Programming

Research shows AI helps people do parts of their job faster. In an observational study of Claude.ai data, we found AI can speed up some tasks by 80%. But does this increased productivity come with trade-offs? Other research shows that when people use AI assistance, they become less engaged with their work and reduce the effort they put into doing it—in other words, they offload

Memory-safe programming momentum shifted this week, as Rust’s enterprise adoption showed signs of stalling. Paul Jansen, CEO of TIOBE, pointed out that back in 2020, industry watchers expected the Rust language to break into the top 10 ranking of popular coding tools. The language steadily climbed the ranks early on but now appears to have

By the time you finish reading this sentence, somewhere in Bangkok, a patient is waiting on hold to book a hospital appointment. Bumrungrad International Hospital,  one of Asia’s most recognized medical centers, wants to fix that — permanently. Recently, Salesforce announced that Bumrungrad and the Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) are deploying Agentforce, its agentic AI platform, across their

Much of the current focus on AI safety has centred on models – how they are trained and monitored. But as systems become more autonomous, attention is changing toward the data those systems depend on. If the data feeding an AI system is fragmented, outdated, or lacks oversight, the system’s behaviour can become more unpredictable.