What changed for AI at work in July 2026? We tracked 21 company moves on AI and robots at work in July 2026: 17 rollouts, 1 pilot, 1 pullback, 2 plans or forecasts. That's up from 16 in June 2026. Of these, 5 involved robots rather than software alone. The jobs named most were in office and admin, healthcare practitioners and transportation and warehouse.
What changed on the clocks? 18 of these moves were in real use (rollouts and pilots) and 2 were announcements, plans or forecasts, with 1 pulling back. 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
- Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants2 moves this month · 3h 3m of the shift touched
- Receptionists and Information Clerks2 moves this month · 3h 40m of the shift touched
- Fast Food and Counter Workers1 move this month · 58m of the shift touched
- Stockers and Order Fillers1 move this month · 1h 17m of the shift touched
- Janitors and Cleaners1 move this month · 2h 40m of the shift touched
- Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers1 move this month · 5h 44m of the shift touched
- Software Developers1 move this month · 3h 20m of the shift touched
- Secondary School Teachers1 move this month · 3h 50m of the shift touched
Every move, newest first
- Intermountain automates 44% of repetitive patient calls with AI agents
Intermountain Health uses Hyro AI agents with Salesforce Agentforce Health to automate scheduling and other routine access tasks. It reports 44% of repetitive calls automated and call abandonment cut 85%.
Becker's Hospital Review · Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Receptionists and Information Clerks
- ABM pilots cleaning and inspection robots at LaGuardia Terminal B
ABM is piloting three robotic platforms at LaGuardia Terminal B, including autonomous floor scrubbers and vacuums from CenoBots and a four-legged inspection robot. ABM says the robots are meant to support staff, not replace them.
- WellSpan's AI voice agent handles over 160,000 patient calls a month
WellSpan Health expanded its partnership with Hippocratic AI. Its voice agent, Ana, answers inbound calls, schedules primary care visits and answers common questions. WellSpan says the goal is to ease administrative work for its teams.
GlobeNewswire (WellSpan press release) · Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Receptionists and Information Clerks
- HomeBase USA puts Simbe shelf scanning robots in all nine stores
After a two-store pilot, HomeBase USA is deploying Simbe Robotics' Tally shelf scanning robots in its nine stores in Texas, Wyoming, Kansas and Missouri. The pilot reported 92% fewer pricing errors and cut annual physical inventories from three days to under one.
Chain Store Age · Stockers and Order Fillers, Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks
- Richtech's ADAM robot bartender expands from Globe Life Field to T-Mobile Arena
Richtech Robotics' ADAM robot generated over $32,000 in revenue in its first 30 days at Globe Life Field, home of the Texas Rangers. It has since expanded to T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
- New York school district pauses humanoid robot pilot after backlash
Salamanca City Central School District in New York put on hold a pilot of a nearly $60,000 Realbotix humanoid robot meant to help high school robotics and technology students. The pause follows concerns from state education officials, teachers and residents about data privacy, the robot's classroom role and job replacement.
NPR · Secondary School Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School Teachers
- Fairfax County expands AI case note tool to 150 more staff
Fairfax County expanded a 40-person pilot of Beam Notes to 150 more practitioners and supervisors. The pilot showed a 51% reduction in time spent entering case narratives.
Fairfax County · Social and Human Service Assistants, Child, Family, and School Social Workers
- Net Health adds AI scribe for PT, OT and speech therapy notes
Net Health added an ambient AI scribe to its ReDoc rehab therapy EMR for physical, occupational and speech therapy. Pilot clients report documentation time reductions of up to 20 minutes per patient evaluation.
Net Health · Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech-Language Pathologists
- CoxHealth cuts 53 revenue cycle roles after automating coding entry
CoxHealth cut 53 revenue cycle roles, citing strategic advances in technology. The affected roles centered on manual medical coding entry that has been automated.
Becker's Hospital Review · Billing and Posting Clerks, Medical Records Specialists
- Plataine shows AI agents that reschedule composites production
Plataine demonstrated AI agents, including an AI Production Scheduler that reschedules work when priorities or machine availability change. When authorized, the agents can execute approved decisions within set limits.
CompositesWorld · Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks
- Aurora launches second-generation driverless trucks on its Sun Belt routes
Aurora launched second-generation driverless Class 8 trucks built on the International LT Series and plans to deploy them across its 10 driverless Sun Belt routes. Its trucks had logged nearly 440,000 driverless miles by the end of June, and Hirschbach Motor Lines plans to buy 500.
- Coca-Cola Europacific Partners deploys Spot robot at two UK factories
Boston Dynamics' Spot robot checks equipment on seven production lines at CCEP's Wakefield and East Kilbride sites, covering almost 600 inspection points. It is already used at nine CCEP factories in other countries.
- Synthesia launches AI avatar roleplay for employee training
Synthesia launched Roleplay Sessions, where employees practice sales pitches and performance reviews with an AI avatar that scores them against a rubric. It is enterprise-only for now.
- Sovereign Lending Group gives all loan officers AI agents
The California mortgage lender rolled out custom AI agents built on Anthropic's Claude to all its loan officers and reports a 25% productivity gain. Its co-founder expects the tools to triple loans closed per officer within 120 days.
Eastern Progress · Loan Officers, Loan Interviewers and Clerks
- Software developer postings rise 15% on Indeed but remain below pre-pandemic
Indeed data show software development postings up 15% since late February 2025 while overall postings fell 7%, though still about 27.5% below pre-pandemic levels. Dice reported software development postings down 22% from 2025, and 71% of the Indeed increase was for senior roles.
- Allianz Partners confirms 1,500 to 1,800 job cuts due to AI
Allianz Partners CEO Tomas Kunzmann confirmed AI as the reason for 1,500 to 1,800 job cuts across Europe, about 7% to 8% of headcount. About 14,000 of the division's staff handle customer calls and claims by phone.
Insurance Business · Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators
- Waymo goes driverless in Las Vegas, with Denver, San Diego and Tampa next
Waymo began driverless service in Las Vegas and named Denver, San Diego and Tampa as next. It gave about 500,000 paid rides per week earlier in 2026 and targets 1 million per week by the end of 2026.
- Jacksonville's driverless NAVI service carries 15,200 riders in year one
JTA's NAVI autonomous service began revenue service on 30 June 2025. It carried more than 15,200 passengers and drove over 61,000 miles in autonomous mode in its first year.
- Taco Bell voice AI now takes orders at 890+ drive-thrus
Voice AI runs in more than 890 U.S. Taco Bell restaurants across 38 states, with more coming under a new deal. Taco Bell says it eases team members' workloads.
Foodservice Equipment Reports · Fast Food and Counter Workers
- YMCA of Middle Tennessee adds AI drowning detection to its pools
The YMCA plans to equip all 12 of its family wellness centers with AngelEye, which sends alerts to a lifeguard's watch when a swimmer shows signs of distress. It piloted the system in 2025 and says it supports lifeguards rather than replacing them.
WSMV · Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers
- American Ambulance crews use AI Assist to write patient care reports
American Ambulance, which runs about 150 ambulances daily and handles roughly 200,000 transports a year, fully implemented ImageTrend's AI Assist in September 2025. Documented insurance policy IDs rose from about 43% to about 54% between January 2025 and May 2026.