Financial Planning

Monitoring employee AI use? Have an AI policy? The SEC will ask

The Future Proof Citywide conference took place from Sunday, March 8, 2026 to Wednesday, March 11, 2026 in Miami Beach, Florida. Regulators including the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) are ...
Harvard Business Review

When Using AI Leads to “Brain Fry”

A new study finds that certain patterns of AI use are driving cognitive fatigue, while others can help reduce burnout. by Julie Bedard, Matthew Kropp, Megan Hsu, Olivia T. Karaman, Jason Hawes and ...
Business Insider

Google is dialing up the pressure for more employees to use AI — and not just engineers

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Wall Street Journal

Tech Firms Aren’t Just Encouraging Their Workers to Use AI. They’re Enforcing It.

Anthropic’s Claude AI ran a vending machine at WSJ headquarters for several weeks. It lost hundreds of dollars, bought some crazy stuff and taught us a lot about the future of AI agents. WSJ’s Joanna ...
CNBC

Block shares soar as much as 24% as company slashes workforce by nearly half

Block said Thursday it's laying off more than 4,000 employees, or about half of its head count. Shares of the payment company skyrocketed as much as 24% in extended trading. It was last seen up nearly ...
Reuters

State Department switches to OpenAI as US agencies start phasing out Anthropic

WASHINGTON, March 2 (Reuters) - Three U.S. cabinet agencies on Monday moved to cease use of Anthropic's AI products, joining the military in directing staff to use models from rivals such ‌as OpenAI ...
The New York Times

Are ‘Bossware’ Tools Tracking You?

In recent years, the technologies used to surveil workers have become more sophisticated and widespread. By Lora Kelley While many workers worry that artificial intelligence will one day take their ...
Hosted on MSN

Former Palantir employees blocked from poaching, using secrets, judge rules

Percepta AI, which was founded by former employees of Palantir Technologies (PLTR), has been blocked from poaching employees from their former employer and using its data, a Manhattan judge ruled. US ...
CNN

Block lays off nearly half its staff because of AI. Its CEO said most companies will do the same

Block, the company behind Square, Cash App and Afterpay, is cutting its staff by 40%. The reason: “intelligence tools,” according to a letter to shareholders by co-founder Jack Dorsey. Dorsey thinks ...
Business Insider

KPMG has a new way of pushing staff to make breakthroughs using AI — handing out cash prizes

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PC World

Microsoft says new Teams location feature isn’t for ’employee tracking’

For better or worse, Microsoft Teams is one of the most important communication apps in the professional world. It’s used by millions for chat messages, video conferences, and sending files. According ...