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Plus: new products, AI hiring outpaces alignment and more Podcast: How ADP Explores the Next Wave of Workplace Innovation This week, I talk with Usman “Oz” Khan, senior vice president at ADP Ventures. The unit operates as both an incubation lab and a venture investment arm to identify emerging workplace technologies and create new growth opportunities for ADP. The goal is to balance a revenue-generating core with strategic experimentation. Listen here.

PeopleTech Podcast: ADP's Usman Kahn on How Big Companies Use Investment to Enhance Product Lines 1× 0:00 Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -14:38 -14:38 Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. Podcast: ADP's Usman Kahn on How Big Companies Use Investment to Enhance Product Lines This week, I talk with Usman “Oz” Khan, senior vice president at ADP Ventures.

Signs of volatility are emerging across the work and HR technology sectors, even as vendors continue to report revenue growth driven by demand for AI-enabled productivity and talent-management tools. HRReporter says recent earnings reports and workforce reductions suggest investors are reassessing the long-term value of Software-as-a-Service platforms that have positioned AI at the center of their growth strategies.

Podcast: Why Modern Org Charts Power Workforce Planning, Performance Management and Strategic HR Insight HR teams are under pressure to move faster, plan smarter, and make decisions with incomplete information. In this episode of PeopleTech, Kimberly Henry and Daniel Gavin from OrgChart break down why traditional spreadsheets fail to deliver real organizational insight and how modern org charts are changing that.

We only care about the business of AI in HR. Join us today. I talk with Dr. Autumn Krauss, chief scientist at SAP’s Future of Work Research Lab. While AI has reached a “critical mass” with both employees and HR, she says, reality is far messier than hype suggests. CHROs are leaning into AI because they see opportunities to improve the effectiveness of HR, not just efficiency. Others feel pressure to “do something,” even if they’re unsure about where to start.

OpenAI is quietly testing advertising features inside its ChatGPT platform as the company looks to expand its revenue base beyond subscriptions, according to recent reporting. Code discovered in a beta version of the ChatGPT Android app includes references to “ads feature,” “search ad,” “search ads carousel” and “bazaar content,” indicating that ad-integration is under active development.

Podcast: ADP’s Naomi Lariviere on Shadow AI and What Workers Think I talk with Naomi Lariviere, ADP’s vice president of product management for shared services. She has a view of AI’s use that’s both broad and deep, so we’re going to talk about reality: Who’s using the technology and why – shadow AI – how they’re using it – and what’s its value. That and more, on this edition of PeopleTech. Listen here. Advertisement: Looking for the perfect HR software?

News on product development, marketing, funding and business dealings that impact how employers use AI to recruit and manage the workforce. News on product development, marketing, funding and business dealings that impact how employers use AI to recruit and manage the workforce.

Amazon apparently doesn’t like it when AI agents wander around in its store. The retail giant has warned Perplexity that its AI shopping assistant Comet violates its terms of service because it doesn’t identify itself as an agent. According to TechCrunch, Amazon has sent Perplexity several warnings, including a “sternly worded” cease and desist letter.

My guest this week is Ramya Venkateswaran, general manager at the HCM technology provider Remote. Their suite of products works across payroll, HR and talent around the world. We talk about the evolution of HR management in the age of AI and remote work, what customers expect from AI, and the importance of usability. Ramya says that while AI is a hot topic, the focus should remain on solving customer problems and enhancing user experience.