Artificial intelligence is reshaping the global workplace, and businesses are integrating AI tools into their workflows at a rapid pace. The technology is already a mainstay in hiring, performance management, and workplace productivity.

But someone needs to oversee AI at work. A hybrid function straddling traditional HR and AI strategy, may we introduce you to the chief human and AI resources officer (CHAIRO), responsible for guiding companies through AI adoption while addressing ethical, human-AI collaboration, and performance and training considerations. It’s a role some AI experts in HR say could possibly emerge in the coming years.

“AI is progressing faster than anybody ever expected, and new concepts, new ideas, are emerging,” said Beena Ammanath, who leads Deloitte’s global AI institute. “It’s growing in leaps and bounds compared to what we’ve seen in the past with other technologies.”

CAIO. We’ve explored the elevation of the chief AI officer, a role many companies have already elected to create to ID a point person on AI. To Ammanath, the chief AI officer is akin to a chief digital officer, shepherding the AI transformation as many CDOs did with digitization years ago. But beyond that transformation: Who manages the AI as it matures?

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Companies on the other side of the Atlantic are quietly removing DEI language from their quarterly earnings reports.

Where in the world? Some European companies appear to be treading lightly around DEI, according to a recent Bloomberg analysis. Mentions of DEI in earnings calls for Europe’s stock market index, the Stoxx Europe 600, have been steadily falling since hitting a high of 71 mentions in Q1 2021, shortly after the murder of George Floyd. There have been just two mentions of DEI during Q1 2025 calls, the lowest level since Q2 2020, when there were six mentions.

While many European companies—including those with a large US presence, like Aldi and Deloitte—seem to be keeping their DEI policies for now, some experts fear the ripple effects of the Trump administration’s anti-DEI actions on foreign employers.

Satellite view. The findings reflect what’s been happening in the US, where mentions of DEI have been declining since Q3 2023, according to Axios. Amazon, GM, and Pepsi recently erased their diversity commitments from their annual reports. Even JPMorgan, which notably doubled down on its commitment to DEI last month, removed corresponding language from its investor report.

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So insecure, much danger. Elon Musk’s government reform efforts may be having a deleterious effect on national security as the billionaire’s Department of Government Efficiency is leading to anger among federal rank and file and opening systems up to attack.

For Musk’s White House-appointed organization, known by its acronym DOGE, the federal government offers a rich and juicy target for the kind of slash-and-burn tactics that Silicon Valley is known for. Musk, whose purchase of Twitter in 2022 was followed by massive job cuts and exhortations to remaining staff to be “hardcore,” appears to be taking a similar tack across the US government.

Inside edition. Some experts IT Brew spoke to said that there are multiple red flags with the DOGE approach and that it might result in cyber insecurity that could affect the national interest. DTEX CEO Marshall Heilman told IT Brew that he’s worried about insider threats, as he would be in any mass layoff situation.

Keep reading on IT Brew.—EH