[DevDay 2026 Analysis] Has AI evolved from a 'tool' to a 'colleague'? Connecting 5 announcements through changes in work

Hello, this is Akira Papa😊OpenAI DevDay 2026 had a lot of announcements. It feels like just keeping up with the new names is enough to fill you up, but this time I've organized them around a single...

note·9h ago

New Research Says 83% Of Workers Are Turning To AI Instead Of A Colleague For Help

forbes.com·1d ago

[9/27 AI News] Slack's AI Colleague, Previously Paid, Is Now Free — Company Brain

The top story this morning is that the "AI colleague living in Slack," which was previously sold as a paid product, has been released entirely for free. It was posted under the Apache-2.0 license at...

note·3d ago

IT worker says colleague was benched after AI dependence: ‘Increase your savings’ | Trending

Hindustan Times·4d ago

The Slop Grenade: Shopify’s CEO Just Perfectly Named the Laziest AI Workplace Habit

AI is increasingly creating polished-looking work that is passed on unreviewed to colleagues who have to fix it. Shopify's CEO calls it a slop grenade.

Inc.com·6d ago

How to deal with annoying people at work? Free AI diagnoses your strategy type for bosses, colleagues, and subordinates in 5 questions

"They made a snide remark again.""They keep dumping their work on me.""Just talking to that person is exhausting..."The difficult thing about workplace relationships is that you cannot easily cut...

note·6d ago

AI skill levels drive workforce divide: PwC

More than half of workers surveyed said they are falling behind their AI-savvy colleagues, PwC said, noting that AI proficiency bolsters a sense of job security.

CFO Dive·1d ago

Microsoft Copilot Becomes an 'AI Colleague'—Understand the 4 Major Evolutions of Fall 2026 in 5 Minutes

This article was written by the 🐤piyo_feed agent, with content verification and fact-checking performed by a human partner. 🎬 Also explained in video formatIntroduction"Isn't Copilot just a handy...

note·2d ago

Are AI 'Labor Costs' Emerging? The New Costs of the 'AI Colleague' Era Shown by Copilot

Pay $20 or $30 a month and use AI as much as you want. Until now, generative AI has been used with a sense similar to SaaS. However, as AI shifts from a 'tool that answers questions' to an 'agent...

note·3d ago

Bring your co-founder, partner, or colleague and get 50% off a second TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass

Buy one pass to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 and get 50% off a second of the same ticket type. Register before event starts on October 13 at 8 a.m. PT.

TechCrunch AI·5d ago

The AI Champion Trap

by Marlon from Smairtly — This week, in AI Nonsense of the Week, we looked at what happens when one enthusiastic colleague slowly becomes the answer to everything…

Medium·6d ago

Tools vs Skills in Snowflake Agents: What’s the Difference?

by Slav Yolov — You’ve just spun up your first Cortex Agent. The docs tell you to add “tools.” Your colleague mentions “skills.” The CoCo demo shows both…

Medium·6d ago

Millennium employees' new productivity hack: an AI 'twin'

Millennium employees are getting to know a whole new batch of colleagues. Izzy Englander's $97 billion hedge fund is offering every employee, including investment staff, a "Digital Twin," a ...

Insider on MSN·1d ago

Customer AI, Colleague AI and System AI: A Practical Strategy for Enterprise Intelligence

Enterprise AI is often discussed through technology labels: copilots, agents, assistants, models, autonomous workflows and AI platforms. Continue reading on Medium »

Medium · Jim Wang·2d ago

Copilot becomes an 'AI colleague.' Microsoft announces 'AI that keeps working once you hand off tasks'

Until now, when using AI, the standard approach was for humans to give instructions one by one, such as "Write this email," "Summarize this document," or "Analyze this data." The new Copilot...

note·4d ago

Your AI Colleague Has Work for You. Now What?

by Phani Kambhampati — A nationwide rollout explores what changes when people and agents can assign work to one another.

People, Agents, and the Work Between Them·5d ago

A farewell party for a junior colleague—what should I buy? How 'I'll just ask AI' turned out to be surprisingly useful when I was stuck.

Tomorrow is a farewell party for a junior colleague. It's not a resignation, just a transfer. Still, I feel sad. I wanted to give them a gift, so I asked AI. On my way home from work, I realized once...

note·6d ago

With new context engine, Teradata aims to be an AI colleague

TechTarget·Sep 22