Daily 'AI for Work' Pulse: 3rd of December
Stay current with 3 new AI tools and 173 AI news articles. A packed edition-quick hits, standout releases, and plenty to skim between meetings.
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Latest AI Tools
Cleva.io
Cleva.io is an AI coach that overlays your screen to teach creative tools in-context, answers questions, shows where to click, and provides in-app lessons for Figma, Photoshop, After Effects, Premiere and Blender.
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Markdown Studio
Markdown Studio - a local-first markdown editor for prompts and LLM docs with live token counters (GPT/Claude), auto-saved version history, and one-click plain-text copy. No accounts, no cloud; all data stays in your browser.
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Stickerbox
Stickerbox: a kid-safe, voice-controlled sticker printer using AI image generation and thermal printing to turn children's spoken ideas into real stickers they can color, stick, and share.
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All AI News for Today
173 News Articles published.
Latest General AI News
Optimera turns stockout insights into action with RELEX AI-assisted diagnostics
Optimera rolls out RELEX AI-Assisted Diagnostics to pinpoint stockout causes and turn insights into actions. Faster fixes mean fewer lost sales and smoother store/DC flow.
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When AI Acts for Us: Benjamin Manning's MIT Sloan Take on Work and Faster Social Science
AI agents will soon negotiate, schedule, and draft; HR needs decision rights, human checks, and audit logs. Try simulated tests first, then scale what proves out.
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DeepHealth's AI Breast Suite boosts detection 21% and speeds risk-based breast cancer screening
DeepHealth's Breast Suite unifies AI detection, density, and near-term risk in routine mammography workflows. Studies show 21% higher detection and gains in dense-breast groups.
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Surgeon Shortage Spurs AI Coach for Suturing With Real-Time, Explainable Feedback
As surgical training squeezes, an explainable AI coaches suturing with instant, specific feedback. Intermediate students improved faster than video learners in early tests.
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Australia's AI plan skips new laws, opens data, funds safety, and backs workers
Australia's AI plan skips a stand-alone law, leaning on existing rules and boosting skills, data access and datacentres. A $30m safety institute and worker-first guardrails follow.
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Apple taps Gemini veteran Amar Subramanya as AI chief after Siri stumbles
Apple swaps AI chiefs: Giannandrea exits, Amar Subramanya steps in after Siri delays and shaky Apple Intelligence. Expect a privacy-first reset and faster, more practical releases.
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Can AI Read the Room? Testing Empathy in Large Language Models
LLMs don't feel, but they can show empathy when you measure and coach their replies. Get a simple framework (detect, reflect, respond), tests, prompts, and guardrails.
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Accenture calls 800,000 employees reinventors as AI pivot meets skepticism
Accenture is rebranding 800,000 staff as 'reinventors' under Reinvention Services to underscore its AI push. Critics say the label blurs roles and adds pressure on holdouts.
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If You're Not Evaluating, You're Guessing: Putting Real-World Checks at the Center of LLM Alignment
Alignment gets real when you decide what matters and measure it. Forget leaderboards-use realistic, multi-metric tests, adversarial cases, and monitor behavior after launch.
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Gait, Physics, and a Cross-Country Drive: A USF PhD's Path to Meta
Fresh off his USF dissertation, Cole Hill drove west to start at Meta. His physics-aware approach to gait helps AI hold up across lighting, angles, and messy real-world scenes.
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Latest AI News for Creatives
Luma AI opens London hub, taps Jason Day to lead EMEA expansion with 200 hires by 2026
Luma AI has opened a London office to drive EMEA growth and named Jason Day to lead international expansion. Hiring ramps in 2026, with 200 roles planned and broader reach by 2028.
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AI and the Cultural Industry at a Crossroads: Creativity, Rights, Heritage, and the Policy Choices Ahead
AI is remaking culture end to end: faster creation, cheaper production, and wider access-plus sameness, bias, and copyright fights. Protect provenance, consent, and your voice.
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Bengaluru's AI Marketing Shift From Tool to Infrastructure: Minutes, Not Months, Lower Costs, and Video at Scale
Bengaluru brands go AI-first-faster creative, lower costs, and 24-hour video; 15-30% lifts with 25% lower CAC. The drag now is consistency, tool sprawl, and tight guardrails.
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Valentino Faces Backlash as AI DeVain Bag Ads Make Luxury Feel Less Human
Valentino's AI ad drew scorn as cheap and uncanny, fueling doubts about luxury shortcuts. Takeaway: lead with the idea, credit the humans, and let AI assist-not replace.
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GTA co-creator Dan Houser warns AI will eat itself, questions the humanity of its boosters
Dan Houser says AI's biggest boosters don't get creativity and are grabbing power. Use it to speed chores, but guard your taste-or the work dulls and eats itself.
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AI that shows the good, the odd and the flawed helps people design better, study finds
A Swansea study finds AI boosts creativity when it acts like a sparring partner, surfacing good, weird, even flawed ideas. People explored longer, made better work and felt engaged.
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Dan Houser says AI's leaders aren't humane or creative and the tech will eat itself
Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser warns that the people steering generative AI aren't exactly the most human or creative. He says hype masks limits and expects AI to eat itself.
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Hand Sketches Before Hype: Soberon Studio's Case for Human Craft
At Soberon Studio, taste stays human and the sketchbook leads. AI handles the boring bits-ops and staging-while hand-drawn ideas win trust and keep the work distinctly theirs.
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GTA co-creator Dan Houser says AI will cannibalize itself-and it still can't beat human creativity
Dan Houser says AI can assist, but keep humans at the center. He warns of model collapse as AI feeds on AI, and tells creatives to guard voice, taste, and judgment.
