{"id":3490040,"date":"2026-05-29T17:57:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T17:57:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/29\/what-occurs-when-businesses-become-overly-immersed-in-ai\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T17:57:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T17:57:05","slug":"what-occurs-when-businesses-become-overly-immersed-in-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/29\/what-occurs-when-businesses-become-overly-immersed-in-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"What occurs when businesses become overly immersed in AI?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/what-occurs-when-businesses-become-overly-immersed-in-ai.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"jwppp-video-box-31278331\" class=\"jwppp-video-box\" data-video=\"1\">\n<p><span class=\"jwppp-instant\" data-video=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/?jwp-instant-articles=1&amp;player=GQNKsmiX&amp;mediaID=RbamfDlj\" data-width=\"480\" data-height=\"270\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Loading the player\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The individuals determining that AI could substitute your job are generally the ones who are least likely to grasp what your job\u00a0actually entails, according to Box founder Aaron Levie, who cited this as an instance of\u00a0\u201cAI psychosis.\u201d Indeed,\u00a0ClickUp\u00a0has recently\u00a0reduced its workforce by 22% for AI agents, tech layoffs in 2026 are already approaching the total of 2025, and\u00a0DuckDuckGo downloads are rising\u00a0from users seeking\u00a0Google\u00a0to discontinue mandating AI\u00a0in search\u00a0and merely provide them with links.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tune in as TechCrunch\u2019s\u00a0Equity\u00a0podcast hosts Kirsten Korosec, Anthony Ha, and Sean O\u2019Kane examine the outcomes when the AI-enthusiasts and the AI-skeptics are both accurate concurrently, in addition to three notable deals and Waymo\u2019s new robotaxi hitting the\u00a0streets.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Join Equity on\u00a0YouTube,\u00a0Apple Podcasts,\u00a0Overcast,\u00a0Spotify\u00a0and all major podcast platforms. You\u00a0can also\u00a0follow Equity on\u00a0X\u00a0and\u00a0Threads, at @EquityPod.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/what-occurs-when-businesses-become-overly-immersed-in-ai.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"jwppp-video-box-31278331\" class=\"jwppp-video-box\" data-video=\"1\">\n<p><span class=\"jwppp-instant\" data-video=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/?jwp-instant-articles=1&amp;player=GQNKsmiX&amp;mediaID=RbamfDlj\" data-width=\"480\" data-height=\"270\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Loading the player\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The individuals determining that AI could substitute your job are generally the ones who are least likely to grasp what your job\u00a0actually entails, according to Box founder Aaron Levie, who cited this as an instance of\u00a0\u201cAI psychosis.\u201d Indeed,\u00a0ClickUp\u00a0has recently\u00a0reduced its workforce by 22% for AI agents, tech layoffs in 2026 are already approaching the total of 2025, and\u00a0DuckDuckGo downloads are rising\u00a0from users seeking\u00a0Google\u00a0to discontinue mandating AI\u00a0in search\u00a0and merely provide them with links.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tune in as TechCrunch\u2019s\u00a0Equity\u00a0podcast hosts Kirsten Korosec, Anthony Ha, and Sean O\u2019Kane examine the outcomes when the AI-enthusiasts and the AI-skeptics are both accurate concurrently, in addition to three notable deals and Waymo\u2019s new robotaxi hitting the\u00a0streets.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Join Equity on\u00a0YouTube,\u00a0Apple Podcasts,\u00a0Overcast,\u00a0Spotify\u00a0and all major podcast platforms. You\u00a0can also\u00a0follow Equity on\u00a0X\u00a0and\u00a0Threads, at @EquityPod.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3490041,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3490040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3490040"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3490040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3490040\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3490041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3490040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3490040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3490040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}