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AI Models Fail 40% of Complex IT Tickets, Shield Technology Study Finds
AI & ML

AI Models Fail 40% of Complex IT Tickets, Shield Technology Study Finds

Shield Technology's AI benchmarks show top models resolve only 61.5% of complex IT tickets, highlighting gaps in following customer instructions and forcing MSPs to reconsider automation strategies and technician roles.

15h ago
AI Skills Lift Salaries 46% but Double Burnout, Widen Gender Gap
AI & ML

AI Skills Lift Salaries 46% but Double Burnout, Widen Gender Gap

AI-exposed tech jobs saw 46% pay growth since 2021 versus 25% for other roles, but burnout doubled and women represent only 26% of AI hires.

1d ago
AI Adoption Fails to Lift Productivity, UK Researchers Say
AI & ML

AI Adoption Fails to Lift Productivity, UK Researchers Say

University of Manchester researchers find AI adoption hasn't yet delivered forecast productivity gains despite widespread use, citing upfront costs and gaps between task-level improvements and organization-wide outcomes.

1d ago
AI Audits Fail as CIOs Can't Explain How Algorithms Make Decisions
AI & ML

AI Audits Fail as CIOs Can't Explain How Algorithms Make Decisions

Gartner's 2026 survey of 697 AI leaders shows 67% find bias monitoring difficult as CIOs struggle to explain algorithmic decisions to auditors, revealing traditional frameworks can't audit unpredictable AI systems.

1d ago
Defense Contractors Fail Cyber Audits on Documentation, Not Technology
Cybersecurity

Defense Contractors Fail Cyber Audits on Documentation, Not Technology

Muse Technologies, founded by former NASA CIO Dr. Linda Cureton, launches defense contractor service addressing documentation failures that have cost companies millions in cybersecurity compliance settlements.

1d ago
Anthropic Manager Stops Coding Interviews, Citing AI Agents' Superior Performance
AI & ML

Anthropic Manager Stops Coding Interviews, Citing AI Agents' Superior Performance

Anthropic's engineering manager ended coding interviews, saying AI outperforms humans, but ZipRecruiter data shows 62.5 percent of tech employers still require formal skill tests on applications.

1d ago
Anduril Commits to 65% US Parts in 2027 Laptop After Initial Uncertainty
Emerging

Anduril Commits to 65% US Parts in 2027 Laptop After Initial Uncertainty

Anduril now commits its 2027 laptop will meet the 65% US component threshold, reversing its initial uncertainty after two days of questions about domestic manufacturing claims.

2d ago
Datadog's Scout Model Cuts AI Investigation Costs by 75% in Production Alerts
AI & ML

Datadog's Scout Model Cuts AI Investigation Costs by 75% in Production Alerts

Datadog's Scout model investigates production alerts at 25% the cost of Claude Fable 5.1. Built on GLM-5.3 Flash, it runs inside Bits Investigation, diagnosing failures before engineers respond.

2d ago
Kubernetes Platforms Rebuild Same Controller Thousands of Times, Project Shows
Cloud

Kubernetes Platforms Rebuild Same Controller Thousands of Times, Project Shows

Platform teams rebuild identical Kubernetes controllers thousands of times to wire objects together. Kro proposes shared composition primitives, moving to Kubernetes SIG Cloud Provider in September 2025 as reusable machinery.

2d ago
Infosys AI Revenue Surges 29% as Automation Drives Down Contract Prices
AI & ML

Infosys AI Revenue Surges 29% as Automation Drives Down Contract Prices

2d ago
Companies Hire IT Contractors Over Full-Time Staff, Hays Study Finds
IT Services

Companies Hire IT Contractors Over Full-Time Staff, Hays Study Finds

3d ago
Intel tax breaks cost Oregon, New Mexico $1.2 billion since 2015, report finds
IT Services

Intel tax breaks cost Oregon, New Mexico $1.2 billion since 2015, report finds

3d ago
Executives Disagree on Whether Tech Shapes Strategy, Gartner Finds
AI & ML

Executives Disagree on Whether Tech Shapes Strategy, Gartner Finds

4d ago
NTT Data and Cisco Expand AI Factories to Help Firms Test Use Cases Before Launch
AI & ML

NTT Data and Cisco Expand AI Factories to Help Firms Test Use Cases Before Launch

4d ago
AWS Fargate Provisions Dedicated Infrastructure Per Pod, Not Shared Nodes
Cloud

AWS Fargate Provisions Dedicated Infrastructure Per Pod, Not Shared Nodes

4d ago
Kubernetes Control Planes Fail Without Crashes, Three Cases Show
Cloud

Kubernetes Control Planes Fail Without Crashes, Three Cases Show

4d ago
Nutanix, Supermicro Plan Private AI System to Cut Token Costs
AI & ML

Nutanix, Supermicro Plan Private AI System to Cut Token Costs

5d ago
Microsoft Offers Buyouts to 60,000 Workers in AI Workforce Shift
AI & ML

Microsoft Offers Buyouts to 60,000 Workers in AI Workforce Shift

5d ago
Corporate Layoffs Hit Highest Level Since May, 190,000 Tech Jobs Cut
AI & ML

Corporate Layoffs Hit Highest Level Since May, 190,000 Tech Jobs Cut

6d ago
Cloudflare Cuts Load Balancer Memory by 100 TB Through Hash Optimization
Cloud

Cloudflare Cuts Load Balancer Memory by 100 TB Through Hash Optimization

Oct 25, 2026
AI Spending Shifts From Experiment to Asset as Production Use Doubles
AI & ML

AI Spending Shifts From Experiment to Asset as Production Use Doubles

Oct 24, 2026
Cloudflare Adds AI Workspace Tools, Partners to Speed Enterprise Adoption
AI Apps

Cloudflare Adds AI Workspace Tools, Partners to Speed Enterprise Adoption

Oct 24, 2026
Cloudflare Adds Live Profiling for Workers, Cuts Memory Use by 15 MB
Cloud

Cloudflare Adds Live Profiling for Workers, Cuts Memory Use by 15 MB

Oct 24, 2026
Tech Firms Invest Billions in Engineers to Recoup AI Spending
AI & ML

Tech Firms Invest Billions in Engineers to Recoup AI Spending

Oct 23, 2026
UK Government Cannot Track Its Own Digital Spending, Officials Admit
IT Services

UK Government Cannot Track Its Own Digital Spending, Officials Admit

Oct 23, 2026
CIOs Delivering AI Results Are 2.6 Times More Likely to Kill Low-Value Projects
AI & ML

CIOs Delivering AI Results Are 2.6 Times More Likely to Kill Low-Value Projects

Oct 22, 2026
Cognizant Commits 18,000 Engineers to Google Cloud AI Partnership
AI & ML

Cognizant Commits 18,000 Engineers to Google Cloud AI Partnership

Oct 22, 2026
GitHub Upgrades Runner Controller to Cut API Load, Speed Kubernetes Scaling
Cloud

GitHub Upgrades Runner Controller to Cut API Load, Speed Kubernetes Scaling

Oct 21, 2026
Meta Scales AI Supercluster Toward 1 Million GPUs in Prometheus Project
AI & ML

Meta Scales AI Supercluster Toward 1 Million GPUs in Prometheus Project

Oct 21, 2026