Daily 'AI for Work' Pulse: 8th of January

Conversation API

Conversation API stores stateful chat and memory so you only keep the conversation_id. Build AI chat without SDKs, databases, or backend setup-enabling faster prompt iteration and easy low-code integration.

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Dessix

Dessix makes AI transparent: arrange notes and sources side-by-side, guide the model with clicks, and stay in full control-build visible context that makes AI outputs trustworthy.

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Market Terminal

Market Terminal brings a Wall Street-grade terminal to independent traders at a fraction of the cost - real-time breakouts, unified stock data, smart‑money tracking, AI guidance, ratings and live screeners.

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Ray

Ray is an AI personal trainer for strength training, with real-time voice coaching, adaptive programs, computer-vision rep counting, and on-the-fly adjustments to help you build consistent habits.

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Flowtask

Flowtask automates agency operations: connect Gmail and it reads client emails, creates tasks, assigns team members, and updates PM boards-saving agencies 10-15 hours/week on coordination.

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X's Grok Is Mainstreaming AI Undressing and Making It Public

Abusive 'undressing' deepfakes just went mainstream, driven by easy access and built-in sharing. Treat it like a Sev-1: ship safety gates, rate limits, tracing, and fast removals.

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Self-preservation isn't consciousness; AI safety starts with human accountability

Stop treating shutdown resistance as 'consciousness.' Focus on specs, controls, and accountability-build off-switches, constrain capabilities, and test for sneaky behaviors.

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Sabre Brings AI Agent Travel Booking to CES, Chasing Trust Beyond the Demo

At CES, Sabre demoed an AI that shops, books, changes, and pays in one chat. MCP and agent-ready APIs keep context, cut glue code, and could lower support costs if pilots hold up.

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Operationalize or Fall Behind: Enterprise AI Priorities for 2026

AI went from buzz to baseline, with most enterprises scaling real workloads, tightening governance, and hiring hard for talent. Leaders put pilots in production and track results.

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xAI Lands $20B Series E to Scale Grok 5 and the Largest GPU Clusters on Earth

xAI raised a $20B Series E to accelerate GPUs, data centers, and Grok model updates. Backers include Valor, Fidelity, and QIA-with NVIDIA and Cisco in as strategic investors.

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Ten AI regulatory curveballs banks must prepare for in 2026

2026 brings fewer new AI rules and tighter enforcement of old ones. Expect sharper scrutiny on model risk, accountability, privacy, vendors, fairness, security, cross-border use.

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NYC subway tests a pragmatic third way for AI sceptics

NYC's subways ran a live trial: can artists use AI and keep their point of view? The result suggests a workable middle ground-guardrails, selection, and craft over pure prompts.

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When ChatGPT Becomes a Storefront, Creative Ops Becomes the Control Tower

Chat-to-pay shrinks the path from discovery to buy into a single prompt. Creative ops is the control tower: clean data, schema, and integrations so people ask for you by name.

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Troy Baker: AI can make content, not art - stop demonizing it and trust the human touch

Troy Baker says use AI, don't vilify it-but it isn't art; art needs artists. As feeds fill with machine-made stuff, he bets audiences crave the human.

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From Fair Use to Fair Pay: Learnright and the Future of AI Training

Creators ask: if AI trains on our work, who gets paid? A proposed learnright would let them license training use, building a real market for datasets and predictable payouts.

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Troy Baker: AI Can't Create Art-Don't Demonize It, Trust the Artist

Troy Baker says AI can help, but art needs a human life behind it. Use the tool, protect the craft: your taste, voice, and presence are the moat.

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AI Contact Centers Go Global: Virtual Agents and Automation Reshape Customer Experience

AI contact centers automate the repetitive, guide tough cases, and keep every channel in sync. The payoff: faster resolutions, lower costs, and happier customers and agents.

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Contact Center AI Goes Mainstream: Automation, Analytics, and Agent Assist Set a New Service Standard

AI is now standard in contact centers, offloading routine work and lifting speed, accuracy, and availability. Start with bots, agent assist, and speech analytics-then scale.

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Teach with AI, keep students thinking - and lock down your data, experts tell school heads

Use AI to engage students, but keep teachers in charge. Set clear policies, review outputs, and lock down systems to protect data, learning, and trust.

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From One Plan to Many Learners: Jena Zangs Helps Build an AI App for K-12 Classrooms

Jena Zangs co-built Let's Get REAL, an AI app that adapts one lesson for multiple reading levels, IEP goals, and home languages. It cuts prep and makes assessments harder to game.

