For the past three years, AI 's breakout moment has happened almost entirely through text. We type a prompt, get a response, and move to the next task. While this intuitive interaction style turned chatbots into a household tool overnight, it barely scratches the surface of what the most advanced technology of our time can actually do. This disconnect has created a significant gap in how consumers utilize AI.
Those who follow me on LinkedIn may have gotten the impression that I'm against AI. Nothing is further from the truth. What I'm really against is the notion that you can't do design without AI so you either learn AI or you're doomed. Using AI is of course useful for designers. But so is knowing how to use Figma and I put both of those in the same bucket of tactical skills.
The U.S. Olympic men's and women's sprinting teams have won more gold medals than any other country in history, but the men's 4×100-meter relay team has suffered four blistering defeats in the past two decades. Why? An absolute whiff at the critical point when a runner has to instinctively reach back and trust their squadmate enough to perfectly place the baton in their hand.
Tractor Supply, the No. 1 large company in this year's Best Places to Work in IT rankings, cultivates and reinforces its innovation culture through company-wide events as well as a broad spectrum of training and education programs. Tractor Supply IT employees are encouraged to spend time in-store to get first-hand experience in what frontline team members accomplish on a daily basis. Job shadowing lets IT staffers to explore new roles they may be interested in.
Following President Donald Trump's so-called Liberation Day, Atsmon said significant uncertainty emerged around the new administration's economic and geopolitical agenda. "If I look at the peak of uncertainty, what I was focused on as a CFO was: What are the things that I should be doing that would be helpful in any scenario?" Atsmon said. "The worst thing is inaction," he added. Acting on what you can control builds resilience, he said.
Key stat: 31% of US SMB marketers and business owners use AI-driven design or layout recommendations to optimize landing pages, according to a June 2025 survey from Ascend2 and Unbounce. Beyond the chart: The adoption mirrors broader B2B behavior. 95% of B2B marketers are using AI-powered tools in some capacity, with 89% specifically employing AI for generating marketing or written copy, according to an October Content Marketing Institute report.
After a torrid 2024, the wider macroeconomic conditions affecting cyber security professionals showed signs of levelling off in 2025, with reports of budget cuts and layoffs to cyber teams dropping slightly this year after surging in the prior period. However, constrained budgets remain a key driver behind the ongoing cyber skills shortage. This is according to the annual Cybersecurity workforce study produced by cyber professional association ISC2, which polled over 16,000 security professionals to produce this year's report.
According to a recent report from digital transformation and industrial automation provider Rockwell Automation, the UK already leads Europe in smart manufacturing, with 53% of its manufacturers using AI on the factory floor and 98% overall planning to implement it. This compares to a global average of 41% introducing AI and machine learning (ML), as well as 95% planning to implement.
No doubt you've noticed it-along with millions of others who now rely on AI for everything from planning product launches and rewriting emails to turning their beloved pets into cartoons. The adoption speed has been remarkable. In just a few years, AI has gone from a buzzword to a daily fixture in countless workplaces. And for many, it's already hard to remember what work looked like without it.
Employees who take the initiative to reshape their roles around artificial intelligence - rather than simply using it to speed through tasks - are more engaged, motivated, and creative at work, according to new research from Multiverse, the upskilling platform for AI and tech adoption. The study, conducted in June and July, analyzed 295 UK full-time professionals across industries, including finance, government, and technology, all of whom had used generative AI for at least six months.
On the consumer side, one of the things we talk about from a Gemini perspective is the fact that it is easily integrated into our Google Suite, which we think is our biggest differentiator. We always lean into the ability to supercharge productivity as well as creativity, and being able to do that 10-fold if you compare it to the competitors in the marketplace, because we have an integrated stack.
