AI

Friendlier chatbots can be less reliable, study says – Computerworld

New research from the Oxford Internet Institute indicates that AI chatbots trained to be extra warm, friendly, and empathetic can also become less reliable,...

EU lawmakers fail to agree on watered-down AI Act, talks pushed to May – Computerworld

What happens next CIOs should treat August 2 as a hard deadline regardless of what happens in May, Shah said. “I believe CIOs are in...

Can Apple’s new CEO turn things around? – Computerworld

Each year, I’d get excited about Apple’s new devices and look for just one clean reason to upgrade. I didn’t find it. The promise...

Your AI strategy is all wrong

Every CEO and executive enthusiastically slashing headcount in anticipation of an AI-driven productivity boom should read a new meta-analysis from the UK’s...

Agent Mode is now available in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint – Computerworld

Microsoft has beefed up Copilot’s capabilities in Word, Excel and PowerPoint, claiming its Agent Mode will help speed up workers’ output. The new features, announced...

Meta’s compute grab continues with agreement to deploy tens of millions of AWS Graviton cores

Meta is continuing its compute grab as the agentic AI race accelerates to a sprint. Today, the company announced a partnership with Amazon...

Germany’s sovereign AI hope changes hands – Computerworld

As Europe seeks to assert its technological independence from the US vendors Aleph Alpha, once seen as Germany’s sovereign AI hope, is the target...

Tim Cook’s legacy: a successful CEO who stumbled over AI – Computerworld

Apple’s Tim Cook was viewed as a worthy successor to Steve Jobs when he took over as CEO in August 2011, two months before...

Google Chat becomes an agent interface for Workspace – Computerworld

Irwin Lazar, principal analyst at Metrigy, said the addition of Ask Gemini in Chat highlights Google’s efforts to compete more directly with Microsoft Teams....