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Sheryl Sandberg warns AI gender gap threatens to widen workplace inequality for women

Sheryl Sandberg's Lean In organization reveals a troubling pattern: men receive 27% more recognition for using AI at work than women, despite similar usage rates. The nonprofit has appointed 25-year-old Bridget Griswold as CEO to tackle the gender gap in AI adoption, which threatens to compound existing pay and promotion inequalities as AI skills become the most valued by employers.

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Sheryl Sandberg warns AI gender gap threatens to widen workplace inequality for women

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Anthropic signs AI safety deal with Australia, eyes data centre investments

Anthropic has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Australian government to share AI safety research and economic data tracking insights. The Claude maker will invest in data centre infrastructure and renewable energy across Australia while collaborating with local universities. CEO Dario Amodei met Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Canberra to formalize the partnership.

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Anthropic signs AI safety deal with Australia, eyes data centre investments

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Salesforce transforms Slackbot with 30 new AI features, desktop monitoring and agent coordination

Salesforce has unveiled a major AI overhaul for Slack, introducing over 30 new features that transform Slackbot from a basic assistant into what the company calls an agentic operating system. The update includes reusable AI skills, desktop activity monitoring, and the ability to coordinate with external tools through the Model Context Protocol, powered by Anthropic's Claude.

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Salesforce transforms Slackbot with 30 new AI features, desktop monitoring and agent coordination

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Eric Jackson shorts Salesforce and four other software stocks, citing AI Paradox research

Hedge fund founder Eric Jackson announced short positions in five major software companies after analyzing 716 earnings calls. His research reveals an AI Paradox: companies mentioning AI most frequently underperform peers by 5.4 percentage points over 90 days, suggesting AI buzzwords mask underlying threats from AI automation rather than signal genuine business growth.

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Eric Jackson shorts Salesforce and four other software stocks, citing AI Paradox research

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AI-led selloff in contract research firms may overestimate disruption risk to CRO industry

Shares of contract research organizations like IQVIA, Medpace, and Charles River Laboratories tumbled after Anthropic's February AI agent launch sparked fears drugmakers could bring clinical trial work in-house. But industry experts argue the selloff misjudges how far artificial intelligence can replace core CRO capabilities like patient recruitment and global trial execution.

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AI-led selloff in contract research firms may overestimate disruption risk to CRO industry

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Treeline raises $25 million Series A funding to rebuild corporate IT with AI agents

San Francisco-based Treeline has secured $25 million in Series A funding led by Andreessen Horowitz to build a modern IT operating system that flips the traditional managed service provider model. The AI-powered MSP claims its agents resolve 98% of customer requests and reduce employee onboarding time from 20 minutes to just 2 minutes, targeting a market of 40,000 MSPs in the U.S. alone.

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Treeline raises $25 million Series A funding to rebuild corporate IT with AI agents

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Google Drive AI ransomware detection now protects all Workspace users with 14x better detection

Google Drive has rolled out AI-powered ransomware detection to all Workspace users after months of beta testing. The feature, enabled by default, pauses file syncing when threats are detected and now identifies 14 times more infections than earlier versions. Users can restore clean file versions while IT admins receive alerts through the Admin console.

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Google Drive AI ransomware detection now protects all Workspace users with 14x better detection

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Disney's AI Olaf animatronic falls flat at Disneyland Paris debut, nose detaches on impact

Disney's new AI-powered Olaf animatronic suffered a spectacular malfunction at Disneyland Paris on March 29, just one day after its debut. The three-foot robot froze mid-conversation before dramatically falling backward in front of guests, with its carrot nose bouncing away. Cast members quickly carried the animatronic backstage as the viral moment highlighted the challenges of deploying advanced robotics in theme parks.

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Disney's AI Olaf animatronic falls flat at Disneyland Paris debut, nose detaches on impact

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Microsoft commits $1 billion to Thailand for cloud and AI infrastructure through 2028

Microsoft announced a $1 billion investment in Thailand spanning 2026-2028, marking its largest publicly disclosed commitment in Southeast Asia. The investment will fund cloud and AI infrastructure, data centers, cybersecurity capabilities, and AI skills training for millions of Thai workers as the country positions itself as a regional digital hub.

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Microsoft commits $1 billion to Thailand for cloud and AI infrastructure through 2028

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Sycamore Raises $65M Seed to Build Governance Layer for Enterprise AI Agents

Former Atlassian CTO Sri Viswanath has raised $65 million in seed funding for Sycamore, a startup building an agentic operating system for enterprises. Led by Coatue and Lightspeed, the round attracted heavyweight angels including former OpenAI chief scientist Bob McGrew, Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan, and Databricks CEO Ali Ghodsi. The platform aims to solve the trust and governance challenges preventing enterprises from deploying AI agents at scale.

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Sycamore Raises $65M Seed to Build Governance Layer for Enterprise AI Agents

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Qodo raises $70M to verify AI-generated code as enterprises struggle with trust and quality

Qodo, a New York-based startup building AI agents for code review and governance, has raised $70 million in Series B funding led by Qumra Capital. As AI coding tools generate billions of lines of code monthly, the company addresses a critical bottleneck: verifying that AI-generated software works as intended. Major enterprises including NVIDIA and Walmart are already using Qodo's multi-agent system.

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Qodo raises $70M to verify AI-generated code as enterprises struggle with trust and quality

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AI coding tools trigger brain fry as developers struggle with code overload and mental exhaustion

AI coding tools from Anthropic and OpenAI have increased code production from 25,000 to 250,000 lines per month at some companies. But the productivity surge comes at a cost: developers report AI brain fry, spending 16-hour days managing AI agents, losing sleep, and experiencing mental fatigue that resembles addiction.

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AI coding tools trigger brain fry as developers struggle with code overload and mental exhaustion

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AI in recruitment transforms job interviews as candidate fraud and deepfakes break hiring systems

Companies are declaring job interviews as AI-free zones after discovering candidates using generative AI to answer questions in real-time. From deepfake candidate impersonation to AI-generated submissions overwhelming recruiters, the technology is forcing employers to rethink hiring. L'Oréal now trains 200 recruiters for two years to spot AI-assisted fraud, while Gartner warns one in four candidate profiles will be fake by 2028.

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AI in recruitment transforms job interviews as candidate fraud and deepfakes break hiring systems

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Google's Agent Smith AI tool gains internal traction as engineers embrace autonomous coding assistant

Google has deployed Agent Smith, an internal AI tool that automates coding and workflow tasks, with such popularity that the company had to limit access due to surging usage. Unlike traditional AI coding assistants, Agent Smith operates asynchronously in the background and integrates with multiple internal systems, marking a shift toward more independent AI agents in enterprise environments.

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Google's Agent Smith AI tool gains internal traction as engineers embrace autonomous coding assistant

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Warhorse Studios fires Kingdom Come: Deliverance II translator, switches to AI for localization

Max Hejtmánek, who translated Kingdom Come: Deliverance II from Czech to English for nearly four years, was fired by Warhorse Studios on March 27, 2026. The studio told him his position became obsolete as AI will now handle all translations going forward. The move comes despite the game's commercial success, selling several million copies and earning GOTY nominations.

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Warhorse Studios fires Kingdom Come: Deliverance II translator, switches to AI for localization

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