Daily 'AI for Work' Pulse: 20th of December
Ease into your Saturday with 3 new AI tools and 113 AI news articles. It's a packed edition-skim the highlights, bookmark the standouts, and set up your week with this can't-miss drop.
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Latest AI Tools
Vurge
Vurge: AI data extraction inside Google Sheets that scrapes prospect websites for accurate SMB enrichment. No new apps-just prompts in Sheets to fetch the fields your GTM team needs.
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Loki.Build
Loki.Build: AI-native website builder that generates studio-quality landing pages from prompts or references, offers a Framer-like visual editor with AI commands, full manual control, instant hosting and custom domains for consistent branded sites.
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Userology AI
Userology AI automates UX research: it recruits target users, runs live usability tests and discovery interviews on your product or Figma prototype, records screens and delivers structured, decision-ready insight reports each sprint.
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All AI News for Today
113 News Articles published.
Latest General AI News
Edison Scientific raises $70M to scale Kosmos, its autonomous AI scientist
Edison Scientific raised $70M to scale Kosmos, an autonomous AI scientist for literature, data analysis, and cited reports. It speeds research in drug discovery and materials.
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Gartner Says AI Boom Turns Targeted: Warehouse Robotics, Cybersecurity, Domain Models-and What It Means for DTEC
AI hype narrows to real use: robotics, cybersecurity, and domain models that tie spend to cash flow. Funds like DTEC B could gain as budgets move from demos to deployment.
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Altermagnetism Confirmed in RuO2 Thin Films, Opening a Path to Ultra-Fast, High-Density Memory for AI and Data Centers
Scientists confirmed altermagnetism in RuO2 thin films, showing spin-split transport with zero net magnetization. It points to faster, denser memory for AI and data centers.
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AI PCs in Australia: Big Gains Come From People, Not Hardware
AI PCs are arriving fast, but the real payoff comes from prepping people and workflows. Pair hardware with training, guardrails, and a few clear use cases to see results quickly.
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Do more with AI now: 5 insights for founders from Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott
Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott says it's a rare window: ship small, test fast, and pick models that fit. Do the plumbing, run experiments, and build what people keep using.
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Real-time AI colonoscopy finds more polyps and lowers colorectal cancer risk
AI-assisted colonoscopy flags subtle polyps in real time, cuts misses, and guides what to remove. Start screening at 45; earlier with family history to prevent cancer.
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Latest AI News for Creatives
UMG and Splice chart an artist-first path for AI music creation
UMG and Splice are building AI music tools that keep artists in control, protect IP, and sound pro. Expect custom models, fair pay paths, and tighter DAW integrations.
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Statues Breathe, Swords Morph: Field Notes on Grok 4.1 and AI Video's Breakneck Pace
AI video is moving fast, but creatives can keep pace with simple workflows and smart picks like Grok 4.1 and Veo 3. Treat them as a sketchbook for motion tests, not the final cut.
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Indonesia-China team up on AI in film and animation, bridging cultures with new co-productions
Indonesia and China are teaming up to bring AI into film, animation, and micro-dramas. Expect co-productions, kids edutainment, and faster pipelines-without losing culture.
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Adobe's SlimLM Faces Class Action Over Pirated Books, Putting AI Training and Copyright on Trial
Adobe faces a class-action claiming SlimLM was trained on pirated books, putting data sourcing in the spotlight. Outcomes could reset AI/IP norms and alter tools creatives use.
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Luma's Ray3 Modify preserves performance, transforms scenes between start and end frames
Ray3 Modify lets you swap location, wardrobe, even the character while the original performance stays true. Fewer reshoots, smoother transitions, more control.
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Meta's Advantage+ Creative spins up personalized Facebook and Instagram ads in seconds
Meta's Advantage+ Creative generates ad variations in seconds and tests copy, visuals, and placements by audience. You set the brief and guardrails; it handles the heavy lifting.
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Latest AI News for Customer Support
Voice-First GenAI for Customer Service: Cut Costs, Lift CSAT, Scale What Works
Support leaders say gen AI is now central, with faster answers, lower costs, and CSAT up 150%. Start with clear use cases, build around intent, and scale across voice and chat.
