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Explainer: IBM to triple US entry-level hiring amid AI shift
Digital Transformation

Explainer: IBM to triple US entry-level hiring amid AI shift

IBM will triple US entry-level hiring in 2026, redesigning junior roles around AI oversight and human judgement despite automation pressures.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Sat, 21st Mar 2026
OpenAI monitors internal coding agents for risky conduct
DevOps

OpenAI monitors internal coding agents for risky conduct

OpenAI unveils a GPT-5.4-powered system that audits its own coding agents for rule-bending behaviour, flagging suspicious sessions to humans.

By Mark Tarre • 5 min read • Sat, 21st Mar 2026
Arcadian's AI success: Start small, solve real problems
DevOps

Arcadian's AI success: Start small, solve real problems

Arcadian Digital backs small, tightly scoped AI projects solving real business problems over hype-fuelled, grandiose rollouts.

By Donovan Jackson • 4 min read • Mon, 16th Mar 2026
Gartner tips AI to upend work tools, hiring & data
Data Analytics

Gartner tips AI to upend work tools, hiring & data

Gartner predicts AI will disrupt office software, hiring and data by 2030, triggering a USD $58 billion productivity tools shake-up.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Thu, 12th Mar 2026
AI speeds up workdays but doesn't lighten workloads
Unified Communications

AI speeds up workdays but doesn't lighten workloads

AI is speeding up shorter workdays but piling on more tasks, with rising collaboration, multitasking and weekend work, a study finds.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Thu, 12th Mar 2026
UK leaders overestimate everyday use of AI at work
Data Analytics

UK leaders overestimate everyday use of AI at work

UK bosses vastly overestimate how often staff use AI at work, with big gaps over daily use, task delegation and who actually benefits.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Wed, 11th Mar 2026
Women engineers gain AI career boost, yet trust lags
DevOps

Women engineers gain AI career boost, yet trust lags

Women engineers say AI is accelerating careers but remain wary of bias and blurred accountability for machine-generated code at work.

By Kaleah Salmon • 3 min read • Tue, 10th Mar 2026
TestGorilla unveils AI fluency tests to reshape hiring
Human Capital Management

TestGorilla unveils AI fluency tests to reshape hiring

TestGorilla rolls out AI fluency tests and simulations to help employers measure AI readiness as skills overtake experience in hiring.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
Anthropic unveils new metric to gauge AI job exposure
Generative AI

Anthropic unveils new metric to gauge AI job exposure

A new study examining AI use across occupations finds little evidence of rising unemployment so far, though hiring of younger workers may be slowing.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
International Women's Day: Embedding ethics, inclusion and skills at the heart of AI transformation
Digital Transformation

International Women's Day: Embedding ethics, inclusion and skills at the heart of AI transformation

On International Women's Day, leaders urge AI built with ethics, inclusion and skills at its core to avoid deepening gender inequality.

By Keir Garrett • 3 min read • Thu, 5th Mar 2026
Knowledge equity in the age of AI: Moving from gatekeeper to orchestrator
Customer Relationship Management

Knowledge equity in the age of AI: Moving from gatekeeper to orchestrator

As AI shifts from automating tasks to shaping decisions, leaders must share expertise generously to orchestrate, not gatekeep, knowledge.

By Kylie Harker • 4 min read • Thu, 5th Mar 2026
The AI inflection point: Why women's leadership will shape the future of work
Data Analytics

The AI inflection point: Why women's leadership will shape the future of work

As AI reshapes work, women's leadership is crucial to design fair, trusted systems and ensure innovation reflects diverse perspectives.

By Seda Selcuk • 4 min read • Wed, 4th Mar 2026

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ICS.AI launches free student AI access for UK universities
Software-as-a-Service

ICS.AI launches free student AI access for UK universities

ICS.AI unveils a national higher education AI model giving UK students free access to campus tools in a bid to close the AI skills gap.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Fri, 20th Mar 2026
EY launches AI Academy to upskill Australian workers
Data Protection

EY launches AI Academy to upskill Australian workers

EY has launched an AI Academy in Australia to upskill workers, standardise everyday AI use and tighten governance across organisations.

By Kaleah Salmon • 4 min read • Wed, 18th Mar 2026
Malaysia chases AI hub status but workplace use lags
Data Protection

Malaysia chases AI hub status but workplace use lags

Malaysia pitches itself as a regional AI hub, but new research shows workplace adoption lags far behind the technology's potential.

By Sean Mitchell • 5 min read • Thu, 12th Mar 2026
Working better, not just harder: why inclusion is Australia's next productivity lever
Digital Transformation

Working better, not just harder: why inclusion is Australia's next productivity lever

Australia's productivity hinges on AI skills for all, with inclusive training and leadership key to unlocking AUD $115 billion by 2030.

By Laura Malcolm • 4 min read • Thu, 5th Mar 2026
Why the AI skills gap is an HR problem
Data Protection

Why the AI skills gap is an HR problem

As AI reshapes work, HR's female-majority workforce risks being left behind, widening a skills gap in the very function meant to close it.

By Pippa van Praag • 5 min read • Tue, 3rd Mar 2026