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ManufacturingOpinionCadre Holdings, the Jacksonville maker of Safariland body armour and duty gear, has posted its first dedicated AI role and wants the hire to train process owners face to face inside its lean operating model. The choice runs against how most manufacturers are buying AI, and it raises a harder question about how far generative tools should reach into products built to stop bullets.
BankingOpinionThe contractors were added on top of about 3,000 people already working in that area.
Banking"COMPASS brings together capabilities that have traditionally operated separately."
BankingOpinion"Agents are goal-seeking by design."
Banking"Businesses are moving quickly to automate the work around payments."
RetailEach authorized agent receives a dedicated profile within the customer's account, so its purchases can be viewed separately.
ManufacturingOpinionAmerica's largest transmission owner is hiring a Managing Director for AI Security, and spelling out ten decisions the role cannot make. For a utility that keeps the lights on for 5.6 million customers, the AI security chief should hold a veto.
BankingOpinion"The number of customers paying for MCP access has more than doubled in this last quarter."
PharmaOpinionUT San Antonio is hiring a research-computing chief who will also be its principal advisor on AI across labs, clinics, classrooms and the back office. It may be the most sensible AI org chart in academic medicine, and it should unsettle every health system that built its AI office away from the machines.
PharmaOpinionThe companies plan to use real-world patient data to improve trial recruitment, starting with a hypertension program in Abu Dhabi.
Banking"New account onboarding, compliance, and surveillance are all incorporating AI and machine learning to help us scale."
PharmaOpinionThe acquisition moves OpenAI into software coordinating drug programs, as pharma buyers seek AI that connects research, budgets and execution.
BankingOpinionWall Street’s Q3 earnings calls were full of AI productivity claims. The figures that would let investors test them were mostly missing.
Banking"The platform bringing together Huntington's expertise and Gemini platform to help owners make more informed decision."
Retail"Automation is only as good as its controls."
BankingLeadership move"Customers do not think about channels. They expect us to know them, make banking easier, and be there when they need us."
Banking"We set out to rebuild our technology from the bottom of the tech stack up."
ManufacturingOpinionAI now tops every category for rising wasted tech spend.
ManufacturingOpinionUpgrading existing machines delivers “an immediate increase in output capability,” says ASML CFO Roger Dassen, as equipment demand outpaces supply.
BankingOpinion"Next year, we get 10% more work for the same cost."