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Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser likens AI to mad cow disease and says it will eat itself
Dan Houser says the AI push is led by people light on humanity and taste. Use it as a sharp helper, or the work loses soul and the tech starts to eat itself.
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Latest AI News for Customer Support
Lyft's AI intent agent slashes support resolution times 87% and adds 24/7 service
Lyft's intent agent now trims resolution time by 87% and offers 24/7 support in English and Spanish. It handles routine fixes and routes tough cases to specialists.
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AI Takes Off in Travel 2025: Faster Operations, Smarter Marketing, Happier Customers
AI is now core to travel, speeding support, marketing, and product cycles with fewer bottlenecks. Budgets are doubling as teams ship better experiences and cut costs.
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Holiday Shopping 2025: 78% Used AI, Yet Only 29% Saw Better Service-Humans Still Lead
AI handled more holiday support in 2025, boosting speed, but trust lagged-only 29% felt service improved, while 54% still preferred humans. The real fix is a clear hybrid handoff.
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Service First: Why 90% of Agentforce Deployments Start in Support-and How It's Paying Off
About 90% of AI agent rollouts start in customer service where results show up fast-deflection, lower handle times, savings. Start small in chat, add safe actions, then scale smart.
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Miyai.ai Turns Static Websites into 24/7 Sales and Support Assistants
Turn your site into a smart front desk with Miyai.ai-answering questions, qualifying leads, and handling support 24/7. Install in minutes, keep your voice, and track every chat.
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Cobrowse Lets AI See What Customers See, Closing the Context Gap in CX
Cobrowse lets virtual agents see the customer's screen in real time to spot friction, annotate, and resolve issues faster. Built-in redaction, logs, and consent keep it safe.
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One NZ's Network Concierge on Amazon Bedrock cuts analysis time 80% and speeds outage response
One NZ launches Network Concierge, an AI agent that unifies network data so support can diagnose coverage issues faster. Analysis is 80% faster, with quicker, clearer updates.
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Latest AI News for Education
AI meets the classroom in Pittsburgh, with young founders turning ideas into action
AI moves from buzzword to everyday helper in schools, trimming busywork so teachers can focus on students. Start small with clear guardrails, measure gains, and keep what works.
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Surgeon Shortage Spurs AI Coach for Suturing With Real-Time, Explainable Feedback
As surgical training squeezes, an explainable AI coaches suturing with instant, specific feedback. Intermediate students improved faster than video learners in early tests.
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Degrees Without Learning: AI Is Unmaking College
Panic over cheating morphed into pep rallies for "AI-ready" classrooms, and trust is slipping. Let it aid thought, never replace it-and fund people before platforms.
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CSULB faculty put AI to work for students, from chatbots to critical thinking
CSULB faculty won CSU awards for AI pilots that center judgment, care, and human thinking. Highlights: a teaching chatbot, TILT-based tasks, lateral reading, and a reasoning gym.
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Putting Children First in AI: Kean University Professor Leads Research for Early Classrooms
Kean's Jennifer Chen studies how AI affects kids 3-8, pairing learning gains with ethical guardrails. Her work guides teachers and families on privacy, bias, and classroom use.
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AI EdTech's $98.1B Boom by 2034: Investor Opportunities in Personalized Learning, APAC Growth, and Workforce Upskilling
AI in education has moved from pilots to proof, seen in Farmingdale State College's AI Management degree. With $5.3B to $98.1B growth, back tools that show impact and ROI.
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AI in UK Surgical Education: Where It's Used Now, What's Missing, and What Comes Next
AI is moving from hype to hands-on in UK surgical training. See where it helps now, what evidence is missing, and how to pilot safely with outcomes that actually matter.
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Tsinghua University Rolls Out First University-Wide AI Guidelines for Teaching and Research
Tsinghua University rolled out a university-wide AI framework for teaching and research. Clear rules on disclosure, data safety, and originality-from classes to theses.
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Gait, Physics, and a Cross-Country Drive: A USF PhD's Path to Meta
Fresh off his USF dissertation, Cole Hill drove west to start at Meta. His physics-aware approach to gait helps AI hold up across lighting, angles, and messy real-world scenes.
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Is a Degree Still Worth It? AI and automation upend the old promise
AI is thinning entry-level roles, eroding the degree's edge as employers demand proof of ability. Colleges must link learning to real work-faster, with visible outcomes.
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Microsoft and 4-H Extend Eight-Year, $10M Partnership to Bring AI Learning to Rural Classrooms and Farms
4-H and Microsoft extend a $10M partnership to expand AI education for rural youth and teachers. Training, challenges, and Minecraft lessons turn access into real skills.
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Latest AI News for Executives and Strategy
Luma AI opens London hub, taps Jason Day to lead EMEA expansion with 200 hires by 2026
Luma AI has opened a London office to drive EMEA growth and named Jason Day to lead international expansion. Hiring ramps in 2026, with 200 roles planned and broader reach by 2028.
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Apple's AI boss steps down, Microsoft veteran takes over as Siri upgrade slips
Apple's AI chief John Giannandrea will step down; Amar Subramanya takes over, reporting to Craig Federighi. Expect faster OS AI and a spring Siri push with multi-model deals.
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CYIOS Corp Names John O'Shea CEO and Chairman to Lead AI-Driven Growth and Medical Acquisitions
CYIOS names John O'Shea CEO and Chairman to sharpen execution and expand its medical footprint. Expect AI-led ops via CyioIQ and disciplined M&A over the next 24-36 months.
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Jensen Huang's Victory Lap: Synopsys Bets on Nvidia to Rewire How Products Get Designed
Huang calls Nvidia's expanded Synopsys pact the culmination of his AI platform bet. AI shifts from lab demo to default in chip design, embedding Nvidia in the build flow.