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Customers want resolution, not speed: 75% frustrated by AI as 2026 CX trends push human-first support
Fast AI left 75% of customers frustrated in 2025; speed without resolution erodes trust. In 2026, fix data and handoffs, let AI co-pilot, then humans deliver empathy and outcomes.
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Turnium and Syntheia Roll Out Revenue-Ready Conversational AI to Channel Partners Worldwide
Turnium and Syntheia launch a conversational AI for calls that absorbs routine support work. It scales through partner networks, plugs in fast, and hands tricky cases to agents.
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Salesforce acquires Qualified to automate inbound engagement and pipeline generation in Agentforce
Salesforce will acquire Qualified to add agentic AI to Agentforce across service, sales, and marketing. Faster handoffs and less busywork.
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From Calls to Context: AI Is Becoming CX's Operating System
AI is now the CX OS, linking calls, data, and context to guide every interaction in real time. Support shifts to outcomes: faster answers, lower cost, humans on edge cases.
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Latest AI News for Education
Coursera and OpenAI Launch ChatGPT Course for K-12 Teachers
Coursera and OpenAI launched a ChatGPT course for K-12 teachers. Expect time-savers, safety basics, and classroom-ready prompts you can adapt without extra workload.
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How Waterloo's Future of Work Institute uses AI to boost human learning
Get quick, compliant takeaways from news articles without copying text. Ask for summaries, bullets, or rewrites, verify details, and link to the source for your class or PD.
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From LMS to Smart Learning Ecosystems: AI Personalizes Skills, Predicts Needs, and Drives B2B Upskilling Growth
AI turns static catalogs into connected learning that adapts to each person and predicts needs. Institutions grow B2B upskilling with data, automation, and clear results.
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OPIT Opens Doors to AI, Cybersecurity and Data Science Education for African Professionals
OPIT opens January 2026 BSc in Computer Science with EU-accredited, online, flexible learning in AI, data, software, cloud, and cybersecurity. Built for African professionals.
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OpenAI Seals $15 Million CSU Deal as Colleges Snap Up 700,000 ChatGPT Licenses
Universities are moving from pilots to procurement as ChatGPT lands 700k licenses; CSU pays $15M to serve 500k. Focus on clear policies, smart rollout, and where Copilot fits.
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Latest AI News for Executives and Strategy
Procore's AI Play: Who's Really Calling the Shots?
Ajei Gopal takes the helm at Procore, but the real test is who owns AI and how it's governed. The market wants proof in the field, clear owners, and controls that don't add risk.
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Tenable names Microsoft security veteran Vlad Korsunsky CTO of Tenable Israel to accelerate exposure management and AI strategy
Tenable named Vlad Korsunsky CTO and head of Tenable Israel, speeding its exposure management and AI push. Expect tighter integration, clearer risk metrics, and quicker updates.
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From Back Office to Strategic Partner: How Data and AI Are Rewriting HCM and BPO
AI and analytics move HCM/BPO from back office to strategic, with data leaders boosting retention, hiring, and service. Set clear KPIs, strong governance, and start with one win.
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Outgunned by Time: U.S. Stockpiles, a China Standoff, and the AI Gamble
U.S. stockpiles could run dry in a week if war turns hot with China. The fix is an industrial surge plus AI-led, low-cost systems that speed production, logistics, and decisions.
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Intel's Quiet D.C. Reset: Leadership Shake-ups, SambaNova AI Rumors, and China Heat
Intel's leadership shuffle and SambaNova talks look like a coordinated bid to firm up its DC footing and speed the AI platform pitch. Execution and reviews are the swing risks.
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AI Is Rewriting the C-Suite: Why CEOs Are Leaving and What It Means for Customers
Boards are swapping CEOs for AI-first operators to finish the next lap. Expect smarter shopping, faster support, and more personal assistants from Walmart, Apple, and beyond.
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Latest AI News for Finance
Edison Scientific raises $70M to scale Kosmos, its autonomous AI scientist
Edison Scientific raised $70M to scale Kosmos, an autonomous AI scientist for literature, data analysis, and cited reports. It speeds research in drug discovery and materials.
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Gartner Says AI Boom Turns Targeted: Warehouse Robotics, Cybersecurity, Domain Models-and What It Means for DTEC
AI hype narrows to real use: robotics, cybersecurity, and domain models that tie spend to cash flow. Funds like DTEC B could gain as budgets move from demos to deployment.
