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    Why Walmart is rolling out AI to 2M employees

    The retailer plans to train all employees on agentic AI tools in pursuit of customer experience improvements, Chief People Officer Donna Morris said.

    By April 23, 2026
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    How Tim Cook set up Apple’s enterprise play

    The CEO behind Apple's storied trillion-dollar run bet big on business customers. The key to maintaining that foothold is AI.

    By April 22, 2026
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    Top 5 stories from CIO Dive

    Shifts in compute infrastructure, ongoing AI adoption plans and talent challenges ruled CIO priorities in the first half of the year.

    By CIO Dive staff
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    Google launches Agentic Data Cloud to support enterprise AI agents

    As the tech giant expands its AI toolkit, it’s also working to address interoperability gaps hindering the technology’s functionality.

    By April 22, 2026
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    CoreWeave, Google Cloud link up for AI training, inference

    The AI cloud provider is among a growing list of vendors attempting to make it easier for clouds to work together.

    By April 22, 2026
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    CISA confirms exploitation of 3 more Cisco networking device vulnerabilities

    Cisco revealed six critical flaws in widely used products in February. The government has now seen evidence that hackers are abusing four of them.

    By Eric Geller • April 21, 2026
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    Amazon adds $25B to Anthropic AI infrastructure deal

    The deal will equip AWS customers with built-in guardrails to use Claude in an enterprise setting, Gartner Distinguished VP Analyst Jason Wong said.

    By April 21, 2026
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    Employers say they struggle to find workers with the right AI skillset

    AI is changing entry‑level roles amid a rapid decrease in the durability of skills, leaving workforce readiness at risk, a report found.

    By Lara Ewen • April 21, 2026
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    Execs fear job loss over AI adoption failures

    C-suite leaders feel pressure to guide their teams through the AI transition as the technology shifts their own job responsibilities, a Writer survey found.

    By April 20, 2026
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    Lloyds taps chief data and AI officer

    Sameer Gupta will join Lloyds Banking Group in June, the latest in a string of AI-focused appointments across the financial services industry.

    By April 20, 2026
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    How CIOs can tackle AI ownership

    As tech execs gain more control over AI, they must become enablers for its adoption, taking a leadership role around governance and ROI.

    By April 17, 2026
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    Big banks seek to ease security worries as AI push accelerates

    “AI is our friend, OK?” said Morgan Stanley CEO Ted Pick during the bank’s earnings call as the industry grapples with its disruptive potential. 

    By April 17, 2026
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    CISOs see gaps in their incident response playbooks

    Senior-level security leaders fear they are not prepared to respond to the next cyberattack, a survey by Sygnia reveals.

    By David Jones • April 17, 2026
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    Albertsons lays out $2B spending plan to scale AI, boost productivity

    The grocer is centering its transformation efforts around technology and AI to pursue growth, CEO Susan Morris told investors.

    By April 16, 2026
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    Salesforce, Databricks unveil agentic AI governance tools

    The rollouts follow AWS’ launch of its Agent Registry platform, signaling a trend among providers to help bring agentic sprawl under control.

    By April 16, 2026
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    Why AI readiness training fails

    Organizational friction over AI isn’t the fault of employees but rather poor change management, experts said.

    By April 16, 2026
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    When it comes to AI spend management, CIOs are not alone

    FinOps teams are tackling the difficult nature of AI spend to help tech chiefs get costs under control, analysts said during Flexera’s FinOps Forward 2026 event.

    By April 15, 2026
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    CIOs fret over rising security concerns amid AI adoption

    AI is emerging as a critical tool and a growing threat as CIOs struggle to balance innovation with risk, according to Logicalis data.

    By Scarlett Evans • April 15, 2026
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    C-suite boosts tech investments despite lagging ROI

    Businesses are feeling pressure to accelerate AI initiatives and reap efficiency gains before their competitors do, according to Dan Priest, chief AI officer at PwC U.S.

    By April 15, 2026
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    Bank of America tech chief shares AI strategy focus

    Chief Technology and Information Officer Hari Gopalkrishnan described how the bank is advancing its AI journey during the Semafor World Economy 2026 event.

    By April 14, 2026
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    Cost concerns loom as agentic AI advances in software development

    Limited compute and integration issues with existing tools are barriers to speeding up the technology’s use in engineering.

    By April 14, 2026
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    Finance chiefs flag as much as 30% of cloud spending as wasteful

    Most surveyed CFOs said their organizations’ cloud spending is rising, while two-thirds reported oversight of those costs has reached the board level.

    By Alexei Alexis • April 14, 2026
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    Employee worries over AI job loss clash against immature adoption

    Most Americans believe AI will lead to fewer jobs in the next two decades, but concerns may be overblown, according to a Stanford expert.

    By April 13, 2026
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    AWS launches Agent Registry to tackle enterprise AI sprawl

    Vendors are prioritizing centralized, interoperable systems to improve governance over AI agents as adoption accelerates.

    By Scarlett Evans • April 13, 2026
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    ‘Memflation’ pushes semiconductor market across $1.3 trillion threshold

    Gartner expects DRAM and NAND flash costs to more than double this year, disrupting component supplies into 2028, the firm said Wednesday.

    By Matt Ashare • April 13, 2026
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    AI infrastructure budgets set to triple as demand soars: Deloitte

    Most enterprises are seeking a hybrid infrastructure model to support compute, increasing spending in the process.

    By April 10, 2026