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Neurophet Taps Former Cortechs.ai CCO Josh Cohen to Lead Americas Expansion
Neurophet named Josh Cohen Head of Americas to drive growth across the US, Canada, and South America. With medical imaging experience, he'll build teams, partnerships, and sales.
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Microsoft Puts Europe at the Heart of Its AI Strategy
Microsoft is leaning into Europe for AI, signaling more local compute, partners, and compliance. Execs should plan EU pilots, data residency, and AI Act readiness for 2025.
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Everyone Has a Plan Until AI Punches Back: Hilton CEO on the Future of Your Stay
Hilton's CEO says AI will test your plans-stay curious, fix your data, and design for the guest. Move fast with tight pilots, reskill early, and build for punches, not perfection.
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Latest AI News for Finance
MIT's Iceberg Index Finds AI Could Replace Nearly 12% of U.S. Jobs, Prompting State Action
AI can handle 11.7% of U.S. work, with finance most exposed in documents and routine analysis. Start pilots, tighten oversight, train teams, and measure cycle time and errors.
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Masayoshi Son Says Selling Nvidia Hurt but He Needed Cash for OpenAI-and AI Isn't a Bubble
Masayoshi Son sold SoftBank's Nvidia stake to fund bigger AI bets-data centers, Ampere, and more OpenAI. He shrugs off bubble talk and leans into long-duration assets.
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OJK updates AI ethics for fintech, adds fairness to counter generative AI risks
OJK tightened AI ethics for fintech, adding fairness and genAI guidance with OECD backing. Banks and insurers now face tougher rules on data, bias, transparency, and resilience.
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From Noise to Signal: AI Analytics Making Financial Decisions Clearer in 2025
AI analytics turn a firehose of data into clear signals teams can trust. Meyka Enterprise unifies feeds, offers explainable models and chat, so decisions land faster with control.
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From credit bureau to Big Financial Friend: Experian's AI shift at Money20/20
At Money20/20, Experian showed how it's moving past credit checks with AI, personalisation, and Eva. Think bill negotiation, subscription cleanup, and quicker, clearer next steps.
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FT Ventures Invests in RavenPack, Embedding Premium FT Journalism into Bigdata.com for Institutional AI Agents
RavenPack secured investment from the Financial Times and is bringing FT content to Bigdata.com. The tie-up lets finance teams build AI agents grounded in trusted FT reporting.
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Latest AI News for Government
Sovereign AI or a Toothless Tiger? Australia's Plan Hinges on Building Local Models
Australia's AI plan is promising, but without sovereign, local models the new Safety Institute will lack teeth. Put data residency and firm procurement rules front and center.
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National AI Plan Puts Australians First: Opportunity, Skills and Safety
Australia's National AI Plan pushes responsible adoption, stronger skills and safety. There's funding for an AI Safety Institute and an accelerator to turn ideas into services.
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Australia's AI plan skips new laws, opens data, funds safety, and backs workers
Australia's AI plan skips a stand-alone law, leaning on existing rules and boosting skills, data access and datacentres. A $30m safety institute and worker-first guardrails follow.
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Inside Canada's AI Registry: 400 Tools, from Gun Detection to Space Medicine
Canada's AI registry lists 400+ systems across 42 departments, from insect labeling to package screening and space health. Adds transparency and flags vendor concentration.
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Australia's National AI Plan: fairer, stronger and safer for everyone
A practical blueprint to boost productivity and equity while keeping AI safe and trusted across industry and government. It backs skills, infrastructure and real-world pilots.
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Australia Backs $30m AI Safety Institute to Fight Child Exploitation, Unveils National Plan
Australia will invest $30m in an AI Safety Institute to stop AI-generated child abuse content from 2026. A new national plan pushes safe adoption, clear standards, and oversight.
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Australia's national AI plan puts people first, backs local jobs and stronger safeguards
Australia's AI plan puts people first with guardrails and real gains for services and jobs. Agencies should act now: GovAI, training, governance, and an AI Safety Institute.
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Australia's Home Affairs sets guardrails for AI use on PROTECTED government data
Home Affairs is laying the groundwork for safe gen AI, moving from 'OFFICIAL' use toward rules for 'PROTECTED' data. Expect secure access and Chief AI Officers next year.
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Latest AI News for Healthcare
DeepHealth's AI Breast Suite boosts detection 21% and speeds risk-based breast cancer screening
DeepHealth's Breast Suite unifies AI detection, density, and near-term risk in routine mammography workflows. Studies show 21% higher detection and gains in dense-breast groups.
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How AI and Small Clinics Are Quietly Saving Lives in India's Small Towns
A small-town clinic runs an ECG through AI; minutes later, a high-risk flag, a life saved. Across India, quiet wins mean faster triage, early alerts, fewer misses for teams.
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Surgeon Shortage Spurs AI Coach for Suturing With Real-Time, Explainable Feedback
As surgical training squeezes, an explainable AI coaches suturing with instant, specific feedback. Intermediate students improved faster than video learners in early tests.
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AWS and RapidAI team up to scale deep clinical AI worldwide
AWS and RapidAI are teaming up to scale clinical AI for hospitals. Think secure imaging, on-prem and cloud, with tools already saving time and boosting throughput.
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ScreenPoint Medical Integrates Transpara Breast AI with Precision Imaging Network, part of Microsoft for Healthcare, to streamline radiology workflows
ScreenPoint Medical brings Transpara Breast AI to Microsoft's Precision Imaging Network. The partnership streamlines deployment and scales across mammography.