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AI Does the Math; Your Adviser Brings the Wisdom
AI keeps budgets tidy, rebalances portfolios, and flags risks. But values, life events, and complex planning still call for an adviser and a thoughtful human check.
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Best AI Finance Platforms for 2026: Robinhood, Edge Hound, and Revolut Compared
Robinhood streamlines retail access; Edge Hound flags narrative shifts; Revolut keeps everyday money tidy. In 2026, pair them with clear metrics, guardrails, and solid governance.
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BMO Turns AI Into Day-to-Day Gains in Finance
AI has moved from pilots to daily use at BMO, cutting unit costs and speeding access to clean data. Start with rule-based work, run tight pilots, and measure real P&L impact.
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AI Cuts Costs in Financial Services: Embedded Finance, Automated Compliance, Faster Close
AI trims finance ops: flags exceptions, auto-captures invoices, and speeds reconciliations. Teams see fewer errors and faster closes-73% report less manual work and better accuracy.
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Nvidia on Edge as AI Capex Jitters Meet Micron's HBM Tailwind, OpenAI Funding Buzz, and Fresh Wall Street Targets
NVDA steadies after a funding scare, helped by Micron's upbeat HBM outlook and firmer semis. Big AI spend looks intact, though custom chips and software shifts could pinch margins.
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Latest AI News for Government
UK's first Frontier AI Trends Report: hard numbers on capabilities, progress, and safety
AISI's first Frontier AI Trends Report puts numbers on capability and safety-big gains in cyber, coding, and science. Jailbreaks take hours now, not minutes.
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AI skills, fraud prevention, and transformation: Global Government Forum's top webinars of 2025
GGF's top 2025 webinars zeroed in on AI skills, fraud defenses, and delivery that sticks. Practical steps, safe pilots, stronger decisions, and better citizen experience.
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NVIDIA and U.S. DOE Partner on Genesis Mission to Boost AI Infrastructure, Supercomputing and Scientific Breakthroughs
The DOE picked NVIDIA for its Genesis Mission, pulling labs and industry together to speed AI across energy, science, and security. Expect faster research and smoother deployment.
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South Korea to Allocate 10,000 Nvidia GPUs to SMEs, Startups, and AI Projects Starting in February
South Korea will start allocating 10,000 Nvidia GPUs to SMEs, startups, academics, and public AI projects in February. Apply by Jan 28; up to 256 H200 or 128 B200 per project.
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UK AI Security Institute finds AI safeguards improving as models take longer to jailbreak and tackle tougher cyber tasks
Safeguards are getting stronger, but no model is immune; jailbreaks just take longer. UK AISI's data helps leaders set higher bars, add guardrails, and keep people in the loop.
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UK's AI Training Copyright Fight: 11,500 Responses, Creative Industry Pushback, and a 2026 Deadline
UK AI-copyright consultation got 11,500 responses; most backed licences over opt-outs. Public bodies should prep for licence checks, data summaries, and rights signals by 2026.
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Indonesia Courts Global AI and Semiconductor Investment with Incentives, 100,000 AI Professionals Annually, and a Sovereign Fund
Indonesia invites global AI and semiconductor investors with incentives, a Sovereign AI Fund, and sandboxes. Plans include 100k AI talents yearly and sovereign data infrastructure.
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Latest AI News for Healthcare
AI in Healthcare: Why Proof, Not Promises, Drives Adoption
AI works when data actually flow and workflows aren't tripped up. Start with assistive tools, demand real-world proof and ROI, and tie fees to outcomes before you roll out.
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Have your say: MHRA seeks views on AI rules in healthcare to keep patients safe
MHRA is seeking real-world input on AI in healthcare from 18 Dec 2025 to 2 Feb 2026. Share views on safety, accountability, data, and deployment to help set clear, workable rules.
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From scribe to partner: Ambient AI healthcare can trust
Clinical notes without the grind. T-Pro Scribe listens, keeps context, and returns clean, compliant records that fit workflows-saving time while clinicians stay in control.
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Orchestral debuts as healthcare's first AI orchestrator, unifying data and workflows for safer, smarter patient care
McCare Tech's Orchestral unifies scattered healthcare data, linking it to AI so clinicians get faster, trusted decisions. Fewer errors, less waste, and workflows teams trust.
