A new Agent Mode in Microsoft 365 Copilot will let users collaborate with the AI assistant on multistep tasks in Excel and Word, Microsoft announced on Monday. www.computerworld.com/article/4064...

The new H-1B fee would be a “game-changer” for US tech hiring, reshaping Q3 plans this year, affecting broader talent strategies, and boosting global employment hubs, research finds. www.computerworld.com/article/4064...

The launch of an Android OS on PCs will definitely happen, and it will be as early as next year, according to a senior Google executive. www.computerworld.com/article/4063...

In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits. Story by Gyana Swain: spr.ly/63326AjD2E #AIHallucinations #OpenAI

Asana has introduced collaborative AI agents that workers can interact with and assign a range of work management tasks to. The tools are now available to certain customers in public preview. www.computerworld.com/article/4063...

Microsoft has broadened the AI foundation models inside its Microsoft 365 Copilot suite by adding Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1 alongside OpenAI’s GPT family. www.computerworld.com/article/4063...

Qualcomm has introduced its Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme and Snapdragon X2 Elite processors, designed for Windows PCs with enhanced performance, extended battery life, advanced AI capabilities, and new management features intended to appeal to enterprise users. www.computerworld.com/article/4063...

spr.ly/63324AbBkr: Turmoil ahead for US job market as genAI disruption kicks up waves Read the full story by Lucas Mearian: spr.ly/63329AbBkX #ArtificialIntelligence #GenerativeAI #ITJobs

The group's stated mission is to promote and defend US technology companies, advocate for AI progress, and give parents more control over how their children use online apps and AI tools. www.computerworld.com/article/4062...

Alibaba is taking direct aim at US tech giants with Qwen3-Omni, a new open-source AI model that processes text, images, audio, and video, and is freely available under the enterprise-friendly Apache 2.0 license. www.computerworld.com/article/4061...

After more than a year of increasingly bitter relations, the one-time bromance between Microsoft and OpenAI is all over except for the shouting — the companies have agreed to a vague framework for their impending divorce. www.computerworld.com/article/4061...

All too often, when it comes to AI, enterprises get stuck in a sort of experimentation limbo as deploying AI tools that deliver tangible ROI continues to be a struggle. Read the story by Computerworld's Taryn Plumb: spr.ly/63320AkpGy #ArtificialIntelligence #Atlassian

Google's new Windows app is well worth your while to notice — both for your own practical benefit and for appreciating the impossibly clever play behind it. Story by JR Raphael: spr.ly/63323AkTw1 #Chatbots #GenerativeAI #GoogleSearch

AI has made it easy for job applicants to tailor résumés to a job description — and good for them. But now employers are drowning in lookalike résumés with little real insight, research shows. www.computerworld.com/article/4059...

Atlassian has agreed to acquire DX, an analytics platform that helps enterprises track their engineering teams’ performance and identify bottlenecks in development and deployment. www.computerworld.com/article/4060...

Google rolled out a large set of AI features for its Chrome browser on Thursday, embedding its Gemini assistant directly into the platform with a clear focus on enterprise customers facing mounting workplace productivity challenges. www.computerworld.com/article/4060...

These common mistakes could be sabotaging tech training efforts before they even get off the ground. www.computerworld.com/article/4052...

OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, acknowledged in its own research that large language models will always produce hallucinations due to fundamental mathematical constraints. www.computerworld.com/article/4059...

A new study finds that DeepSeek AI may generate deliberately flawed code when prompts involve groups or regions deemed politically sensitive by Beijing, raising fresh concerns for enterprises about the security and reliability of Chinese AI systems. www.computerworld.com/article/4059...

Google has introduced the Agent Payments Protocol (AP2), an open framework developed with more than 60 payments and technology companies to support secure, agent-led transactions across platforms and payment methods. www.computerworld.com/article/4058...

Microsoft’s Copilot Chat AI assistant is now available in a range of Office apps at no addition cost to Microsoft 365 customers. www.computerworld.com/article/4058...

AI bubble watch: OpenAI to burn through $115B by 2029 Read the opinion by Steven Vaughan-Nichols: spr.ly/63327ARMoc #ArtificialIntelligence #GenerativeAI #TechnologyIndustry

This week, Smart Answers AI revealed how AI certifications can lead to a substantial pay increase—up to 47% more for skills in generative AI. It also explored why Android might be the right fit for enterprise IT. spr.ly/63320Au8us #ArtificialIntelligence #SmartAnswers

Until now, Microsoft has relied on ChatGPT to be Copilot’s brains. But w/ Microsoft and OpenAI fighting about what Microsoft should get from its $13 billion investment in OpenAI, there’s been talk about whether Microsoft would eventually develop AI on its own. spr.ly/63324APSbe

Nearly half of full-time US workers (45%) are staying in their current roles because switching jobs right now feels too risky, according to a new report. www.computerworld.com/article/4055...

