Automation stories
The update aims to make image generation more useful for work, with better text rendering and layout accuracy for business users.
Analysts can now triage threats and trace outages from inside AI tools, as Elastic’s public preview cuts dashboard switching.
AWS users can now run GitLab Duo Agent Platform inference through Amazon Bedrock, keeping AI workflows inside existing controls and budgets.
The hire signals Sovos’s push to scale its compliance platform for multinational customers facing faster reporting rules and rising AI demand.
The ad tech group is tightening oversight of partnerships and connected TV as curation becomes more central to programmatic buying.
The new tools aim to help firms spot faulty AI outputs and data risks sooner as production deployments outpace monitoring methods.
Most IT staff say AI is adding scrutiny, trust checks and governance duties, offsetting time saved by automating routine work.
Planned UK reindustrialisation spending is set to halve next year as firms become more selective about reshoring and domestic sourcing.
Rising legal and compliance workloads across Asia Pacific are boosting demand for its AI tools, prompting plans for local hiring in Singapore this year.
Economic pressures are outweighing climate goals for many firms, even as two-thirds of supply chain leaders say they are cutting impact.
Users of Claude should see fewer peak-time slowdowns as Anthropic secures more AWS capacity and Amazon adds USD $5 billion to its stake.
Microsoft is betting on AI training to ease workplace fears, after pledging to skill another 200,000 people in New Zealand.
The hire strengthens the New Zealand technology company's push into data and AI as clients demand tighter governance and stronger foundations for machine learning.
Australian employers could cut duplicated HR costs as Employment Hero rolls out a platform to handle payroll and award compliance.
The insurer will use cloud and AI tools to cut claims admin and speed up customer service under a five-year agreement with Microsoft.
More than half of Americans used AI to manage money last year, as consumers increasingly expect financial apps to offer guidance, not just data.
More than half of small business leaders report higher productivity after adopting AI, with spending linked to savings of up to 10 hours a week.
The utility has cut vulnerability response from days to hours, helping protect 900,000 South Australian homes and businesses from outage risk.
Workers’ input on AI will shape how new tools are rolled out in Australian workplaces after Microsoft and the ACTU held a first summit in Sydney.
Business customers could soon get more automated spending controls as American Express buys Hyper to add AI expense tools to its commercial services.