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Real-time AI colonoscopy finds more polyps and lowers colorectal cancer risk
AI-assisted colonoscopy flags subtle polyps in real time, cuts misses, and guides what to remove. Start screening at 45; earlier with family history to prevent cancer.
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Latest AI News for Hospitality and Events
UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Dubai Set the Pace for Purpose-Driven, AI-Enhanced, Sustainable Hospitality at FHS World 2025
UAE, Saudi, and Dubai lead on purpose-driven destinations, AI that lifts margins, and credible sustainability. Integrated living, branded homes, and mind-first wellness are rising.
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Latest AI News for Human Resources
AI PCs in Australia: Big Gains Come From People, Not Hardware
AI PCs are arriving fast, but the real payoff comes from prepping people and workflows. Pair hardware with training, guardrails, and a few clear use cases to see results quickly.
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AI in HR that actually delivers: fewer tickets, faster hires, frontline gains
AI is moving from pilot to plumbing in HR, cutting tickets and speeding hiring. Use AI for volume, people for judgment, and keep guardrails tight.
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Practical AI for HR Today: Fewer Risks, Better Decisions, Happier Employees
AI is helping HR cut payroll errors, spot compliance risks, and give employees faster answers. It sharpens decisions and hiring while keeping people squarely in charge.
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Latest AI News for Insurance
From pilots to production, AI that pulls its weight in insurance operations
Insurers now use AI in claims, underwriting, and global programs to do the reading and drafting while experts make the calls. Results: faster cycles, cleaner audits, less admin.
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Intelligent Decisioning: How AI Is Rewiring Insurance for Speed, Trust, and Resilience
Insurers are moving from predictive AI to governed, real-time decisioning across pricing, underwriting, service, and claims. Early adopters gain speed, better ratios and loyalty.
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Nirvana Tech raises $100M Series D to take AI-native trucking insurance into new markets
Nirvana Tech raised $100M to push its AI-native insurance beyond trucking, blending telematics and LLMs for real-time risk, driver insights, and faster claims. Valor led the round.
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Exclusive: Nirvana Lands $100M Series D Led by Valor, Jumps to $1.5B Valuation on AI Trucking Insurance
Nirvana Insurance raised $100M at a $1.5B valuation, nearly doubling in nine months. The trucking-focused insurer uses real-time telematics to price risk and speed claims.
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From Surveillance to Stewardship: Ethical AI Oversight for UK Insurers
UK insurers face tighter 2025 scrutiny as PRA and FCA push fair outcomes and smarter oversight across chat, voice and mobile. Use AI with guardrails and human review to keep trust.
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Latest AI News for IT and Development
Skkynet launches C$2.6M industrial AI initiative with FedDev Ontario backing
Skkynet landed C$2.6M, including C$1.04M from FedDev Ontario, to push secure industrial AI. It'll upgrade DataHub to move plant data to AI and bring control back safely.
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OpenGameEval puts AI assistants to the test inside Roblox Studio
OpenGameEval runs AI assistants inside Roblox Studio sessions to test real development tasks in context. It scores 47 scenarios to show where models help and where they stumble.
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We Made a Film With AI-It's Wild and a Little Terrifying
AI video now looks shockingly real, with Veo 3 and Runway ready for select production work. Meta's Mango is on deck; ship small, add guardrails, budget for gen, storage, review.
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stc and PIF-backed Humain to launch AI data center JV in Saudi Arabia targeting 1 GW capacity
stc and Humain will co-build AI data centers in Saudi Arabia via center3, starting at 250MW and scaling to 1GW under a six-year MoU. Lower latency and local data options ahead.
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Do more with AI now: 5 insights for founders from Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott
Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott says it's a rare window: ship small, test fast, and pick models that fit. Do the plumbing, run experiments, and build what people keep using.
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Indonesia Courts Global AI and Semiconductor Investment with Incentives, 100,000 AI Professionals Annually, and a Sovereign Fund
Indonesia invites global AI and semiconductor investors with incentives, a Sovereign AI Fund, and sandboxes. Plans include 100k AI talents yearly and sovereign data infrastructure.
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Latest AI News for Legal
AI Smart Glasses at Work, Part 2: Two-Party Consent and AI Note-Taking Risks Under Wiretapping Laws
AI smart glasses can quietly record and transcribe, triggering two-party consent laws, privacy claims, and discovery headaches. Set clear policies, get consent, and default to off.
