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Friar said jobs. Census said 2%.
On 15 September OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar said the company’s products limit how many people finance needs, then said the result is not fewer people but more work at the edge. Census finds reported employment decreases in 2% of AI-using firms.
Gary Stanton · September 16, 2026
Shadow AI Is Already Your Production Stack. Treat It Like One.
Your team has already solved the AI adoption problem—they've just done it without asking permission. Here's how to inventory what's running, contain what's dangerous, and convert it into legitimate competitive advantage in 30 days.
Priya Subramanian · September 15, 2026
Grok in Word is a subprocessor, not a muse
On 12 September Microsoft added Grok to Copilot in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. SpaceXAI is on the subprocessor list. The admin switch is off by default.
Gary Stanton · September 15, 2026
Census said 5.4%. The new paper says 18%. Do not stack them.
CES-WP-24-16R put AI use at 5.4% of firms producing goods or services (Feb 2024). CES-WP-26-25 put it at 18% of firms in a business function (Nov 2025–Jan 2026). Census changed the question. Believe the survey. Do not write a fake series.
Gary Stanton · September 10, 2026
The Times case is about training, not your prompt
On 4 September, OpenAI, Microsoft, the New York Times, and a group of authors filed competing summary-judgment motions. That fight is about how the models were built, not a new rule for every prompt.
Gary Stanton · September 9, 2026
The deck says everyone. Census says 18%. The denominator is the story.
McKinsey finds nearly nine in ten survey respondents report AI use somewhere in their organizations. Census finds 18% of U.S. firms use AI in a business function. Both can be honest. They are not counting the same population.
Gary Stanton · September 5, 2026
Five AI Patterns Your Teams Are Already Running — Here's What Changes Monday
Your finance team just built an AI agent without telling you. This isn't a pilot anymore — it's how work happens now. Here are the five operational patterns reshaping production, and what you actually need to do.
Dana Whitfield · March 17, 2026
State of AI Adoption 2025: The Data Every Business Leader Needs
We analyzed adoption data across 12 industries to give you the clearest picture of where AI stands, which sectors are leading, and what's holding others back.
Dana Whitfield · March 16, 2026
How AI Is Collapsing Sales Cycles: What's Actually Happening in 2026
A mid-market SaaS company closes deals 3–4 calls earlier using AI conversation analysis. This isn't productivity theater. It's a structural shift in how sales organizations work. Here's what's changing, and what you need to do about it.
Jules Marchetti · November 15, 2025