Business Automation Weekly AI News

August 18 - August 26, 2025

This weekly update brings exciting news about AI agents taking over business tasks. Companies are now using smart computer helpers to do work that humans used to do.

Several big companies launched new AI agent tools this week. Adobe created Acrobat Studio to help workers make documents faster. AlphaSense built an AI interviewer that asks questions and finds market information automatically. Alation made a tool called "Chat with Your Data" that lets people talk to their business information like chatting with a friend.

Sales teams are getting major help from AI agents. Outreach company created AI helpers that find new customers and send follow-up emails all by themselves. eBay also launched AI tools to help sellers write better product listings and set the right prices without human work.

However, most companies are struggling with AI. A new MIT study found that 95% of businesses trying to use AI are not making money from it. The problem is not that AI is bad, but that companies don't know how to use it properly in their daily work.

Money experts think AI will save companies huge amounts of money. Morgan Stanley bank says AI agents and robots could cut nearly $1 trillion from big company costs each year. This would happen because AI can do many jobs that humans do now, especially in customer service and office work.

The changes are creating new job worries. Some reports say 6-7% of jobs in programming and customer support might disappear. But companies are being careful, mostly not hiring new people instead of firing current workers.

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