A veteran chief information security officer describes how everyday tech questions from friends and family have shifted from routine computer troubleshooting to worries about artificial intelligence risks. Drawing on that experience, the CISO lays out four concrete actions individuals can take now to protect themselves as AI-related threats grow more prevalent.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-09-12
A longtime startup operations executive with no coding background describes building an AI-powered assistant to handle administrative and organizational tasks, running it for roughly $25 daily. The project marks a shift for someone who spent two decades on the business side of startups without ever building software themselves.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-09-10
Adobe has named Anil Chakravarthy, who has run its digital experience business for six years, as its next chief executive. Chakravarthy has overseen much of Adobe's recent work building AI-powered products for enterprise customers.
wsj.com
· 2026-09-03
Startup Fambot has unveiled an 'AI chief of staff' designed to help parents track children's school events, activities, and communications across email, calendars, and WhatsApp groups. The company was founded by former Instagram engineer Greg Karlin and ex-Uber Transit head David Reich, who built the tool after struggling to manage his own family's daily logistics while working full-time.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-09-01
Sentelabs.ai has launched Open Executive, an open-source AI system designed to act as a virtual executive suite for companies. It coordinates eight specialist AI agents—covering strategy, finance, HR, legal, operations, marketing, product, and board communications—through an orchestrator built on Claude Sonnet, presenting all responses through a single unified executive voice.
github.com
· 2026-08-27
The University of Chicago's Booth School of Business has introduced a 10-month, primarily online program aimed at preparing executives for chief AI officer roles, priced at $28,000 per student with early-bird discounts. The curriculum spans six modules covering AI readiness assessment, business opportunity identification, governance frameworks, and enterprise-wide deployment strategies. Applications are open for the next cohort starting September 28.
techspot.com
· 2026-08-25