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Navigating Tech Dependency: SaaS, Cloud Lock-In, and AI Substitutability

Amazon in September acknowledged that some customer data had been permanently lost. In this case, the cause was the Iran war, which knocked out multiple Amazon data centers in Bahrain and the UAE. “The damage to our infrastructure spanned multiple Availability Zones and exceeded what our regional and multi-AZ services are designed to withstand,” the […]

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AI Governance Gaps: Managing Agent Accountability at Scale

How do you control AI agents? In the constantly shifting aftermath of OpenAI’s agent swarms, AI misbehavior has been the talk of the industry, and maybe the world. It’s also been shifted up to another gear by a trio of other news items emerging last week: Former OpenAI and Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon resigned and […]

More Applications Don’t Mean Better Hiring. They Mean More Noise.

AI has made it easier than ever for applicants to apply for jobs. Today candidates can use it to quickly polish a resume, apply keywords, improve on or create a cover letter, research and rank positions by criteria, and even to apply to dozens of jobs in minutes. But as it speeds up the process […]

Peterson Technology Partners Named a Best Place to Work for the Fifth Consecutive Year

Takeaways: This recognition is PTP’s fifth consecutive appearance in Crain’s Best Places to Work in Chicago list. Since 2022, PTP has ranked 70, 89, 53, 72, and 78 this year. Crain’s uses a rigorous approach to evaluate companies on their workplace experience and culture. PARK RIDGE, Sept. 14, 2026—Peterson Technology Partners (PTP), a Chicago-born, […]

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AI Resumes Meet AI Recruiters: Dispatches from the Automated Hiring Cycle

The AI-driven job losses haven’t yet arrived. At least at scale. Depending on who you ask, there’s potential evidence for a reduction in entry-level positions, and the potential for job losses overall seems obvious and almost inevitable, but as economist Noah Smith wrote on Labor Day: “And yet, somehow, this job-killer keeps stubbornly refusing to […]

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