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The Age of Intelligence Is Giving Way to the Age of Understanding

The Age of Intelligence may turn out to be one of the shortest eras in technology. Its defining capability became widely available faster than expected.

AI Industry Leaders React to NVIDIA Buying Hugging Face

NVIDIA dropped a bombshell this week after announcing its acquisition of Hugging Face. The startup has become a leading platform for building, sharing, and running AI models, particularly in the open source and weight ecosystem—meaning developers can edit and self-host a model. 

The AI Bill Comes Due: Why Smart Economics Will Define the AI Era

In the corner office of CivicFlow, a composite portrait of a dozen real companies grappling with AI's true costs, CEO Richard Hale stares at a spreadsheet that is giving him a migraine. It's not the revenue figures. It's the cloud computing and AI inference bill, the meter that runs every time an employee asks the model to do something.

Building AI That Actually Delivers: Six Principles for Turning Intelligence Into Impact

In the current landscape, AI is frequently positioned as the universal solvent for operational friction. From predictive forecasting to complex automation, "adding AI" is often framed as a shortcut to superior outcomes. However, intelligence without intent rarely creates value; in fact, MIT's "The GenAI Divide: State of AI in Business 2025" indicates that roughly 95% of enterprise AI projects fail to deliver measurable business impact.

Business-Biased AI Hurts Customer Loyalty—You’re to Blame

Agentic AI is fueling customer distrust. When AI systems are trained to favor business goals over customer wellbeing, automation turns into a loyalty liability. AI has come a long way from the early days of simple automation.

The Build vs. Buy Moment That Will Define Enterprise AI in 2026

Untapped AI potential was a defining theme of 2025, reminding business leaders that expectations for new technology often outrun reality, especially in the early stages of implementation. While the C-suite looked to AI as a near-term answer to cost pressure, teams responsible for implementation faced a very different set of constraints on the ground.

Will the AI Bubble Pop? Experts Predict Reality Will Burst the Bubble in 2026

While industry insiders can't agree whether AI is in a bubble or not, a Fortune article released last month examines OpenAI's promise of an artificial intelligence revolution with the reality that the company still hasn't made a profit.

How (and Why) to Embrace AI as a Teammate, Not a Technology

AI is increasingly integrated into day-to-day operations, but few organizations have figured out how to make the most of it. It's often piloted in silos or treated like just another piece of software. When results don't match the hype, teams blame the technology or move on to the next tool.

MCP: What It Is and Why It Matters

AI's immense transformative potential may be undisputed, but it has a major problem: It is inherently difficult to integrate with real-world tools and systems like databases, calendars, CRMs, and financial platforms. As a result, developers are often stuck manually building custom integrations—an approach that's both cumbersome and time-consuming.

Several Top Names Call for Action on the Regulation and Prohibition of AI Superintelligence

Many high profile public figures, along with multiple AI "godfathers" and array of religious, media, and tech experts, have released a letter calling for a ban on AI "superintelligence that threatens humanity."

New Report Shows 95% of Companies Lack Return on AI Investments

While many companies are pouring money into corporate AI projects, a recent MIT report shows that 95% of these organizations are seeing zero return.

From Promise to Progress: Closing the Gap in Enterprise AI with Process Intelligence

In the rush to embrace artificial intelligence (AI), enterprises across industries have encountered a harsh reality: transformation takes more than technology. Two years ago, generative AI captured the imagination of business and technology leaders alike, promising to revolutionize operations and decision-making. Yet today, many organizations find themselves with pilot projects that are failing to scale, and AI investments that are falling short of expectations.

5 Insights on the Future of Enterprise AI from Todd James at 84.51°

Todd James, chief data and technology officer at 84.51°, recently discussed the shift in perceptions of AI as an abstract technology to an impactful driver of business outcomes at the Gartner IT Symposium.

2025: The Year of Breakthrough AI? Tech Leaders Predict the Next Stages of Enterprise AI

AI's influence is being felt everywhere, from chatbots that help people shop online to talk of autonomous drones or other Internet of Things devices that can act independently. 2025 shows no signs of slowing what organizations may want to tap into or create AI solutions for.

Modern Data Management for the AI Era

It's well established that AI—both operational and generative AI (GenAI)—is changing the game for data management. Today's data environments need to support large (and not-so-large) language models that have to be constantly trained with inflows.

The AI Revolution: Bridging the Gap Between Potential and Readiness in the Data-Driven Era

AI talent is in high demand; AI reveals brain oscillations for memory and disease; AI may allow us to talk to whales; AI can help plan meals and other tasks; an AI platform for dentistry just raised $53 million. That was the tip of the AI news iceberg—in one day.

The Unseen Ethical Considerations in AI Practices: A Guide for the CEO 

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is only accelerating its adoption among global corporate enterprises, thus CEOs and business leaders are positioned at the confluence of innovation and ethics as it relates to implementing AI projects in their businesses. 

AI Agents Are the Next Wave of Enterprise AI

The interest surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) has never been higher, but AI agents are the next wave of innovation enterprises need to prepare for.