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Fischer Medical Subsidiary Secures $6.5M Indonesia Contract to Deliver 250 AI-Enabled Portable X-Ray Units for TB Screening in Jember
Fischer Medical's subsidiary will supply 250 AI-enabled portable X-ray units to Jember, Indonesia under a $6.5M deal. The phased rollout supports TB screening through March 2026.
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Congress races to year-end: Healthcare subsidies on the line, AI rules fight in the NDAA
Congress races to extend ACA subsidies before Jan. 1 and fold AI rules into the NDAA. Providers should prep for premium hikes, plan churn, and possible chip-supply shifts.
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Deploy AI Without Breaking HIPAA: Practical Steps for Healthcare Leaders
Hospitals are testing AI to aid care, but HIPAA risks demand clear rules, audits, and accountable leadership. Ask about PHI access, explainability, bias, and who owns the data.
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Large language models in biomedicine and healthcare: applications, challenges, ethics, and the path to clinical impact
LLMs help clinicians and researchers read, summarize, and reason across notes, images, and data. Start small, protect privacy, plug into workflows, and track time saved and errors.
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AI in Healthcare Market to Hit $137.8 Billion by 2034 at 19.7% CAGR, driven by diagnostics, imaging, and remote care
AI in healthcare is moving from pilots to daily use, growing from $23.2B in 2024 to $137.8B by 2034. Winners focus on clear outcomes, clean data, explainability, and workflow fit.
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AI or Austerity? How US Healthcare Can Survive the Gathering Storm
US healthcare is bracing for tighter margins as policy cuts and costs pile up. Smart AI and shifting cases to ASCs can soften the blow if leaders move fast and track results.
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Latest AI News for Hospitality and Events
When the Browser Becomes a Ghost: Hospitality at the Edge of AI and Humans as Luxury
AI is shrinking search to a single conversation, upending travel's old playbook. As automation flattens texture, real human moments become the rarest-and most valuable-luxury.
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Latest AI News for Human Resources
Seconds to suggestions: AI accelerates job matching across China
China's HR is moving to AI that screens resumes in seconds, explains matches, and speeds hiring. Start with a 90-day pilot, clear metrics, shared data, and bias checks.
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When AI Acts for Us: Benjamin Manning's MIT Sloan Take on Work and Faster Social Science
AI agents will soon negotiate, schedule, and draft; HR needs decision rights, human checks, and audit logs. Try simulated tests first, then scale what proves out.
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Small Talk With Bots, Silence With Colleagues: Make AI Work Without Breaking Teams
AI speeds work but can chill human connection. HR can keep trust intact with clear guardrails, etiquette, training, vetted tools, and regular team time, and measure results.
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From tool-mate to teammate: How HR leads the rise of Agentic AI
Agentic AI is stepping in as a teammate, taking initiative and learning on the job. HR sets the guardrails-onboard it, coach it, and link it to real flows to turn pilots into wins.
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AI Handles the Data, HR Owns the Meaning: Generative and Agentic AI in People Services
AI is pushing HR past busywork into real-time, insight-led decisions. Leaders get time back for empathy, strategy, and culture as agentic tools draft, scan, and support oversight.
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HR's new org chart for AI: embedded chiefs of staff, product leads, labs, and community managers
AI offloads rote work; HR gets closer to delivery with embedded chiefs of staff, product managers, labs, and community leads. Here's a 90-day plan to staff, measure, and launch.
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AI speeds job matching across China, from interview booths to neighborhood kiosks
Across China, AI booths match candidates to roles in seconds and book interviews, turning interest into action. HR's move: automate the busywork, leave the judgment to people.
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Accenture calls 800,000 employees reinventors as AI pivot meets skepticism
Accenture is rebranding 800,000 staff as 'reinventors' under Reinvention Services to underscore its AI push. Critics say the label blurs roles and adds pressure on holdouts.
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Let AI Help, Keep People in Control: Fair, Merit-based Hiring in Singapore
AI can speed sourcing and screening, but employers stay accountable for fair, merit-based calls. Keep humans in control, use job-focused criteria, follow WFA/TGFEP.
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AI Shortcuts Are Eroding Skills-and Productivity-at Work and Beyond
AI is boosting output while quietly hollowing out judgment and core skills. HR should build guardrails-manual-first reps, no-AI drills, tight mentorship-to keep teams sharp.
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Why Ethical Frameworks Are Essential for AI in HR Strategy
AI speeds hiring and planning, but without guardrails it risks bias, trust, and compliance. Use an 8-pillar framework: transparency, testing, human oversight, and vendor checks.
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Latest AI News for Insurance
Insurance Times Awards 2025: Chase Heptons' Percy speeds up pricing for fairer premiums
Chase Heptons' Percy enters the Insurance Times Awards, an AI tool replacing slow batch pricing with daily, rules-based updates. Faster cycles, clearer control, fairer premiums.
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Human-First AI at ACKO: Building Insurance People Actually Trust
ACKO treats AI as a human-centered operating layer-explainable, auditable, and always with a human escape hatch. The result: fewer loops, warmer service, and trust at scale.
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E-Verify expansion advances; Florida lawmakers probe AI in insurance denials
Florida may require all private employers to use E-Verify, pulling many small clients into compliance. Lawmakers also want human-reviewed claims-no AI-only denials.
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Majesco quadruples 2026 AI investment to speed P&C implementations, cut costs, and boost ROI
Majesco will quadruple AI spend in 2026, delivering AI-native P&C platforms for faster rollouts and leaner ops. Expect quicker change cycles and clear gains in speed and cost.
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mea Platform and Regenvita team up to speed AI adoption across Nordic insurers
mea Platform partners with Regenvita to speed AI uptake in Nordic insurance; Clint Sookermany will advise carriers. Focus: P&C and marine-faster underwriting, claims, finance.