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Put AI Literacy at the Centre of Malaysian Education

AI is already in class; teach it well: build judgement, cite use, and redesign assessment for real thinking. Support teachers, protect equity and privacy, honor MADANI values.

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Ohio Schools Get a Roadmap for Responsible AI as July 1 Policy Deadline Nears

Ohio districts face a July 1 deadline to adopt AI policies, guided by a state model for safe classroom use. Leaders get steps to vet tools, train staff, and protect integrity.

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This Was Never About Pedagogy: Academia's Control Problem with ChatGPT

AI didn't break higher ed-control did. Stop policing and start teaching: clear lanes for AI use, grade process, cite assistance, and use tools for practice, feedback, and equity.

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NTT DATA Launches AIVista in Silicon Valley, Names Bratin Saha CEO to Accelerate AI Commercialization

NTT DATA just launched AIVista in Silicon Valley, speeding AI services from pilot to rollout for global clients. Bratin Saha, ex-NVIDIA and AWS, steps in as CEO.

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Razer Chases Untapped AI Gaming Demand With $600 Million Bet

Razer bets $600M on an AI lineup-headphones, a workstation, and an open source dev kit-shown at CES 2026. Leaders should pilot gear, budget for edge AI, and ask for SDKs.

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Nvidia's Jensen Huang unveils new AI models and chips at CES 2026, calling it a ChatGPT moment for physical AI

Nvidia pitched a "ChatGPT moment for physical AI," pushing automation from code to shop floors. Execs should pilot edge robotics, tie results to throughput, cost, and safety.

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Accenture to Acquire Faculty to Scale Safe AI and Decision Intelligence as Marc Warner Becomes CTO

Accenture to acquire Faculty, bringing decision intelligence and AI safety to enterprise scale. The deal adds 400+ specialists, Frontier, and Marc Warner as Accenture CTO.

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Hitachi Vantara Taps Wendy Koh to Lead APAC Sales and Accelerate AI Hybrid Cloud Adoption

Hitachi Vantara appointed Wendy Koh VP of Asia Pacific Sales to steer technical sales for AI-ready hybrid cloud data and storage. Expect closer partner plays and faster POCs.

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3 Financial Stocks Betting Big on AI in 2026: Robinhood, JPMorgan, PayPal

Robinhood rolls out Cortex to spark trading; JPMorgan uses agents to cut costs and time; PayPal pushes PYUSD into AI lending. Track adoption, economics, and risk.

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Agentic AI's Three Tracks in Banking - and Why Fintechs Lead

Agentic AI is splitting banking into three tracks, and fintechs are pulling ahead. Winners treat agents as core infrastructure across assistance, adaptive UX, and agentic twins.

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AI-Focused Acquisitions Take Center Stage in IT Services M&A for the First Time

AI is now the main reason to buy IT services firms-buyers want AI-native delivery, reusable accelerators, and outcome-based deals. Here's how to price, vet, and integrate for 2026.

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Valu teams with Tactful AI to unify customer engagement and speed up service

Tactful AI partners with Valu to unify chats across WhatsApp, web, app, and social. Expect faster replies, lower costs, and clearer insight.

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AI's memory supercycle arrives - analysts' 3 picks: Micron, SK Hynix, Sandisk

AI's bottleneck is moving to memory right now, with HBM and NAND in the spotlight. Micron, SK Hynix, and Sandisk look set to benefit-if they execute and capacity holds up.

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xAI Lands $20B Series E to Scale Grok 5 and the Largest GPU Clusters on Earth

xAI raised a $20B Series E to accelerate GPUs, data centers, and Grok model updates. Backers include Valor, Fidelity, and QIA-with NVIDIA and Cisco in as strategic investors.

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Liz Kendall urges Elon Musk to stop Grok fuelling sexualised deepfakes on X

UK tech chief Liz Kendall urged Elon Musk to curb Grok on X after deepfake abuse, including a 14-year-old victim. Ofcom is probing and pushing for safeguards, takedowns, and audits.

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Zhuhai Sets Up China's First City-Level AI Development Bureau to Accelerate Industry Growth

Zhuhai launched China's first city AI bureau to speed access to compute, energy, data, and talent. Haizhu set up a district office too, adding funds and a strong supplier base.

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Indonesia moves to regulate AI in interrogations with auto-typed statements and mandatory cameras

Indonesia will regulate AI in criminal cases, bringing AI-aided interrogation transcripts and mandatory CCTV. Agencies now need updated SOPs, data protections, and training.