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Judges across Asia-Pacific set guardrails for ethical AI in courts
UNESCO and UNDP gathered Asia-Pacific judges in Bangkok to weigh how AI can help courts without eroding fairness. Clear guardrails, testing, and transparency topped the takeaways.
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Adobe Stock: Citi Lifts Target, Strong 2026 Guide, New AI Copyright Lawsuit
Adobe steadies on earnings and big AI distribution bets, with FY2026 guide holding up. But a fresh SlimLM training lawsuit now tests its data practices and margins.
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From Firefighting to Foresight: Agentic AI Turns Lawyers into Strategic Partners
Agentic AI moves firms from fire-fighting to built-in legal checks that catch risk early. Early movers will reset client expectations and win on outcomes, not hours.
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Latest AI News for Management
Baptist Memorial Doubles Lung Nodule Detection, Cuts High-Risk Follow-Up to Two Days, Adds $3.44M in Margin
Baptist Memorial doubled incidental lung nodule detection and cut time to review to ~2 days with a single workflow. Result: 625 cancers found and $3.44M margin in 12 months.
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Google Cloud's Cluster Director goes GA, spinning up validated AI clusters in minutes
Google Cloud's Cluster Director is GA, giving one control plane for Slurm and Kubernetes with faster, consistent setup. Pre-flight checks plus A4X Blackwell VMs cut failed runs.
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Tenable names Microsoft security veteran Vlad Korsunsky CTO of Tenable Israel to accelerate exposure management and AI strategy
Tenable named Vlad Korsunsky CTO and head of Tenable Israel, speeding its exposure management and AI push. Expect tighter integration, clearer risk metrics, and quicker updates.
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Cloudbeds and Traversing.ai team up to unify AI guest messaging, voice, and reviews for hotels in 150+ countries
Cloudbeds partners with Traversing.ai to unify AI voice, messaging, and review workflows. Hotels get faster replies, more direct bookings, and one place to manage reviews.
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CGI's AI transformation puts leadership first-training every employee along the way
AI success starts with leadership, not tools. CGI is investing $1B and training everyone so AI supports real work, with clear roles, ethics, data ownership and measurable outcomes.
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C3.ai's IPD Pivot Trades Margin for Proof, Betting on Durable Growth
C3.ai leans on small, outcome-focused IPDs to prove value before scaling, with stricter milestones. Near-term margins dip, but better conversions could steady growth.
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AI PCs in Australia: Big Gains Come From People, Not Hardware
AI PCs are arriving fast, but the real payoff comes from prepping people and workflows. Pair hardware with training, guardrails, and a few clear use cases to see results quickly.
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Achmea Selects eGain to Modernize Knowledge and Accelerate Its Digital Insurer Transformation
Achmea picks eGain to unify knowledge across channels and teams, giving 21,000 users one trusted source. Expect faster service, consistent answers, and smarter self-service.
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Orchestral debuts as healthcare's first AI orchestrator, unifying data and workflows for safer, smarter patient care
McCare Tech's Orchestral unifies scattered healthcare data, linking it to AI so clinicians get faster, trusted decisions. Fewer errors, less waste, and workflows teams trust.
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Latest AI News for Marketing
AI adtech levels the playing field for brands at the 2026 World Cup
AI adtech gives smaller brands a real shot at World Cup 2026, as Sportradar pipes live data into dynamic creative that reacts to key moments. Speed, context, and timing win.
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AI isn't a strategy and virality isn't a goal - CMOs on 2025's most overhyped marketing trends
Quit chasing trends. Build fewer, truer, unmistakable brands by leading with POV, right-sizing channels, using AI as a tool, and tying creativity to growth, not vanity spikes.
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AI Visibility Awards reveal brands winning inside AI answers
Semrush's AI Visibility Awards show which brands AI cites most, drawn from 2,500+ real prompts. Google, Samsung, Microsoft lead-plus steps marketers can use to earn more mentions.
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Luxury Travel's New Gatekeeper Is AI: What Marketers Must Do Now
LLMs now influence which luxury resorts get picked-your reputation, not ads, tips the scale. Earn citations, structured data, and consistent coverage to get named.