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Bots on both sides of your care: Patients fight AI denials as states step in
Patients and doctors are using AI to push back on denials, and they're getting faster, sharper. Insurers need clear rules, better data, human oversight to avoid costly missteps.
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Florida seeks guardrails on insurance AI to keep humans in charge
Florida moves to police insurers' AI, pushing disclosure, audits, and a human on the hook. If you can't explain the tool, don't use it-carriers should inventory and document now.
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Forrester's 2026 Insurance Predictions: CX Takes Center Stage, AI Cuts Costs, Cyber Insurance Surges
Insurers face a 2026 reset: fix CX to stop churn, add cyber services, and use AI to cut costs. Reenter risky property with better data, and meet gig workers with micro cover.
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Human Judgment, Machine Scale: AI Is Finally Making Insurance Work Across Asia
AI is finally making insurance deliver on its promise-faster claims, clearer decisions, and human empathy where it counts. Asia's scaling first, with real wins and guardrails.
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Allstate's AI in Practice: Two Use Cases Driving Faster Service and Clearer Claim Messages
Allstate shares two practical AI wins: a chat bot resolving ~40% of chats and gen AI drafting clearer claim messages. The focus: measurable lift, faster service, people in control.
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Latest AI News for IT and Development
Optimera turns stockout insights into action with RELEX AI-assisted diagnostics
Optimera rolls out RELEX AI-Assisted Diagnostics to pinpoint stockout causes and turn insights into actions. Faster fixes mean fewer lost sales and smoother store/DC flow.
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From Rules to Models: AI/ML Software Development Goes Mainstream in 2025
In 2025, AI/ML isn't an add-on-it's the base layer of software across industries, from health to finance. Teams blend engineering, data, and ops to ship smarter features, faster.
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Anthropic AI hackathon at U of T spotlights autism support prototypes and a solo end-to-end build in 48 hours
At UofT's Anthropic AI hackathon, teams shipped working prototypes in under 48 hours. Highlights: an ABA risk-to-strategy tool and a solo-built system that placed second.
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Capgemini and UNICEF develop agentic AI career assistant connecting Brazil's youth to green jobs
Capgemini and UNICEF built an AI assistant that steers Brazilian youth to verified green jobs and training. Early tests hit about 80% match rate, with an open-source release ahead.
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ECS wins $104M NGA Canyonlands contract to advance GEOINT AI and transition Project Runway
NGA awarded ECS a $104.3M Canyonlands contract to build operational AI for GEOINT in cloud and on-prem. A 12-month base shifts work from Army's Project Runway into field use.
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NVIDIA puts open AI front and center at NeurIPS: Alpamayo-R1 for autonomous driving, new speech and safety models, Nemotron recognized for transparency
NVIDIA unveiled open models, data, and tools at NeurIPS for AV, robotics, speech, safety, and RL. Nemotron was rated highly for openness, with releases like AR1, Cosmos, and NeMo.
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Apple taps Gemini veteran Amar Subramanya as AI chief after Siri stumbles
Apple swaps AI chiefs: Giannandrea exits, Amar Subramanya steps in after Siri delays and shaky Apple Intelligence. Expect a privacy-first reset and faster, more practical releases.
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Can AI Read the Room? Testing Empathy in Large Language Models
LLMs don't feel, but they can show empathy when you measure and coach their replies. Get a simple framework (detect, reflect, respond), tests, prompts, and guardrails.
Read more →
NVIDIA Launches Alpamayo-R1, First Vision-Language Action Model for Autonomous Driving, with Cosmos Cookbooks
NVIDIA's Alpamayo-R1 brings visual, language, and action together for safer, clearer driving decisions. Devs get Cosmos Cookbooks for data, synthetic edge cases, and evals.
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Accenture calls 800,000 employees reinventors as AI pivot meets skepticism
Accenture is rebranding 800,000 staff as 'reinventors' under Reinvention Services to underscore its AI push. Critics say the label blurs roles and adds pressure on holdouts.
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Seoul Statement unites IEC, ISO and ITU to advance inclusive, safe and sustainable AI through international standards
IEC, ISO and ITU's Seoul Statement sets a common path for inclusive, safe, sustainable AI. Expect standards on interoperability, proof of safety, and energy reporting.
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Saudi Arabia Breaks into Global Top Three for AI Models and Job Growth
Saudi Arabia has vaulted into AI's top tier, with top-3 model progress and surging job growth. Builders: ship Arabic-first tools, target enterprises, and bake in governance early.
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Little Nightmares studio's narrative director hates AI in games-but hopes it can still spark creativity
Tarsier's Dave Mervick is wary of AI, fearing it can flatten craft even as it speeds up work. Reanimal lands Feb 2026, and teams weigh clear guardrails to protect voice and trust.
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NVIDIA expands open-source AI at NeurIPS with Alpamayo-R1 for autonomous driving, speech, and AI safety
NVIDIA unveils open AI models at NeurIPS, led by DRIVE Alpamayo-R1, a reasoning VLA for autonomous driving. New speech and safety tools, plus datasets on GitHub and Hugging Face.
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Latest AI News for Legal
National AI Plan leans on existing laws, pauses guardrails, funds safety institute
Australia's AI Plan leans on existing laws, pausing new guardrails while gaps are assessed. A $30m AI Safety Institute plus focus on data centres and skills will steer.
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AI Meets Commercial Law: Assaf Kriel's Boutique Firm Pairs Speed and Precision with Personal Service
AI now anchors daily work at Adv. Assaf Kriel's firm, speeding reviews, research, and litigation support. Senior lawyers lead, pricing makes sense, and cross-border help scales.
