2026 Innovation Issue: Two executives going all-in on AI
A real estate leader and pharmaceutical executive explain the practical and surprising ways they’re using AI in their fields and what the future might look like for AI and their industries..
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Q&A: CEO Kristin Nunery says an insurance battle after a house fire led to her company
Nunery explains how she led her company — Illumend powered by myCOI — from an RV while traveling the country during the pandemic.
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IBJ Podcast: What are the opportunities for humans as AI impacts workforce?
Jamie Merisotis, CEO of Lumina Foundation, says we need to focus on how we can complement AI and excel at work best handled with human skills as the technology encroaches on even the C-suite.
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Apple calls on Google to help smarten up Siri and bring other AI features to the iPhone
Apple’s AI missteps prompted the Cupertino, California, company to acknowledge last year that its Siri upgrade wouldn’t happen until some point during 2026.
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IBJ Podcast: You’re a skeptical, penny-pinching CEO. What are your first steps for adopting AI?
Company executives might believe they face high barriers—including cost, employee resistance and lack of technical expertise. But an expert on executive education says solutions are within almost anyone’s grasp.
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2026 Innovation Issue: Beck’s Hybrids AI platform educates farmers about their crops
In February, Beck’s publicly launched SeedIQ, a free online product management platform that uses artificial intelligence to provide data and management recommendations to help farmers unlock the potential of their corn and soybean hybrids.
2026 Innovation Issue: IoT Lab in Fishers evolves as ‘smart’ devices change
Seventeen companies and organizations are members with room left for only a few more.
Elon Musk tells his side of OpenAI’s beginnings in trial pitting him against CEO Sam Altman
Despite moments of levity, the stakes are high at the trial, which could sway the balance of power in artificial intelligence.
Indiana launches artificial intelligence economic development initiative
Called IN AI, the initiative will be overseen by the CEOs of Indiana Corporate Partnership, or CICP.
OpenAI breaks free from exclusive AI pact with Microsoft
Monday’s agreement clears the way to OpenAI’s models appearing on Amazon Web Services and other cloud-computing providers.
Meta slashes 8,000 jobs, or 10% of its workforce, as Microsoft offers buyouts
The company said it was making the cuts for the sake of efficiency and to allow new investments in parts of its business.
Colleges are turning to oral exams to combat artificial intelligence
The long-term impact of AI use on critical thinking remains to be seen, but educators worry students increasingly see the hard work of thinking as optional.
Why some workers are embracing AI while others won’t use it, according to new poll
Roughly 3 in 10 employees are frequent users of AI in their jobs, meaning they use it daily or a few times a week.
From ‘BuddhaBot’ to $1.99 chats with AI Jesus, the faith-based tech boom is here
As religious AI tools become increasingly common, many people are reckoning with how these technologies shape their relationship to faith, authority and spiritual guidance.
Billionaires following Musk’s lead to make human labor obsolete
At least three different firms have made new forays into advanced robotics this month — including Amazon and Nvidia.
OpenAI Foundation pledges $1B in grants to ensure AI ‘benefits all of humanity’
The nonprofit that controls the artificial intelligence company OpenAI and its flagship product ChatGPT pledged Tuesday to build up its capacity as a philanthropic funder.
White House urges Congress to take light touch on AI regulations in new legislative blueprint
The legislative blueprint outlines a half-dozen guiding principles for lawmakers, focusing on protecting children, preventing electricity costs from surging, respecting intellectual property rights, preventing censorship and educating Americans on using the technology.
Researchers predict jobs that are most threatened by AI and who might be able to adapt
History shows that economists and researchers have been terrible at predicting the effects of new technologies on work and workers, so take forecasts seriously but not literally.
Purdue’s president: Universities must adjust to the new realities of AI
Speakers at IBJ’s Technology Power Breakfast, including Purdue University President Mung Chiang, talked about the changes that artificial intelligence is bringing and what people can do to be ready.
Anthropic sues Trump administration seeking to undo ‘supply chain risk’ designation
This is the first time the federal government is known to have used the designation — designed to prevent foreign adversaries from harming national security systems — against a U.S. company.
Trump expects his Fed pick and AI to deliver replay of the ’90s boom, but economists have doubts
The story the Trump team is telling — that a visionary Federal Reserve chair, Alan Greenspan, fueled the 1990s boom by keeping interest rates low — is incomplete at best.
Trump orders US agencies to stop using Anthropic technology in clash over AI safety
President Donald Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and other officials took to social media to chastise Anthropic for failing to allow the military unrestricted use of its AI technology.
OpenAI gets $110B in funding from trio of tech powerhouses, led by Amazon
Amazon is leading the trio of tech heavyweights in commitments, putting up $50 billion, followed by $30 billion each from Nvidia and SoftBank.
Q&A: Upper Hand co-founder talks about company’s recent acquisition
Kevin MacCauley, the co-founder of Indianapolis sports-tech firm Upper Hand, talked to IBJ about the company’s recent acquisition and why he thinks AI is spurring acquisition activity right now.