John Kell

John Kell is a freelance journalist. He's the writer of Fortune's CIO Intelligence newsletter.

31 March 2025, Lower Saxony, Hanover: A lettering AI for “Artificial Intelligence” stands at the Amazon Web Services AWS stand at the Hannover Messe 2025 industrial trade fair. Photo: Julian Stratenschulte/dpa (Photo by Julian Stratenschulte/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Amazon’s AWS launched a gen AI innovation lab for customers two and a half years ago. Here’s what it’s learned about going from pilot to production

Steve Schmidt is senior vice president and chief security officer at Amazon.

How Amazon’s CSO defends against efforts by North Korean IT workers to infiltrate his company

With dozens of state measures on AI and a new executive order seeking to override them, businesses will have a lot to sort through in 2026.

Businesses face a confusing patchwork of AI policy and rules. Is clarity on the horizon?

AI agents are delivering positive results at some companies, but getting the most out of the technology takes work and patience.

2025 was the year of agentic AI. How did we do?

Jay Schroeder is chief technology officer at CNH.

Inside tractor maker CNH’s push to bring more artificial intelligence to the farm

How Intuit’s chief AI officer supercharged the company’s emerging technologies teams—and why not every company should follow his lead

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Dave’s Hot Chicken is placing broad bets on AI to give the restaurant chain an edge in the chicken wars

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AI is reshaping how Americans shop. Here’s how Target’s top tech leader says the retailer is adapting

Principal Financial CEO Deanna Strable has made AI literacy a key focus across all levels of the company.

How Principal Financial’s new CEO brought AI religion to the C-suite, and then worked to upskill 20,000 employees

Why big pharma is teaming up with AI giants to speed up drug discovery and make work easier for health care workers

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Why Land O’Lakes is piloting a new AI tool called ‘Oz’ in bid to help boost profits on cost-pressured American farms

Hari Gopalkrishnan is chief technology and information officer for Bank of America.

Bank of America prioritizes bigger AI initiatives, as annual spending on new tech increased by 44% over the past decade

Jim Fowler is the chief technology officer of Nationwide.

Why insurer Nationwide is investing $1.5 billion through 2028 on AI and other tech initiatives

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Why CIOs and CFOs are becoming ‘attached at the hip’ as businesses make big AI investments

Kate Prouty is the senior vice president and chief information officer of Akamai Technologies.

Akamai’s CIO pilots AI, but isn’t often sold on full adoption, due to worries about costs and technology maturity