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Americans Want AI Guardrails. OSTP Should Listen
OSTP floated deregulation, but public, experts, and history point to stronger rules and evidence-first policy. Focus on risk tiers, audits, data rights, and accountability.
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Linklaters launches AI team to guide lawyers worldwide and speed client service
Linklaters has formed a lawyer-led AI team to speed routine work and improve client service. Working with data scientists, they'll test tools, set guardrails and scale what works.
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SAP's AI sovereign cloud play and Business ByDesign exit face legal headwinds-Street still bullish
SAP tightens focus-ending ByDesign sales, pushing an EU sovereign AI cloud, and facing antitrust and trade-secret cases. Counsel: tighten data access, anti-tying, and exit terms.
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Legal AI Matures in 2025-U.S. Legal Support 2026 Survey Points to Mainstream Within Five Years
AI pilots became everyday work in legal in 2025, and the momentum isn't slowing. Teams that systematize workflows, governance, and budget now will lead in 2026.
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Australia's Light-Touch AI Plan Leaves Labels Optional, Ramps Up Public-Sector Use
Australia's AI plan opts for light-touch rules and no mandatory labels, relying on existing laws. Legal teams should prep now: disclosure, oversight, contracts, and crisis drills.
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When the Cloud Stalls: Why Legal Can't Bet the Firm on AI Uptime
Law firms are racing into AI while the grid, chips, and data centers struggle to keep up. Plan for outages, throttling, and cost spikes-or risk missing critical deadlines.
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Rethinking UPL: Let AI Legal Tools Close the Justice Gap
AI can widen access to legal help, but UPL fears are icing out tools people need. Use transparency, trials, and data-regulate proven harm, not hypotheticals.
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Latest AI News for Management
Landmark ruling: Arbitrator says Politico broke AI safeguards, orders 60-day bargaining
An arbitrator ruled Politico broke union AI safeguards. Error-prone tools went live without talks or oversight; a precedent: newsroom AI needs standards and human review.
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Vyapar acquires Suvit to build a unified AI accounting platform for MSMEs, CAs, and tax professionals
Vyapar acquired Suvit to bring accounting automation and compliance into one place for MSMEs and tax pros. Expect faster invoicing, cleaner books, and smoother GST filing.
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Apple taps Gemini veteran Amar Subramanya as AI chief after Siri stumbles
Apple swaps AI chiefs: Giannandrea exits, Amar Subramanya steps in after Siri delays and shaky Apple Intelligence. Expect a privacy-first reset and faster, more practical releases.
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Homerun Resources Taps Jiri Skopek to Drive Commercialization of Long-Duration Energy Storage with The Hub AI Platform
Homerun Resources taps Jiri Skopek to speed commercialization of its silica-based Enduring LDES integrated with "The Hub" AI EMS. The step builds on an NREL IP pact.
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Coupa adds agentic AI to procurement, from plain-language sourcing formulas to supplier self-service
Coupa rolls out AI agents across Source-to-Pay, turning plain language and documents into sourcing formulas and clean PRs. Expect faster cycles, fewer handoffs, and more control.
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Brookfield teams with NVIDIA and Kuwait's fund on a $100B AI infrastructure push in France and Sweden. Upside if builds stay on track; energy and supply chains could bite.
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Turn AI cloud sticker shock into savings with Flexera One FinOps
AI spend is spiking and hard to explain; Flexera One CCO brings clear, actionable views that separate and track AI costs. See what drives usage, prevent overruns, and prove ROI.
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Vizrt launches Viz One 8.1 with DeepVA: 10x faster logging, 5x quicker search, up to 50% higher accuracy
Viz One 8.1 with DeepVA automates logging and visual recognition to speed search and reuse. Teams get 10x faster workflows and 50% higher accuracy, securely on-prem or cloud.
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SAI360 Acquires Plural Policy to Accelerate AI-Driven Regulatory Change and Compliance
SAI360 acquired Plural Policy to boost AI-driven regulatory change management with earlier signals and faster analysis. Teams get clearer impact insight and fewer manual hours.
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Latest AI News for Marketing
Treasure Data Launches AI Marketing Cloud on AWS Marketplace to Speed Access and Cut Martech Costs
Treasure Data's AI Marketing Cloud is now on AWS Marketplace, plus AI Agents and Intelligent CDP. Teams move faster, cut tool bloat, and run end-to-end campaigns with Super Agent.
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India's 2025 hiring paradox: AI marketing pay jumps 20-30% as startups hire and giants hold back
Marketers who can ship with AI saw 20-30% pay jumps in 2025, as firms paid for systems and results. Hiring got selective; live projects and measurable lift won the premium.
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AI Without the Overwhelm: Kourtney Coleman Launches Human-Centered Marketing and Automation Agency for Small Business Owners
AI Marketing with Kourtney launches a human-centered agency for service businesses, automating content, websites, and follow-up. Get easier marketing, faster wins and more bookings.
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AI Takes Off in Travel 2025: Faster Operations, Smarter Marketing, Happier Customers
AI is now core to travel, speeding support, marketing, and product cycles with fewer bottlenecks. Budgets are doubling as teams ship better experiences and cut costs.
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Marketers Bet Big on AI; Consumers Aren't Buying It
Marketers are bullish on AI, but buyers aren't feeling it. Invoca finds 85% of marketers see positive sentiment vs 37% of consumers, and only 30% trust AI with tough issues.
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Omnicom Retires DDB, MullenLowe and FCB as IPG Acquisition Recasts Agency Model and Prioritizes AI and Data
Omnicom closes its $13B+ IPG deal, retires legacy brands, and doubles down on AI, data, and client growth. Expect consolidation, new client teams, and $750M in savings.
