Jon Victor

San Francisco

Reporter at The Information

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Articles

The 30 Most and Least Common Uses of AI

1 week ago | theinformation.com | Jon Victor

Executives’ growing willingness to say publicly that they are forgoing hiring in favor of artificial intelligence might be a sign of the times. Businesses are facing more uncertainty than they have in years, with tariff-related disruptions and a broader stock market pullback since the start of this year.
Activist Investor Elliott Takes $1.5 Billion Stake in HPE

1 week ago | theinformation.com | Jon Victor

Source: The InformationActivist investor Elliott Investment Management took a stake worth more than $1.5 billion in Hewlett Packard Enterprise and plans to push for changes at the server designer to boost its share price, which has declined around 30% this year, a person familiar with the matter said. Bloomberg first reported on the investment. HPE shares traded more than 4% higher Tuesday.
At LinkedIn, the Line Between Engineer and Designer Is Blurring

1 week ago | theinformation.com | Jon Victor

In an era of vibe coding and artificial intelligence that can build a professional-looking webpage based on a simple prompt, the lines separating software engineers, designers and product managers are getting blurry. At LinkedIn, for example, company leaders are encouraging engineers to use AI to speed up design work and designers to use AI to generate code, Chief Product Officer Tomer Cohen told me.
NATO, Palantir Strike Deal on Warfighting AI

1 week ago | theinformation.com | Jon Victor

Source: The InformationThe North Atlantic Treaty Organization said Monday that it had struck a deal with Palantir to buy artificial intelligence software that will improve the organization’s ability to process intelligence for military operations. Palantir stock rose 4.6% after the announcement Monday, compared with less than 1% for the Nasdaq Composite index.
Pentagon to Cancel $5.1 Billion in IT Services Contracts

1 week ago | theinformation.com | Jon Victor

Source: The InformationU.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Thursday directed the Department of Defense to cancel $5.1 billion in contracts with consulting firms including Deloitte, Accenture and Booz Allen Hamilton, part of the Trump Administration’s efforts to slash government spending. The contracts included consulting services, the reselling of cloud software services, and IT helpdesk services, according to a Defense Department memo.
How Companies Are Approaching AI’s Cost-Benefit Analysis

2 weeks ago | theinformation.com | Jon Victor

Google Cloud pulled out all the stops at its annual developer conference in Las Vegas this week to demonstrate that customers are getting good results from artificial intelligence services, speeding up production and offering new services to customers. But as tariffs roil markets and dampen the economic outlook, how much businesses spend on AI remains the biggest question.
Rivals Unite Behind New Software for Agents, Threatening App Makers

2 weeks ago | theinformation.com | Jon Victor

Before we get to AI agents, we wanted to make sure you saw our story from last night on how the effects of the new U.S. tariffs are already rippling across tech—even prompting some companies to pause new enterprise software deals. We’ll be watching closely for any more disruptions as companies continue to make sense of what the changes in trade policy mean for their businesses.
Why Customers Let Workday Train AI on Their Data

3 weeks ago | theinformation.com | Jon Victor

Workday, a human resources software provider, is the latest example of a large public company using information from customers to improve its artificial intelligence. To develop AI that lets customers generate and analyze legal contracts, Workday has been using its customers’ own contracts as part of the training data, Chief Technology Officer Jim Stratton told me.
Why Customers Let Workday Train AI on Their Data

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Jon Victor

1 day agoAI like ChatGPT has left many of us wondering what job artificial intelligence is going to take next. But now, according to a new survey by digital insight company Cint, not only are many more workers using AI to do their jobs than you might think, but they’re also doing it secretly, afraid to tell their bosses they’re doing so. Veuer’s Tony Spitz has the details.
ChatGPT’s New Image Tool Is Big for Businesses

3 weeks ago | theinformation.com | Jon Victor

OpenAI’s latest image update to ChatGPT isn’t just a boon for Studio Ghibli fans. It’s also a gift to businesses of all sizes looking to generate visuals—from marketing photography, advertisements and more—on the cheap. Take Sola Wood Flowers, a Utah-based e-commerce company that sells replica flowers mostly used in weddings.