Instacart is bringing AI shopping assistants to physical grocery stores through its Caper smart carts. The Cart Assistant can suggest party items within budget and check for allergens like gluten. Sprouts Farmers Market plans to deploy the technology starting next year.
A comprehensive study reveals little evidence linking organizational culture to performance. Yet executives keep spending billions on culture programs. The disconnect reveals something deeper about management psychology.
Scribe, founded in 2019 by former McKinsey consultant Jennifer Smith, helps companies automatically document workflows and create step-by-step guides. The platform just hit a $1.3 billion valuation after its latest funding round and counts 45% of Fortune 500 companies as customers.
Some of AI’s biggest names say artificial general intelligence might already be here. The debate reveals deep divisions about what AGI actually means and when we’ll recognize it.
ChatGPT processes a staggering 2.5 billion prompts daily globally, but Google still dominates with roughly 14 billion daily searches. The AI revolution has a long way to go to catch the search giant that became a verb.
Samsung appears to be changing its chip strategy for the Galaxy S26 series. The Ultra model may get Snapdragon chips globally while other models use Exynos. This could mean better performance consistency for premium buyers.
More than a quarter of large UK businesses plan to reduce headcount because of artificial intelligence adoption. Junior professional and administrative roles face the highest risk of elimination across multiple sectors.
A Swedish company founded in 1689 is methodically dismantling the professional lawn care market it helped create. Their robotic mowers just maintained a major golf championship, representing a 16% slice of their business today.
The major ride-hailing and delivery companies are all signaling that autonomous vehicle technology requires massive upfront investment. DoorDash plans to spend “several hundred million dollars more” than expected, while Lyft and Uber outline their own costly robotaxi infrastructure plans.
Two major Linux driver updates are making hardware work better than ever on open-source systems. Lenovo laptops gain rapid charging capabilities while Razer peripherals get expanded compatibility. These updates represent real progress for Linux desktop users.
