What changed for AI at work in June 2025? We tracked 12 company moves on AI and robots at work in June 2025: 8 rollouts, 2 pilots, 2 plans or forecasts. That's down from 17 in May 2025. Of these, 2 involved robots rather than software alone. The jobs named most were in food service, computers and math and transportation and warehouse.
What changed on the clocks? 10 of these moves were in real use (rollouts and pilots) and 2 were announcements, plans or forecasts. None of them moved a job's clock: company news is logged here, but clocks only change when new research data comes out (see each job's Clock history).
Each move is checked against its source before it goes on the site. Stages describe what a company actually did, from announcements to pilots, rollouts and pullbacks. The jobs below link to their time cards, which show how much of a typical shift AI and robots touch.
Jobs in the news this month
- Baristas1 move this month · 1h 11m of the shift touched
- Software Developers1 move this month · 3h 20m of the shift touched
- Elementary School Teachers1 move this month · 1h 29m of the shift touched
- First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers1 move this month · 1h 13m of the shift touched
- Secondary School Teachers1 move this month · 3h 50m of the shift touched
- Light Truck Drivers1 move this month · 6h 29m of the shift touched
- Human Resources Specialists1 move this month · 3h 26m of the shift touched
- Management Analysts1 move this month · 3h 2m of the shift touched
Every move, newest first
- CloudNC AI writes CNC programs for hundreds of machine shops
CloudNC's AI generates CNC machine programs and has hundreds of customers, mostly small and medium U.S. machine shops. At MSP Manufacturing, programming a part took about seven minutes plus 15 minutes of refinement, versus 90 minutes before.
- Gallup: about 6 in 10 U.S. teachers used AI tools last school year
A Gallup and Walton Family Foundation survey of more than 2,000 U.S. teachers found about 6 in 10 K-12 public school teachers used AI tools for work. Weekly users estimate they save about six hours per week.
Fortune · Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers
- Tesla starts robotaxi rides in Austin with a safety monitor on board
Tesla launched robotaxi rides with roughly ten Model Y vehicles in a limited zone of South Austin at a flat $4.20 per ride. A Tesla employee sits in the front passenger seat as a safety monitor.
- Yum China launches Q-Smart AI assistant for KFC restaurant managers
After a pilot at select KFC restaurants, Yum China launched Q-Smart, an AI assistant for managers. It covers labor scheduling, inventory management and food safety inspections.
Nation's Restaurant News · First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers
- Wix buys Base44, an AI tool that builds apps from plain language
Wix paid about $80 million up front for Base44, plus earn-outs through 2029. Base44 lets people build software and apps by describing them in plain language, with the chat handling databases, login and deployment.
Nasdaq (Wix press release) · Web Developers, Software Developers
- Miso's Flippy fry robots at 20 locations, weekly deployments planned
Miso said its Flippy Fry Stations are deployed at 20 locations, including Jack in the Box and White Castle, with weekly deployments scheduled through the end of September. It signed Roboworx to install and maintain the robots.
- Cisco introduces AgenticOps AI agents for network operations
Cisco introduced AgenticOps, a Deep Network Model and AI Canvas. Its AI Assistant diagnoses root causes and automates routine work such as switch migrations, which Cisco says cuts task time from hours to minutes.
Virtualization Review · Network and Computer Systems Administrators
- Starbucks pilots Green Dot Assist AI helper for baristas in 35 stores
Starbucks is piloting Green Dot Assist, a generative AI assistant on in-store iPads powered by Microsoft Azure's OpenAI platform, in 35 stores. It plans a broader rollout to U.S. and Canadian stores in fiscal year 2026.
- Walmart expands drone delivery to 100 stores in five new cities
Walmart and Wing will launch drone delivery at 100 stores in Atlanta, Charlotte, Houston, Orlando and Tampa. Walmart has made over 150,000 drone deliveries since 2021.
- IBM replaces about 200 HR positions with AI agents
IBM replaced about 200 HR positions with AI-driven agents. CEO Arvind Krishna said IBM's total employment has gone up.
Computing · Human Resources Specialists, Human Resources Assistants
- FDA launches agencywide generative AI tool Elsa for reviewers
The FDA rolled out Elsa weeks ahead of schedule to help review clinical protocols, summarize adverse events and generate database code. The agency said the tool is not trained on data submitted by drug and device makers.
- McKinsey staff use Lilli AI to make slides and draft proposals
More than 75% of McKinsey employees use its Lilli AI platform each month. Its agents can create PowerPoint slides from short prompts, and consultants increasingly use it to draft proposals.