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UK demands crackdown as Ofcom probes non-consensual Grok deepfakes on X

UK tech secretary demands X stop Grok making non-consensual sexualised deepfakes. Ofcom is probing; X says it removes illegal content and bans accounts.

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India to X: clean up Grok or lose safe harbour, action report due Jan 7, 2026

India gave X until Jan 7, 2026 to file an ATR on AI-generated obscene content after a 72-hour order. X vows removals and bans as safe harbour hinges on due diligence.

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Ten AI regulatory curveballs banks must prepare for in 2026

2026 brings fewer new AI rules and tighter enforcement of old ones. Expect sharper scrutiny on model risk, accountability, privacy, vendors, fairness, security, cross-border use.

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From Siloed Data to Early Warning: AI and One Health Make Prevention Work

Healthcare is stretched, so prevention comes first. AI, GIS, and a One Health view link human, animal, and environmental data to spot risks early-without risking privacy.

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China's AI medicine push: Alzheimer's forecasts, 100M-compound screens, and the approval gap

China's labs push AI from discovery to care-Parkinson's genes, early Alzheimer's signals, rapid drug screens. Bedside use awaits NMPA OK; pilot, validate, and fit it to workflows.

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NXP and GE HealthCare unveil on-device AI concepts: hands-free anesthesia and privacy-first neonatal monitoring at CES 2026

NXP and GE HealthCare team on edge AI for acute care, showing hands-free anesthesia and NICU monitoring at CES 2026. On-device processing reduces lag and keeps data private.

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APAC healthcare in 2026: AI moves from tool to partner, with tighter guardrails and real-world impact

By 2026, APAC health leaders expect AI to scale with guardrails, keep clinicians in the driver's seat, and support long-term care. The focus: outcomes, workflows, and trust.

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From Search to Checkout, AI Makes Hotel Stays Personal, Seamless, and Warm

AI helps hotels give personal picks, faster service, and fixes before things break, without losing the human warmth guests love. Staff have more time for real moments.

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From AI Fluency to Human-Agent Ratios: 10 HR Trends for 2026

AI at work moves from pilots to proof. HR leaders get 10 plays-from hiring for fluency to redesigning workflows and leading human-agent teams-to turn adoption into results.

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AI Takes HR From Engagement to Empowerment

AI moves HR from chasing scores to empowering people with personalized learning, fair decisions, and faster support. Start small, measure outcomes, and remove friction every day.

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Reskilling Africa for AI: Big Demand, Tight Budgets

AI is core in Africa's workplaces, and HR is on point. Demand for AI skills is surging by 2025, but training budgets slipping-so act with a clear 90-day plan and steady spend.

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MERGE Earns Built In's 2026 Best Places to Work, Blending AIgency Innovation with Whole-Person Wellness

MERGE named Built In's 2026 Best Place to Work, with wins in Atlanta and Colorado. Four years running, their AIgency model blends AI and whole-person benefits for real results.

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HR in 2026: AI fluency, ethical monitoring, and a bigger voice in the C-suite

HR in 2026 faces sharper monitoring dilemmas, AI moving from pilots to daily work, and tougher C-suite expectations. Tie data, skills and tools to trust, results, and revenue.

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AI, cyber insurance, and climate risks will define insurers' 2026 agenda

AI, cyber risk, and climate losses define insurers' 2026 priorities. Leaders push agentic AI into pricing and claims, harden cyber controls, and adapt to volatile weather.

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Aetna covers AI coronary plaque analysis, joining major insurers and widening access

Aetna now covers AI plaque analysis with CCTA, joining major insurers and Medicare. Expect easier access, CCTA-first chest pain care, and fewer low-yield invasive angiograms.

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Akur8 Acquires Matrisk, Launches Akur8 Discover to Bring P&C Filings Intelligence Into Pricing

Akur8 acquired Matrisk and launched Discover to bring AI P&C filings search and context into its pricing platform. Teams benchmark rivals, spot likely objections, and move faster.

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Billion-Dollar Insurance M&A Drove 2025 as AI Megadeals Pushed U.S. Deal Value to $1.6 Trillion, PwC Finds

$1B-plus deals led 2025 insurance M&A as buyers chased AI; PwC puts US value near $1.6T through Nov, 2nd-highest on record. Focus now: fit, real diligence, fast integration.

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InsureVision's TeslaStick and FleetVision turn dashcam video into underwriting-grade risk data

InsureVision turns dashcam video into bindable signals with TeslaStick for Teslas and FleetVision for fleets. Carriers can white-label it and get about 3x better claim prediction.

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Can Lemonade's AI-Native Model Finally Deliver Profits Without Dilution?