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2026 Advertising Outlook: AI Takes the Wheel, Discovery Commerce Surges, OTT Ads Go Shoppable, DOOH Gets Smarter
Four shifts will recast 2026 ads: AI-led media, discovery commerce, ad-backed OTT, and AI-driven DOOH. Cut guesswork; bet on clean data, modular creative, and always-on tests.
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Directing AI, Not Replaced by It: Insights From the Digital Marketers Conference at Google's AI Center in Accra
At Google's AI Community Center, the takeaway was clear: AI won't replace you-it speeds teams with clear strategy. Niche down, build systems, test fast, track ROAS, CAC, LTV.
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Latest AI News for Operations
Optimera turns stockout insights into action with RELEX AI-assisted diagnostics
Optimera rolls out RELEX AI-Assisted Diagnostics to pinpoint stockout causes and turn insights into actions. Faster fixes mean fewer lost sales and smoother store/DC flow.
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7 Non-Negotiables for AI-Driven Operations That Deliver Measurable ROI
Incidents are up, teams are stretched, and AI now sits at the core of response-cutting MTTR, slashing noise, and proving ROI. Use the scorecard and 30-60-90 plan to move fast.
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Silverback AI Chatbot Rolls Out Enhanced Assistant for Faster, Consistent Support Across Channels
Silverback AI Chatbot launched an upgraded assistant to deliver faster first replies, consistent answers, and clean routing. It triages by intent and hands off tough cases.
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Big Banks Fast-Track AI, From Training 90,000 Employees to Saving 100,000 Hours a Week
Major banks are putting AI in employees' hands, training fast, and holding leaders to outcomes. See how Wells Fargo, Citi, and JPMorgan save hours and standardize core work.
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From Digital Twins to Emissions Tracking: 10 AI Tools Redefining Oil and Gas Operations
AI is baked into daily oil and gas ops, lifting uptime, safety, and emissions. Highlights: digital twins, predictive maintenance, and integrated digital oilfield platforms.
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Digital Wave Technology CEO Shares Stage with Microsoft at Groceryshop 2025 to Spotlight Agentic AI
At Groceryshop 2025, Digital Wave Technology's CEO joins Microsoft to put agentic AI front and center. Expect fewer stockouts, tighter labor, cleaner data, and faster decisions.
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Sumo Logic rolls out Dojo AI agents to cut alert fatigue and accelerate SOC investigations
Sumo Logic adds a SOC Analyst Agent (beta), a Knowledge Agent, and an MCP server to Dojo AI to cut alert noise and speed triage. Knowledge Agent is live; others are in beta.
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AI and Autonomous Vessels Set a New Course for South Australia's Ports
South Australia's Deep Blue Phase 2 puts AI into port ops via BMT's ADAPT, fusing vessel and metocean data. Early wins: less dredging, tighter ETAs, lower fuel, smarter maintenance.
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Latest AI News for PR and Communications
Get Named in the Answer: GenAI-Referenced Media Puts Your Brand on the Shortlist
AI answers now gatekeep buying decisions, so if you're not named, you're invisible. GenAI-Referenced Media links machine-indexed coverage to your pillar page to win the shortlist.
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PR's Future Looks a Lot Like Its Past - With Better Wi-Fi
AI trims the busywork, but instinct, timing, story sense, and real relationships still move PR. Use the tools, keep the judgment-and spend saved time earning trust.
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Vizrt launches Viz One 8.1 with DeepVA: 10x faster logging, 5x quicker search, up to 50% higher accuracy
Viz One 8.1 with DeepVA automates logging and visual recognition to speed search and reuse. Teams get 10x faster workflows and 50% higher accuracy, securely on-prem or cloud.
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One Cold Email, 20 Questions, and a $3M Seed - How Clipbook Won Over Mark Cuban
Clipbook raised $3M after a cold email to Mark Cuban, proving itself with a fast report for Cost Plus Drugs. For PR, use entity-first tracking, add podcasts, and run bakeoffs.
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Latest AI News for Product Development
Deepwatch Launches Bangalore Global Capability Center to Accelerate AI-Driven Cybersecurity and 24/7 Development
Deepwatch opened a Bangalore Center of Excellence to speed AI-driven MDR with follow-the-sun development. Expect faster releases, stronger detection, and same personal service.
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Nissan and Monolith extend AI partnership to speed vehicle development and cut physical testing
Nissan extends its AI partnership with Monolith to cut physical testing and speed development. Early results: 17% fewer tests so far, with potential to halve timelines.
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AI Takes Off in Travel 2025: Faster Operations, Smarter Marketing, Happier Customers
AI is now core to travel, speeding support, marketing, and product cycles with fewer bottlenecks. Budgets are doubling as teams ship better experiences and cut costs.
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Complir raises €1.7M to help retailers launch compliant products worldwide with AI
Complir raised €1.7M pre-seed to build AI that speeds cross-border product compliance for retailers. It automates labeling, testing, risk scoring, docs, and tracks rule changes.
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Minitap lands $4.1M to let AI ship mobile features 10x faster
Minitap raised $4.1M to make AI-driven mobile dev move at web speed, claiming up to 10× faster shipping. They just topped AndroidWorld and are already powering rapid A/B builds.
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Consat's GenAI framework puts industrial data to work in seconds
Consat launches a GenAI framework for industrial teams, turning data into answers and actions fast. Modular, model-agnostic, on-prem or cloud, with your data staying yours.
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Latest AI News for Real Estate and Construction
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DataTrace launches StarterIQ, a nationwide AI marketplace to find and monetize prior title policies fast. AI, public records, and GIS trim manual work and speed underwriting.