Global Tech Tales: The AI Skills Wake-Up Call AI upskilling is failing across industries. In Ep. 11 of #GlobalTechTales, Keith Shaw, Matt Egan, & Computerworld's Valerie Potter explore why—and how CIOs are solving it. spr.ly/63323A3D8c#GlobalTechTales #AILeadership #TechStrategy #DigitalTransformation

“For vulnerable youth already struggling with arrest, every hour of freedom matters,” criminal defense attorney Brian Anderson told Computerworld. AI-based video analysis tools are crucial in this effort. www.computerworld.com/article/4055...

US Senator Ron Wyden has formally requested that the Federal Trade Commission investigate Microsoft for what he characterized as “gross cybersecurity negligence” that enabled widespread ransomware attacks. www.csoonline.com/article/4055...

If passed, the bill would allow AI users or developers to identify regulations they view as burdensome and request a waiver or modification. www.computerworld.com/article/4055...

Box’s Chief Technology Officer Ben Kus sat down with Computerworld to talk about the company’s plans to integrate agentic AI with its cloud offerings. (Story by @agamsh.bsky.social) www.computerworld.com/article/4054...

Atlassian is shutting down its data center product line and forcing all remaining customers to migrate to the cloud by March 2029, in a move that will affect thousands of enterprises still running the collaboration software on-premises. www.computerworld.com/article/4054...

Microsoft is reportedly preparing to integrate Anthropic’s AI models into Office 365, marking a shift from its longstanding reliance on OpenAI technology. www.computerworld.com/article/4054...

Intel has announced leadership changes that include the exit of products chief Michelle Johnston Holthaus and the launch of a central engineering group. www.computerworld.com/article/4053...

In the wake of The Browser Company acquisition, Computerworld spoke with Sanchan Saxena, Atlassian’s head of product, to get a sense of the company’s thinking and strategy going forward. (Story by @agamsh.bsky.social) www.computerworld.com/article/4053...

Anthropic has agreed to pay at least $1.5 billion to rights holders in settlement of a lawsuit regarding its training of generative AI models using copyright material without permission. www.computerworld.com/article/4052...

Uber just turned its transportation network into an AI training ground. www.computerworld.com/article/4052...

The European Commission (EC) on Friday hit Google with a €2.95 billion ($3.46 billion) antitrust fine for “abusive practices” in its adtech business. www.computerworld.com/article/4052...

Cisco is using its Nvidia partnership in collaboration with VAST Data to offer customers a turnkey AI infrastructure package including compute, network, storage and data. www.networkworld.com/article/4051...

OpenAI has unveiled an ambitious workforce development strategy that positions the ChatGPT maker as both a technology provider and a talent pipeline operator. www.computerworld.com/article/4052...

The rise of AI and clean energy technologies is set to reshape the American workforce, with major job growth projected in tech and energy-related industries, according to a new report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). www.computerworld.com/article/4051...

According to Harvard Business Review, companionship, rather than work or research, has become AI’s top use case in 2025. Computerworld columnist @sjvn.bsky.social is here to tell you why that's not a good thing. www.computerworld.com/article/4050...

In an unprecedented day of privacy enforcement, Google was hit with $806 million in combined penalties on Wednesday as authorities on two continents delivered a coordinated blow to the tech giant’s data collection empire. www.computerworld.com/article/4051...

With rumors of an imminent AI meltdown/bubble burst growing more frequent, many enterprise boards are getting nervous. They’re pressuring CIOs to outline how they are protecting the company’s AI efforts in case of such a meltdown. www.computerworld.com/article/4050...

Google will no longer have to divest Chrome and Android businesses as a federal judge ruled in its favor in a search antitrust case, while acknowledging AI as a new competitive force. www.computerworld.com/article/4050...

Microsoft researchers are developing technologies for a new class of video AI agents to explore three-dimensional spaces before making decisions. www.computerworld.com/article/4049...

In earnings calls last week, Dell and HP executives said that the PC upgrade cycle to Windows 11 was still ongoing, and would continue through this year and 2026. www.computerworld.com/article/4048...

A new version of LibreOffice, a popular open-source alternative to Microsoft Office, won’t run on 32-bit PCs, or support the Windows 7 or 8 operating systems. www.computerworld.com/article/4047...

"A research team from Zhejiang University and Alibaba Group has introduced Memp, a framework that gives large language model (LLM) agents a form of procedural memory designed to make them more efficient at complex, multi-step tasks." www.computerworld.com/article/4047...

"Personal computers with AI embedded in the hardware components and software stack are set to hit 77.8 million units in 2025, making up 31% of the global PC market, according to a new study." www.computerworld.com/article/4047...

"Time to set aside all “ooh, shiny!” sensations, put on your practical thinking cap, and consider closely if Google’s latest and greatest Pixel gadgets are actually worth your while to buy." www.computerworld.com/article/4046...