It’s pretty safe to say that corporate execs are bullish on AI, and if you’re reading this sentence, it means even the detail-oriented copy desk at Morning Brew sees the ones and zeros on the wall.

This summer, MIT’s Media Lab’s Project NANDA found that enterprise organizations have invested between $30–40 billion in AI—though it would be irresponsible not to mention that the analysis also concluded that 95% of those investments, so far, have not yielded the expected ROI…so yeah.

While AI is top of mind for many in the C-suite, HR pros are more hesitant to welcome the burgeoning technology, according to survey research from employee experience platform Culture Amp.

Culture Amp’s North American people science director, Robert Melloy, told HR Brew that the platform’s found HR pros are more leery of the promise of AI for their function and for employees.

For more on AI’s impact on the HR function, keep reading here.—AD

HCM platform Workday announced last month during its annual customer event in San Francisco a set of new features, capabilities, and acquisitions aimed at improving the way HR and employees use technology to get work done.

“Big changes happen whenever there’s a huge technology shift,” Workday’s Melanie Lougee, VP of product vision, told HR Brew following the announcement at Workday Rising 2025. “If you think about where we’re going from a technology standpoint, but also, what does that mean for HR; What does it mean for HR practitioners to…start thinking and doing things in different ways, Workday has the whole stack.”

The “AI platform for managing people, money, and agents” introduced to its stack the Workday Data Cloud, a new data layer that helps customers extract information and insights from HR and finance data by connecting existing analytics platforms and systems together to create improved intersystem work.

“From an HR practitioner’s standpoint, there are a lot of systems that are out there, and the data is all over the place,” Lougee said.

For more on why Workday’s announcement should matter to HR, keep reading here.—AD

In September, the Trump administration announced employers will need to pay a flat $100,000 fee for new H-1B visa petitions. The visa is used to hire foreign workers in specialty occupations, making it a useful tool in the IT sector. If the fee stays, what will that mean for IT?

As part of the announcement, the administration alleged IT firms have “prominently manipulated the H-1B system, significantly harming American workers in computer-related fields.” It added that the use of H-1B outsourcing within the IT industry has taken advantage of low labor costs and increased the challenge for college graduates looking to find a job within IT.

Experts highlight the urgent need for tech talent, with analyst firms like Deloitte writing in June 2024 that IT professionals are driving both operational efficiency and business strategy at a time when integration of technologies such as AI is critical.

For more on how the $100,000 H-1B visa fee could impact IT hiring, keep reading on IT Brew.—CN