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front-end developments

🖤 we're loving: Breaking news in banking: great CX pays dividends

🔮 we'll see: Is AI a thought partner or thought killer? It’s up to you

⚠️ say less: HP makes you wait 15 minutes for support—on purpose

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back-end breakdown

PSO for banks: invest in CX, or watch your
customers withdraw

A new FICO survey shows that nearly 90% of customers choose their bank based on experience​. Turns out CX earns more interest than bad service.

🔢 semantics:

• 9 in 10 customers say CX is just as important—or more—than banking services

 

• Digital ease, empathetic support, and personalized content are top priorities​

 

• Customers are staying loyal to banks with the best service, not the best credit card perks​

📈 sentiment analysis:

Banks, meet your new KPI: treating customers like people, not account numbers. AI and data-driven personalization is the new competitive edge—so unless your customer service can actually help customers, don’t expect loyalty.

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AI's real job? making yours easier

The “AI is coming for your job” fear cycle is back. But new workforce data reveals that AI is augmenting jobs, not replacing them.

🔢 semantics:

• 86% of professionals are actively testing or implementing AI systems

 

• 57% of AI use cases are focused on job augmentation, not automation

 

• Only 43% of AI interactions are full automation, meaning AI is more of a sidekick than a replacement

📈 sentiment analysis:

The AI workforce shift isn’t a dystopian takeover—it’s the best career hack of the decade. The companies that thrive are augmenting their teams with AI, not cutting them. Your best hire this year? AI that makes your employees faster, sharper, and happier.

the algorithmic divide

AI is making us lazy thinkers! 

 

A new study suggests that relying on AI weakens problem-solving skills, making people less likely to verify information​.

AI is making us smarter!

 

The study also finds that AI tools are helping people refine their reasoning, ask better questions, and challenge their own biases​.

our take
AI isn’t here to think for us—it’s here to think with us. The real problem? Not AI itself, but how we choose to use it. Smart users will treat AI as a thought partner, not a shortcut. 

byte-sized

📞 Hold, please

HP now forces customers to wait 15 minutes before speaking to a human.

🦾 Hands-free help

Figure’s Helix understands voice commands and interacts with new objects. Step aside, Roomba.

🧬 48-hour PhD

Google’s AI co-scientist solved a decade of antibiotic puzzles in two days. Your move, Big Pharma.

🤖 Sci-fi, IRL

‘Protoclone’ has 500 sensors and eerily human-like movements. What could possibly go wrong?

📰 AI joins the press

The NYT is using AI for SEO, summaries, and editorial work. No word yet on whether it’s asking for a raise.

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