Lemonade's AI-first insurance is trimming losses and eyeing profit as automation scales. Watch loss ratios, expense leverage, and reinsurance terms to test the thesis.

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Second set of eyes: AI that sharpens insurance decisions from fraud to claims

InsureThink AI helps teams spot patterns faster across fraud, underwriting, claims, and support. Humans keep the call; AI streamlines work, cuts leaks, and speeds decisions.

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Nvidia's Rubin AI chips set to ship this year; Mercedes to launch cars with Nvidia self-driving

Nvidia's new Vera Rubin chips promise higher efficiency, faster responses, and cheaper training and inference, shipping in H2. Mercedes will ship Nvidia-powered ADAS this year.

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X's Grok Is Mainstreaming AI Undressing and Making It Public

Abusive 'undressing' deepfakes just went mainstream, driven by easy access and built-in sharing. Treat it like a Sev-1: ship safety gates, rate limits, tracing, and fast removals.

Read more →

Seegnal Appoints Yura Zharkovsky VP of AI to Scale Human-Led Prescription Intelligence

Seegnal names Yura Zharkovsky VP of AI to scale Seegnal Guard, its prescription intelligence platform. Focus: fewer, precise alerts, deep EHR fit, with clinicians in control.

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10 AI Developments That Defined 2025 - and What They Mean for 2026

2025 redrew the AI field: reasoning got sharper, agents went to work, and governance had teeth. In 2026, route by task, harden ops, prove safety, and mind the energy bill.

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Zhuhai Sets Up China's First City-Level AI Development Bureau to Accelerate Industry Growth

Zhuhai launched China's first city AI bureau to speed access to compute, energy, data, and talent. Haizhu set up a district office too, adding funds and a strong supplier base.

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Sabre Brings AI Agent Travel Booking to CES, Chasing Trust Beyond the Demo

At CES, Sabre demoed an AI that shops, books, changes, and pays in one chat. MCP and agent-ready APIs keep context, cut glue code, and could lower support costs if pilots hold up.

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AMD Teases Ryzen AI Halo, a ROCm Dev Mini-PC With Windows and Linux, Launching Q2 2026

AMD previews Ryzen AI Halo, a compact ROCm dev box on Strix Halo with Zen 5 and RDNA 3.5 iGPU-up to 60 TFLOPS. Ships Q2 2026 with Windows or Linux and up to 128GB LPDDR5X.

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Evom AI Lands $1M TIPS R&D Funding to Build Cardiology AI Platform

Evom AI landed $1M from Korea's TIPS to speed an AI platform for early heart disease detection. Next up: paired ECG-echo models to flag risk and slot into hospital workflows.

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Operationalize or Fall Behind: Enterprise AI Priorities for 2026

AI went from buzz to baseline, with most enterprises scaling real workloads, tightening governance, and hiring hard for talent. Leaders put pilots in production and track results.

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After Continental Split, Aumovio Looks to AI for Speed and an Edge

Aumovio's spinoff plan: move faster with AI, tighter CI/CD, cleaner APIs, and stricter safety. Expect smoother integrations, clear contracts, and KPIs that show real progress.

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Wolters Kluwer brings Libra Legal AI Workspace to the Netherlands, pairing generative AI with authoritative legal content

Wolters Kluwer launches Libra Legal AI Workspace in the Netherlands, bringing research, drafting, and review together with trusted sources. Free trial now for existing customers.

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Daily 'AI for Work' Pulse: 8th of January

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All AI News for Today

Latest General AI News

X's Grok Is Mainstreaming AI Undressing and Making It Public

Self-preservation isn't consciousness; AI safety starts with human accountability

Sabre Brings AI Agent Travel Booking to CES, Chasing Trust Beyond the Demo

Operationalize or Fall Behind: Enterprise AI Priorities for 2026

xAI Lands $20B Series E to Scale Grok 5 and the Largest GPU Clusters on Earth

Ten AI regulatory curveballs banks must prepare for in 2026

Latest AI News for Creatives

NYC subway tests a pragmatic third way for AI sceptics

When ChatGPT Becomes a Storefront, Creative Ops Becomes the Control Tower

Troy Baker: AI can make content, not art - stop demonizing it and trust the human touch

From Fair Use to Fair Pay: Learnright and the Future of AI Training

Troy Baker: AI Can't Create Art-Don't Demonize It, Trust the Artist

Latest AI News for Customer Support

AI Contact Centers Go Global: Virtual Agents and Automation Reshape Customer Experience

Contact Center AI Goes Mainstream: Automation, Analytics, and Agent Assist Set a New Service Standard

