Overview
- Kyndryl reports a 33% year‑over‑year rise in corporate AI spending, yet 62% of firms remain stuck in pilots and only 29% consider their teams ready, with security the top deployment priority.
- IBM and MIT document a widening GenAI divide as employees race ahead of employers: in Mexico nine in ten workers already use AI, but only 40% say their companies harness it effectively, driving risky Shadow AI use.
- OpenAI publishes an evaluation naming 44 occupations where advanced models outperform humans on many tasks, flagging high vulnerability in retail, editing and software roles while some health and creative jobs show more resilience.
- More than 700 figures back a Future of Life Institute appeal to halt work toward superintelligence until there is scientific consensus and public support, with signatories including Geoffrey Hinton, Yoshua Bengio, Steve Wozniak and Richard Branson.
- HR leaders and industry voices urge human‑centric adoption, calling for clear enterprise governance, practical training and hybrid human‑AI workflows that preserve trust and cultural relevance in areas such as marketing.