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Salesforce acquires Qualified to automate inbound engagement and pipeline generation in Agentforce
Salesforce will acquire Qualified to add agentic AI to Agentforce across service, sales, and marketing. Faster handoffs and less busywork.
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Salesforce snaps up Qualified to turn more website visitors into sales conversations
Salesforce is buying Qualified to bring AI sales chats into your CRM, speeding handoffs, reporting, and control. Prep routing and data now before the FY2027 close.
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From Storyteller to System Designer: The New CMO Mandate in the AI Era
AI opens a fresh creative frontier, turning data into on-brand stories that keep pace with culture. CMOs who upskill teams, set guardrails, and test fast will win.
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Latest AI News for Operations
CASA seeks AI-powered digital asset management, keeping all data onshore
CASA is scouting AI-enabled DAMS to speed search and tagging while keeping everything onshore. Vendors must prove measurable gains without breaking current workflows or controls.
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Cut Downtime and Raise Resilience with Agentic AI: Self-Serve, Self-Heal, Self-Adapt
Agentic AI brings self-serve, self-heal, and self-adapt ops, cutting toil and outages while speeding recovery. Start with high-volume fixes, add guardrails, measure MTTR and CSAT.
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From pilots to production, AI that pulls its weight in insurance operations
Insurers now use AI in claims, underwriting, and global programs to do the reading and drafting while experts make the calls. Results: faster cycles, cleaner audits, less admin.
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Bill.com looks like the big winner in AI financial automation
AI is trimming manual work across AP/AR as vendors race to boost throughput. Among public names, BILL looks best positioned now, with volume-linked revenue and scale.
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Getting Past the Hype: Taking AI from Pilots to Production
AI demos look slick, but the last mile breaks on data, workflows, and messy handoffs. Treat it like ops: clean data, HITL reviews, clear owners, and metrics that tie to real work.
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When Workflows Don't Wait: AI and the Zero-Touch Enterprise
Work doesn't stall when AI handles handoffs (routing, approvals, triage), so cycles shrink and costs drop. Zero-touch ops sense, decide, and act across systems, with guardrails.
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AI in HR that actually delivers: fewer tickets, faster hires, frontline gains
AI is moving from pilot to plumbing in HR, cutting tickets and speeding hiring. Use AI for volume, people for judgment, and keep guardrails tight.
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AI Cuts Costs in Financial Services: Embedded Finance, Automated Compliance, Faster Close
AI trims finance ops: flags exceptions, auto-captures invoices, and speeds reconciliations. Teams see fewer errors and faster closes-73% report less manual work and better accuracy.
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Latest AI News for PR and Communications
PR Roundup: McDonald's AI Misfire, Workplace AI Optimism, and Elf on the Shelf Hits the Beach
PR in 2025 works when it feels human and lived-in. McDonald's AI ad backfires, employees welcome AI with guidance, and Elf on the Shelf wins by turning tradition into a beach trip.
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Greenough Communications Expands Executive Team as Demand Grows for AI-Driven, Human-Led Integrated Communications
Greenough boosts its executive bench after 11% growth as demand climbs for AI-enabled, human-led communications. Promotions and its Marka+ engine fuel faster, sharper brand work.
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2026 Agency-Client Reset: AI gets real, talent moves in-house, results over hours
By 2026, AI moves from hype to engine room as clients bring work in-house and want smaller senior teams. Agencies will be judged on outcomes-revenue, risk, and culture-not hours.
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Latest AI News for Product Development
Skkynet launches C$2.6M industrial AI initiative with FedDev Ontario backing
Skkynet landed C$2.6M, including C$1.04M from FedDev Ontario, to push secure industrial AI. It'll upgrade DataHub to move plant data to AI and bring control back safely.
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Neural Concept Raises $100M Series C Led by Goldman Sachs Alternatives to Scale AI-Native Engineering
Neural Concept raised $100M to move AI in engineering from pilot to standard practice. Think physics-aware CAD copilots, faster cycles, and ties to Nvidia, Siemens, Ansys.
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Stuff Seeks Founding Principal Engineer to Build AI-Native News Platform From Scratch
Stuff is hiring a founding Principal Engineer to build an AI-native news platform from scratch. First hire, hands-on build, exec access, own the architecture and ship V1.