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LeanCon raises $6M to cut pre-construction from months to minutes with AI
LeanCon raised $6M led by Ibex to bring AI precision to pre-construction. It claims 7-minute projections slash planning costs and enable more bids, with schedules up to 20% shorter.
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Latest AI News for Sales
AI shopping assistants fuel record $11.8bn U.S. Black Friday online sales
US Black Friday 2025 hit $11.8B online, up 9.1%, as AI assistants drove an 805% surge in retail site traffic. Cyber Monday is pegged at $14.2B, with electronics up to 30% off.
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JLL Spark Leads $9M for Jeeva AI's Human-First Agentic Sales Platform, Built for the Non-tech Economy
Jeeva AI raised $9M to put agentic sales workflows in reps' hands. It touts up to 3 hours saved per rep daily and quick uptake in real estate, healthcare, and finance.
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Cyber Monday on track for $14B as AI shopping traffic jumps 670%, Adobe forecasts
Cyber Monday 2025 could hit $14B, up 6.3%, as AI steers faster buys via chatbots and retail assistants. Sellers win with crisp pricing, clean offers, and lightning-fast answers.
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AI Upends Franchise Sales as Data-Armed Buyers Demand Proof, Not Pitches
AI-armed buyers show up asking for receipts, not a pitch. Franchise brands that publish clear, sourced numbers and keep claims consistent win trust; theater gets ignored.
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Rufus lifts Amazon's Black Friday sales amid 805% AI traffic jump
Rufus drove a 100% jump in purchase sessions on Black Friday, proving AI chat can speed checkout. Next: pilot on high-intent pages, bundle smarter, and track conversion lift.
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AI drives record Cyber Monday sales-and a surge in scams
Holiday ecommerce is surging-Cyber Monday may hit $14B as retailers lean on AI for pricing, discovery, and stock. But scams are spiking, so tighten trust signals and checkout.
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AI-Fueled Black Friday Online Spending Hits $11.8 Billion in the U.S., with Cyber Monday Poised to Reach $14.2 Billion
Black Friday online spend hit $11.8B in the U.S., up 9.1%, as AI assistants drove discovery and higher tickets. Fewer orders, smarter pricing, and tuned product data are winning.
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Latest AI News for Science and Research
DeepHealth's AI Breast Suite boosts detection 21% and speeds risk-based breast cancer screening
DeepHealth's Breast Suite unifies AI detection, density, and near-term risk in routine mammography workflows. Studies show 21% higher detection and gains in dense-breast groups.
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Insilico and Atossa use AI to spotlight (Z)-endoxifen for glioblastoma
AI-guided screening flags (Z)-endoxifen for GBM. Multi-omics plus lab data suggest it slows tumor growth, beats high-dose temozolomide in vitro, and is well tolerated.
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Americans Want AI Guardrails. OSTP Should Listen
OSTP floated deregulation, but public, experts, and history point to stronger rules and evidence-first policy. Focus on risk tiers, audits, data rights, and accountability.
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Can AI Read the Room? Testing Empathy in Large Language Models
LLMs don't feel, but they can show empathy when you measure and coach their replies. Get a simple framework (detect, reflect, respond), tests, prompts, and guardrails.
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Insilico Medicine at NeurIPS 2025: AI for Science Superintelligence to Speed Drug Discovery and Development
Insilico Medicine heads to NeurIPS 2025 in San Diego to share progress in AI drug discovery. Expect practical workflows and faster paths from targets to preclinical candidates.
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Eight Cornell teams win AI-climate fast grants to cut energy use and advance environmental research
Cornell is funding eight fast grants to curb AI's energy use and push climate research, from EcoGPT's slower-but-greener responses for forests, water, and cities. Awards run $10k-$25k.
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If You're Not Evaluating, You're Guessing: Putting Real-World Checks at the Center of LLM Alignment
Alignment gets real when you decide what matters and measure it. Forget leaderboards-use realistic, multi-metric tests, adversarial cases, and monitor behavior after launch.
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Gait, Physics, and a Cross-Country Drive: A USF PhD's Path to Meta
Fresh off his USF dissertation, Cole Hill drove west to start at Meta. His physics-aware approach to gait helps AI hold up across lighting, angles, and messy real-world scenes.
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Which Prompt Wins? Claude Leads Accuracy, ChatGPT-4o Wins on Speed and Cost, Gemini Finds the Middle for Structured Data
New study benchmarks prompt styles across ChatGPT-4o, Claude, and Gemini for data. Claude tops accuracy with JSON/YAML, while 4o is fastest and cheapest; Gemini stays balanced.
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Latest AI News for Writers
AI Is Scoring Your College Essay - And Admissions Won't Look the Same
Admissions offices are testing AI to score essays, changing how your work gets read. Win reads from bots and humans with a vivid scene, concrete details, and a steady voice.
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Degrees Without Learning: AI Is Unmaking College
Panic over cheating morphed into pep rallies for "AI-ready" classrooms, and trust is slipping. Let it aid thought, never replace it-and fund people before platforms.
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AI Can Write, But You're On the Hook: IP Ownership, Liability, and Practical Safeguards
AI can speed your draft, but it can also trip legal wires. Keep a human hand on the wheel-edit deeply, check rights, document your role, and publish what you can stand behind.
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Dan Houser says AI's leaders aren't humane or creative and the tech will eat itself
Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser warns that the people steering generative AI aren't exactly the most human or creative. He says hype masks limits and expects AI to eat itself.
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Bookouture appoints AI-focused publishing innovation director and launches author academy at FutureBook 2025
Bookouture is hiring a senior AI lead and launching a no-fluff academy for commercial fiction. Use AI for workflow, keep the prose human, and be ready to show your process.
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