AI adoption
4 published articles
AI Adoption
French SMEs' AI adoption hits 47%, but the hidden costs tell the real story
Nearly half of French SMEs have launched AI projects, but a new Bpifrance report reveals hidden costs and failure factors that leaders ignore at their own risk. Success depends more on objectives and business ownership than on technology.
2026-08-07
Future of Work
The productivity paradox: why AI tools are making workers slower
Despite high executive expectations, a majority of workers report AI adds to their workload. The Upwork Research Institute survey suggests top-down AI mandates backfire, and offers alternative paths through freelancers and co-created metrics.
2026-08-06
Enterprise AI
Half of Asia's enterprises don't use English for AI. That's the bottleneck
Alibaba Cloud's NielsenIQ survey of 1,000 Asian IT decision makers finds 95% raising AI budgets and 75% calling AI indispensable. The finding that matters most: only about half of enterprises use English for AI, making local-language models the next bottleneck.
2026-08-04
Enterprise AI
Anthropic's Claude finds its enterprise bridge: 30,000 Cognizant engineers
As AI capability outpaces enterprise adoption, Cognizant expands its Anthropic partnership, training 30,000 staff on Claude and delivering measurable productivity gains like 40% faster contract reviews and eight-hour weekly savings for underwriters. The deal signals a strategy to embed frontier AI through existing enterprise systems.
2026-08-01