Qualcomm executive Atilla Tinic outlined the impact of the AI era on the role of CIO, emphasizing the need to manage AI agents alongside human employees.
"You have a new digital worker in the environment in the form of an AI agent,"
Tinic, Qualcomm's CIO, noted that CIOs are transitioning from technical architects to requiring a deep understanding of business outcomes while managing AI agents. AI agents can handle massive amounts of data and perform multiple tasks in parallel, making them a major transformative force within the ecosystem.
According to Tinic, this shift will revolutionize workflows, enabling more complex solutions to be handled efficiently.
Author's summary: AI revolutionizes CIO role at Qualcomm.