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Microsoft’s Nadella: AI Agents Serve as ‘Chiefs of Staff’

Microsoft’s Nadella: AI Agents Serve as ‘Chiefs of Staff’
Microsoft’s Nadella: AI Agents Serve as ‘Chiefs of Staff’
May 16, 2025  |  Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft has reportedly learned that the ability of artificial intelligence to complete tasks that people find boring is the strongest selling point of the technology....

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Microsoft to Retire Bing Search APIs, Promote Azure AI Agents
Microsoft to Retire Bing Search APIs, Promote Azure AI Agents
May 15, 2025  |  Big Tech

Microsoft said Monday (May 12) that it will retire Bing Search APIs on Aug. 11. “Any existing instances of Bing Search APIs will be decommissioned...

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Databricks Boosts AI Agent Business With $1 Billion Neon Purchase
Databricks Boosts AI Agent Business With $1 Billion Neon Purchase
May 14, 2025  |  Partnerships

Data and artificial intelligence (AI) firm Databricks is acquiring database startup Neon. “As the $100-billion-plus database market braces for unprecedented disruption driven by AI, Databricks plans to continue...

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Forget Browsing. The Agentic AI Internet of Tomorrow Will Find You First
Forget Browsing. The Agentic AI Internet of Tomorrow Will Find You First
May 13, 2025  |  Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI) could soon herald the biggest internet shake-up since dial-up gave way to WiFi. With Perplexity AI in talks to reach a $14...

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Vanguard’s Data Chief on Embedding AI and Data Across the Enterprise
Vanguard’s Data Chief on Embedding AI and Data Across the Enterprise
May 13, 2025  |  Artificial Intelligence

In today’s artificial intelligence (AI)-driven economy, data is more than an asset — it’s a strategic imperative. That’s the belief of Ryan Swann, Vanguard’s chief...

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Relevance AI Raises $24 Million to Grow AI Agent Operating System
Relevance AI Raises $24 Million to Grow AI Agent Operating System
May 09, 2025  |  Investments

Relevance AI has raised $24 million in a Series B funding round to accelerate the expansion and adoption of its platform that helps companies create...

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This Week in AI: S&P, Etsy Leverage AI, Instacart CEO Joins OpenAI, Amazon and Walmart Go Robotic
This Week in AI: S&P, Etsy Leverage AI, Instacart CEO Joins OpenAI, Amazon and Walmart...
May 09, 2025  |  Artificial Intelligence

In an exclusive interview with PYMNTS, S&P Global Chief AI Officer Bhavesh Dayalji said he sees agentic artificial intelligence (AI) as the next transformational wave for...

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Toast: AI-Powered Menu Upsell Tool Boosts Restaurant’s Average Order Volume 6%
Toast: AI-Powered Menu Upsell Tool Boosts Restaurant’s Average Order Volume 6%
May 09, 2025  |  Earnings

Artificial intelligence-powered tools for restaurants are showing promising early results, Toast said Thursday (May 8) during the company’s first-quarter earnings call. Toast, which provides a...

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