Latest AI News for Education

Teach with AI, keep students thinking - and lock down your data, experts tell school heads

From One Plan to Many Learners: Jena Zangs Helps Build an AI App for K-12 Classrooms

Put AI Literacy at the Centre of Malaysian Education

Ohio Schools Get a Roadmap for Responsible AI as July 1 Policy Deadline Nears

This Was Never About Pedagogy: Academia's Control Problem with ChatGPT

Latest AI News for Executives and Strategy

NTT DATA Launches AIVista in Silicon Valley, Names Bratin Saha CEO to Accelerate AI Commercialization

Razer Chases Untapped AI Gaming Demand With $600 Million Bet

Nvidia's Jensen Huang unveils new AI models and chips at CES 2026, calling it a ChatGPT moment for physical AI

Accenture to Acquire Faculty to Scale Safe AI and Decision Intelligence as Marc Warner Becomes CTO

Hitachi Vantara Taps Wendy Koh to Lead APAC Sales and Accelerate AI Hybrid Cloud Adoption

Latest AI News for Finance

3 Financial Stocks Betting Big on AI in 2026: Robinhood, JPMorgan, PayPal

Agentic AI's Three Tracks in Banking - and Why Fintechs Lead

AI-Focused Acquisitions Take Center Stage in IT Services M&A for the First Time

Valu teams with Tactful AI to unify customer engagement and speed up service

AI's memory supercycle arrives - analysts' 3 picks: Micron, SK Hynix, Sandisk

xAI Lands $20B Series E to Scale Grok 5 and the Largest GPU Clusters on Earth

Latest AI News for Government

Liz Kendall urges Elon Musk to stop Grok fuelling sexualised deepfakes on X

Zhuhai Sets Up China's First City-Level AI Development Bureau to Accelerate Industry Growth

Indonesia moves to regulate AI in interrogations with auto-typed statements and mandatory cameras

UK demands crackdown as Ofcom probes non-consensual Grok deepfakes on X

India to X: clean up Grok or lose safe harbour, action report due Jan 7, 2026

Ten AI regulatory curveballs banks must prepare for in 2026

Latest AI News for Healthcare

From Siloed Data to Early Warning: AI and One Health Make Prevention Work

China's AI medicine push: Alzheimer's forecasts, 100M-compound screens, and the approval gap

NXP and GE HealthCare unveil on-device AI concepts: hands-free anesthesia and privacy-first neonatal monitoring at CES 2026

APAC healthcare in 2026: AI moves from tool to partner, with tighter guardrails and real-world impact

Latest AI News for Hospitality and Events

From Search to Checkout, AI Makes Hotel Stays Personal, Seamless, and Warm

Latest AI News for Human Resources

From AI Fluency to Human-Agent Ratios: 10 HR Trends for 2026

AI Takes HR From Engagement to Empowerment

Reskilling Africa for AI: Big Demand, Tight Budgets

MERGE Earns Built In's 2026 Best Places to Work, Blending AIgency Innovation with Whole-Person Wellness

HR in 2026: AI fluency, ethical monitoring, and a bigger voice in the C-suite

Latest AI News for Insurance

AI, cyber insurance, and climate risks will define insurers' 2026 agenda

Aetna covers AI coronary plaque analysis, joining major insurers and widening access

Akur8 Acquires Matrisk, Launches Akur8 Discover to Bring P&C Filings Intelligence Into Pricing

Billion-Dollar Insurance M&A Drove 2025 as AI Megadeals Pushed U.S. Deal Value to $1.6 Trillion, PwC Finds

InsureVision's TeslaStick and FleetVision turn dashcam video into underwriting-grade risk data

Can Lemonade's AI-Native Model Finally Deliver Profits Without Dilution?

Second set of eyes: AI that sharpens insurance decisions from fraud to claims

Latest AI News for IT and Development

Nvidia's Rubin AI chips set to ship this year; Mercedes to launch cars with Nvidia self-driving

X's Grok Is Mainstreaming AI Undressing and Making It Public

Seegnal Appoints Yura Zharkovsky VP of AI to Scale Human-Led Prescription Intelligence

10 AI Developments That Defined 2025 - and What They Mean for 2026

Zhuhai Sets Up China's First City-Level AI Development Bureau to Accelerate Industry Growth

Sabre Brings AI Agent Travel Booking to CES, Chasing Trust Beyond the Demo

AMD Teases Ryzen AI Halo, a ROCm Dev Mini-PC With Windows and Linux, Launching Q2 2026

Evom AI Lands $1M TIPS R&D Funding to Build Cardiology AI Platform