London-based startup Paid raises $21.6M to revolutionize AI billing by enabling companies to charge customers based on actual results delivered rather than traditional usage metrics, addressing the critical issue that 95% of enterprise AI projects currently provide no measurable value to businesses.
JPMorgan Chase deploys AI platform across 250,000 employees that creates investment presentations in 30 seconds and automates processes, while planning 10% staff cuts in consumer banking as workers transition from content creators to AI managers.
Salesforce slashes 4,000 customer support jobs as AI bots now handle half the company's workload, reducing human staff from 9,000 to 5,000 positions while CEO Marc Benioff credits 'Agentforce' technology for the dramatic workforce reduction.
Nearly 37% of companies plan to replace workers with AI by 2026, with high-salary employees and those lacking AI skills facing the greatest risk as businesses prioritize automation and cost-cutting amid economic uncertainty.
Chatwoot's AI agent 'Captain' malfunctions by randomly responding in Spanish and making incorrect decisions, exposing critical gaps in AI monitoring as the industry splits between OpenTelemetry's broad adoption and OpenInference's AI-specific features, with experts warning against fragmented observability standards that could hamper debugging of increasingly complex AI systems.
Senior living tech company Inspiren secures $100 million Series B funding led by Insight Partners, doubling its customer base to over 230 communities while expanding emergency response and safety technology for elderly residents.
Humanly launches AI video interviews priced at $3-$30 per candidate, with companies reporting triple hiring rates, 50% pipeline increases, and massive cost reductions from $25K-$39K to just $500 per hire using specialized AI interviewers trained on 5 million candidate interviews.
Microsoft introduces Constrained Speech Recognition for Dynamics 365 Contact Centers, leveraging structured rules to boost accuracy of voice inputs, enhancing voice AI capabilities like conversational analytics and agent assistance for improved performance.
AI automating travel charges like rental car damage fees, hotel bills, and airline pricing raises accuracy concerns as systems make errors, lack oversight, and unfairly charge customers, prompting calls for documentation and disputing erroneous charges.
AI agent startup Sierra secures $350 million in funding at a $10 billion valuation, with the company founded by former Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor serving hundreds of enterprise customers and tracking toward over $100 million in recurring revenue.