Data overload thwarts digital transformation in banking

Despite eagerness to scale AI capabilities, the financial sector remains mired in technical debt.

By Matt Ashare • Oct. 11, 2024

AI adoption brings revenue boosts, but data readiness lags

Nearly two-thirds of businesses plan to increase their efforts in the next two years, an Accenture survey found.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • Oct. 11, 2024

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Generative AI

Companies are pushing technology executives to leverage generative AI, a task that requires customized strategies and the necessary guardrails.

By CIO Dive staff

Inside North Highland’s ‘client zero’ approach to generative AI

The management consulting firm partly credits its early adoption of Anthropic's Claude Enterprise tool for boosting workforce buy-in for its strategy.  

By Lindsey Wilkinson • Oct. 11, 2024

AI adoption rush puts mainframes back in the spotlight

Coding assistants are, in turn, helping engineers refactor aging COBOL applications, according to IBM.

By Matt Ashare • Oct. 10, 2024

Walmart advances AI ambitions with LLM trained on its own data

The retailer’s AI investments include LLMs tailored to its own needs and personalized homepages set to launch by the end of 2025.

By Bryan Wassel • Oct. 10, 2024

Eli Lilly names first chief AI officer

Thomas Fuchs will lead AI initiatives across Lilly, including in drug discovery, clinical trials and manufacturing.

By Ned Pagliarulo • Oct. 9, 2024

SAP expands Joule copilot capabilities, adds collaborative AI agents

The enterprise technology vendor said its autonomous agents can resolve disputes and streamline financial processes.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • Oct. 9, 2024

With AI market headed for trillion-dollar mark, chip shortages loom

Bain & Company expects AI workloads to grow by as much as 35% each year through 2027, accelerating GPU and upstream component consumption.

By Matt Ashare • Oct. 9, 2024

Knowledge workers lean on AI as workloads increase

Employees still wade through excessive drudge work, spending half their week on low-impact tasks, according to a Wrike report.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • Oct. 8, 2024

Boardrooms split on AI readiness, pace of adoption: Deloitte

Just 2% of board members are highly knowledgeable or experienced in AI, according to a Deloitte survey.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • Oct. 8, 2024

AI adoption drives ‘unmanageable’ spike in cloud costs

IT and financial executives leverage FinOps to rein in software and infrastructure spending, according to a Tangoe report.

By Matt Ashare • Oct. 7, 2024

Enterprises cling to mainframe as cloud expands

Companies that lean on the enterprise workhorse are increasing capacity and purchasing new units, according to ISG research.

By Matt Ashare • Oct. 7, 2024

AI-powered software testing gains traction, but still needs guardrails

Human validation is key to mitigating risk, IT leaders said in a survey commissioned by Leapwork. 

By Lindsey Wilkinson • Oct. 4, 2024

Banking tech alliance drafts enterprise AI adoption guidelines

The Fintech Open Source Foundation, which now includes Nvidia and Moody’s, outlined LLM risks and control measures to guide deployment in the industry.

By Matt Ashare • Oct. 4, 2024

Senior AI talent rakes in top dollar amid rising demand

Data scientists and other specialized roles earn cash compensation of up to $350,000, according to a Menlo Ventures report. 

By Roberto Torres • Oct. 3, 2024

Generative AI will spark mass upskilling of software engineers, Gartner says

“Building AI-empowered software will demand a new breed of software professional, the AI engineer,” Gartner’s Philip Walsh said.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • Oct. 3, 2024

How S&P Global crafted an AI curriculum for its workforce

The financial data company kicked off an upskilling sprint for its 35,000 employees, featuring certification programs and hybrid learning. 

By Lindsey Wilkinson • Oct. 2, 2024

European Commission gets early enterprise buy-in on AI Act

Signatories of the voluntary pledge to apply the law’s principles ahead of enforcement include Porsche, Mastercard, Google and Microsoft.  

By Lindsey Wilkinson • Oct. 1, 2024

Top CIO conferences to watch in 2025

IT executives headed to technology conferences next year can expect sessions on tech talent attraction, cloud cost management, IT automation and the ever-evolving AI tech stack.

By Roberto Torres , Matt Ashare , Lindsey Wilkinson • Oct. 1, 2024

California governor vetoed SB 1047. What’s next for AI regulation?

The contentious bill had garnered support from Hollywood and criticism from big tech. Gov. Gavin Newsom attributed his veto to the bill’s scope and broad language. 

By Lindsey Wilkinson • Sept. 30, 2024

Data center spending skyrockets as cloud building rush accelerates

Hyperscaler infrastructure investments surged during the first half of the year and are expected to reach $400 billion in 2024, according to Dell’Oro Group research.

By Matt Ashare • Sept. 30, 2024

CIOs turn to NIST to tackle generative AI’s many risks

Discover's CIO is one of many tech leaders working to limit generative AI missteps by turning to risk management frameworks to get deployment right from the outset.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • Updated Sept. 30, 2024

Amazon, Anthropic partnership clears UK regulators

The Competition and Markets Authority concluded the two companies had not entered a relevant merger event.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • Sept. 27, 2024

IT workers struggle to keep up with fast-moving tech

Technologists who work to expand their skills expect a salary bump, according to a Pluralsight survey.

By Roberto Torres • Sept. 27, 2024

How JPMorgan Chase enhances its developer experience

While developers often operate in complex environments, the financial institution has worked to simplify processes and improve knowledge-sharing.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • Updated Sept. 27, 2024