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Walking through the halls of The Star, the Dallas Cowboys' practice facility, CIO Matt Messick described wrapping up a lengthy refresh cycle, migrating to a new ERP system and readying the data foundation for the long game — AI adoption: buff.ly/d9c2Vn5

The company reported a push in agentic AI investments and entered Q2 with an AI systems backlog of $5 billion, CEO and President Antonio Neri said during the Monday earnings call: buff.ly/TdWm71m

A former Walgreens and Kraft Heinz CIO, Francesco Tinto comes to Kimberly-Clark from consulting firm Advantage Solutions, where he most recently served as chief digital officer: buff.ly/nWYpKMM

In the United Arab Emirates, two drone strikes took AWS data centers out of commission on Sunday, disrupting the availability of services: buff.ly/pAAHX1q

TD Bank's investments will cut timelines for fraud detection and accelerate claim resolution, executives said. AI is also expected to reduce the time it takes to create financial plans by 50% buff.ly/jJ0341U

AWS’ exclusive operation of OpenAI Frontier is a “gamechanger” from a cloud competition perspective, Wong said: buff.ly/XUynYvi

The world’s largest companies saw an uptick in interest for AI skills outside IT roles, including customer support roles, sales and marketing: buff.ly/cQyQpU3

The AI provider also said Tuesday it raised $350 million in Series E financing for manufacturing and cloud capacity expansion — with participation from Intel Capital: buff.ly/aPIdlpr

An overwhelming majority of respondents to an Info-Tech Research Group survey said IT skills need to evolve within five years to meet future demand: buff.ly/ahg2Qdv

Financial services firms in the U.S. are accelerating AI investments in 2026 as the industry seeks operational efficiency gains largely driven by agentic technology: buff.ly/NgnlZIT

Before companies can measure the success of their AI efforts, they must test their solutions and scale them into production — a tricky step for most businesses: buff.ly/U7JP5Bo

Unemployment among technology professionals rose slightly during January, reaching 3.6% compared with 3.3% in December: buff.ly/K4utF3Q

To ensure priority projects are completed, 61% of U.S. tech leaders said they plan to add permanent staff this year, according to Robert Half’s data. buff.ly/RMd7nbl

Experts believe businesses will spend ample resources in 2026 revamping processes in response to AI adoption as they look to upskill workers. IT is not immune, but CIOs can play a larger role to usher change. buff.ly/G9Yzk2R

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The appointment at Expedia highlights the close tie between data and AI. Xavier Amatriain will set AI strategy and technical direction at the company, reporting to CTO Ramana Thumu: ift.tt/7jfoi6M

The departure of GM’s first chief AI officer marks the second tech executive to leave the company in recent weeks: buff.ly/lYeitdL

Job postings in key technology positions fell year over year as the sector remains in “low-hire, some-fire” mode, according to Laura Ullrich, director of economic research at Indeed’s Hiring Lab, a finding she expects to continue in 2026: buff.ly/fLR0reI