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Neural Concept raises $100M to shorten design cycles with AI in CAD and simulation
Neural Concept raises $1
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NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 adds 72GB Blackwell option, shipping now
NVIDIA's RTX PRO 5000 with 72GB Blackwell VRAM ships now, easing local AI work. Teams can run bigger models, longer context, and batch tests without constant memory juggling.
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26 AI Predictions for 2026: What's Next for CX, EX, Design, and Product Innovation
AI moves to the core of product. Treat it as a capability that drives real-time personalization, faster cycles, and weekly ship-measure-learn loops to build an edge by 2026.
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Latest AI News for Real Estate and Construction
Tavant's TOUCHLESS AI Platform Wins Inman's 2025 Best of Proptech, Delivering Faster Mortgages, Lower Costs, and a Better Borrower Experience
Tavant wins Inman's 2025 Best of Proptech for AI & Automation with its TOUCHLESS platform. It's speeding loans, cutting costs, and lifting underwriting and processing.
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Latest AI News for Sales
Accenture Q1 Sales Climb on AI Bookings; New Deals Jump, Earnings Beat, Outlook Reaffirmed
Accenture beat Q1 with $18.7B revenue and $3.94 adj. EPS as AI drives $2.2B in bookings. Buyers fund clear ROI-bundle AI with data and a rollout plan to win bigger, vetted deals.
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AI Laptops and Gaming Drive Currys' Profit Rebound Despite Rising Costs
Currys' rebound is coming from AI-ready PCs and gaming, with profits more than doubling as shoppers upgrade. Premium kits, smart demos, and tight stock kept margins intact.
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Micron's sales outlook jumps to as much as $19.1B as AI demand outstrips supply
Micron sees AI demand surging, guiding Q2 revenue to $18.3B-$19.1B and EPS well above estimates. With HBM sold out and shortages beyond 2026, push urgency, longer terms, and ROI.
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Currys rides AI and gaming to profit surge as TV sales dip
Currys lifted H1 sales to £4.2bn and more than doubled profit, with AI PCs and gaming driving demand. Costs bite in the UK, while ID Mobile and Nordics growth keep momentum.
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Latest AI News for Science and Research
24 Tech Giants Join Genesis Mission to Build a National AI Platform for Science
Twenty-four organizations are joining DOE's Genesis Mission to bring AI into science, energy, and national security. Labs will get early access to models, compute, and shared data.
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Edison Scientific raises $70M to scale Kosmos, its autonomous AI scientist
Edison Scientific raised $70M to scale Kosmos, an autonomous AI scientist for literature, data analysis, and cited reports. It speeds research in drug discovery and materials.
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Altermagnetism Confirmed in RuO2 Thin Films, Opening a Path to Ultra-Fast, High-Density Memory for AI and Data Centers
Scientists confirmed altermagnetism in RuO2 thin films, showing spin-split transport with zero net magnetization. It points to faster, denser memory for AI and data centers.
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FutureHouse spinout Edison Scientific raises $70M seed to put AI to work in the lab
Edison Scientific raised $70M to build AI that plans and runs experiments, then learns and iterates. Expect faster cycles and cleaner QC-prep your data, APIs, and guardrails.
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Real-time AI colonoscopy finds more polyps and lowers colorectal cancer risk
AI-assisted colonoscopy flags subtle polyps in real time, cuts misses, and guides what to remove. Start screening at 45; earlier with family history to prevent cancer.
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Chip squeeze, AI surge: Samsung won't cut 2026 phone RAM as DOE's Genesis Mission unites US tech
Memory is scarce while compute and policy surge, squeezing phones and data centers alike. Expect tighter RAM on devices, mixed GPU stacks, and more regional builds into 2026.
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Latest AI News for Writers
Adobe faces class action over SlimLM training, putting dataset provenance and AI liability on trial
Adobe faces a California class action alleging SlimLM was trained on pirated books tied to the Books3 chain. Writers: expect scrutiny on lineage-tighten contracts.
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10 Free Tools to Humanize AI Writing Without Losing Your Voice
AI drafts are fast, but readers can feel the hollowness. These 10 free tools add clarity, warmth, and flow-then a simple pass: clarify, humanize, polish-and keep your voice.
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Adobe Faces Class Action Alleging Its AI Was Trained on Copyrighted Books
Adobe faces a class-action claim it trained Slim LM on pirated books. If you write for a living, lock down your rights: register, limit PDFs, and add no-AI clauses.
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