performed the duties of watch officers and navigators and also completed training in countering unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and uncrewed boats

Indian IT sees increase in average learning hours per employee in FY26

Indian IT companies are ramping up employee training in response to the growing integration of artificial intelligence, with major firms reporting significant increases in average learning hours for fiscal year 2026.

General : Use AI As Capacity Multiplier, Not Cost Cutting Tool  - Sim

PETALING JAYA, July 11 (Bernama) -- Businesses should harness artificial intelligence (AI) as a capacity multiplier while continuing to invest in human talent, instead of treating the technology solely as a cost-cutting tool, Entrepreneur and Cooperatives Development Minister Steven Sim said.

Hong Kong's AI Adoption Outpaces Organizational Change, Microsoft Work Trend Index 2026 Finds

18 of Hong Kong workers using AI are the most advanced group known as Frontier Professionals, higher than the global average at 16 Just 19 Hong Kong AI users say leadership is clearly and consistently aligned on AI, and only 10 say they're rewarded for reinvention even when results aren't ...

Why Everyone's Talking About Poet Technologies Stock Right Now

AI investing isn't just about the companies building the brains -- it's also about the businesses building the infrastructure that enables those brains to work together.

The AI Superfans Companies Count On to Convert the Skeptics

Companies are increasingly mobilizing internal groups of AI ‘champions’ as a way to sell their more reluctant colleagues on the technology’s benefits.

InfoQ Opens AI Security & Privacy Engineering Cohort for Regulated Industries

InfoQ has opened enrollment for a five-week AI Security Privacy Engineering cohort for senior engineers and architects in regulated industries, focused on applying security, privacy, threat modeling, observability, and governance practices to production AI systems. By Artenisa Chatziou

Drowning in AI: Companies are launching hundreds of projects, and that’s a problem

At Fortune Brainstorm Tech, executives from Carvana, GSX and other firms shared lessons for companies about rapid AI adoption.

Appeals court blocks Trump order to fire 19 intelligence officers assigned to DEI programs

The 19 career employees, all temporarily assigned to DEI roles, are part of a larger group of 58 CIA and ODNI officers who were placed on paid administrative leave due to their involvement in such programs and remain on leave today

AI Jobs Rise 16% in India’s IT Sector as Overall Listings Fall

AI hiring in India’s IT sector rose 16 in June, outpacing broader IT recruitment as companies shift toward specialized talent. The post AI Jobs Rise 16 in India’s IT Sector as Overall Listings Fall appeared first on TechRepublic.

I’ve held hundreds of job interviews. We shouldn’t trust AI with it

At their best, using AI to screen candidates can save time for the business. At their worst, they add complications to the already emotional toll of job hunting.

Maximizing Enterprise Learning Effectiveness

Craig Weiss, Jul 13, 2026 Craig Weiss knows his stuff, even if the quality of his writing isn't the greatest. In this overview post he captures the current state of enterprise training in a few cogent - and perhaps controversial - points. First: minimal staffing. Three admins for maybe 50K learners. Second: buy content directly from a source that will stand by the quality. Third: do more than just assigning learning - foster and ongoing relationship, and offer training that speakers e not only to current needs but also employees' potential future plans. Web: [Direct Link] [This Post]

ISTE unveils profile for AI-ready graduates

ISTE has released the Profile of an AI-Ready Graduate, outlining six roles -- learner, researcher, synthesizer, problem-solve -More-

How Small Business Owners Can Balance AI With Employee Loyalty and Retirement Goals

How Small Business Owners Can Balance AI With Employee Loyalty and Retirement Goals

Avnet Brings Ecosystem Together to Scale Edge AI in Singapore

As AI adoption accelerates across Singapore and Southeast Asia, where 81 of companies have moved beyond ...

As Hollywood jobs dry up, workers are quietly training AI models to survive

As Hollywood jobs grow scarce, writers, editors, and executives are quietly taking AI training gigs just to make ends meet, even as the pay is unstable and the work chaotic.

50% of companies that made AI-driven job cuts rehiring humans

Some employers are reversing course after conducting layoffs due to the global artificial intelligence boom, according to analysts. Though many companies worldwide have announced AI-driven layoffs over the past few years, some employers have reportedly already begun seeking to rehire those former workers. For example, major automaker Ford recently announced it has rehired some human []...Click to read more

Speed where it's safe, caution where it might kill: How the Pentagon should use AI

Although many back-office functions are well-suited for rapid AI adoption, a different standard must apply to mission-critical, lethal applications.

Career Shock: Who Wins When AI Takes Over the Office

Discover which careers will thrive and survive AI disruption: creative pros, healthcare workers, technologists, leaders, skilled artisans, educators, and human connectors remain indispensable.

Lloyds Bank staff have taken 400,000 AI courses since January

UK bank staff have already taken artificial intelligence-related training courses as part of AI Academy