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Semantic layer lifts AI accuracy on business questions

Without governed definitions, leading models answered fewer than four in 10 business questions correctly, AtScale's research found.

By Mara Sugue • 4 min read • Last week

Data Analytics

Workplace AI uses power of 508 UK homes, study says

Britain's rising use of workplace AI is adding 1.37 GWh of annual electricity demand, enough to power about 508 homes, a study says.

By Shadda Lie Catugal • 4 min read • Last week

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Generative AI

Agoda rolls out AI assistant across 21 travel markets

Travellers in 21 markets can now plan and book whole trips in one chat, as Agoda's mobile app adds live prices, flights and hotels.

By Mara Sugue • 3 min read • Yesterday

Artificial Intelligence

Shopify adds app security check to CLI in AI toolkit

Developers can now spot common security flaws in their own apps before release as Shopify widens its AI Toolkit and commerce updates.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Last week

Open source

Google launches llm-d 1.0 for distributed AI inference

The open-source stack aims to cut latency and boost accelerator use for AI workloads that now arrive in bursts and compete with interactive requests.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 5 min read • Last week

Data Analytics

Google adds AI & partner tools to air-gapped cloud

Defence and intelligence users can now query local text, audio and video with Gemini, without moving sensitive data outside their air-gapped perimeter.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last week

Manufacturing

Oracle brings Fusion Claw to agentic supply chain management

Oracle is aiming to help manufacturers cut tariff exposure and freight costs with new agentic supply chain apps that simulate scarce resources and margins.

By Jake MacAndrew • 4 min read • Last week

Artificial Intelligence

Google Cloud sets out three-layer AI agent plan for biotech

Biotech researchers could gain tighter control over sensitive data and slower simulations as Google Cloud separates planning, computation and oversight.

By Mara Sugue • 4 min read • Last week

DevOps

Google Cloud backs Reflection's Beam for coding agents

Developers could see faster, cheaper agentic coding sessions after Google Cloud added day-one support for Reflection's open-weight Beam model.

By Mara Sugue • 4 min read • Last week

Low code & No code

Google named Leader in IDC agentic AI platform report

Enterprises are increasingly prioritising governance, security and integration as they move AI agents beyond pilots and into production systems.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Last week

Data Analytics

Google adds token quotas for BigQuery AI functions

Analysts can now cap BigQuery AI spend before it runs away, as Google adds daily token quotas for generative functions across projects and users.

By Mara Sugue • 4 min read • Last week

Cloud Security

Endor Labs adds BYOK support for AI security scans

The new option should ease approval hurdles for regulated firms that need AI code scans without handing source code to vendor-selected models.

By Mara Sugue • 4 min read • Last week

DevOps

Neubird launches governed hub for AI production agents

Large organisations can now centralise oversight of AI agents in production as NeuBird's new platform logs approvals, costs and actions.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 5 min read • Last week

Application Programming Interface

Google puts Gemini 4 Argon on Cloud for enterprise

Businesses and developers can now tap Gemini 4 Argon on Google Cloud, as Google targets long-running enterprise tasks and cyber defence.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week

Generative AI

AI search puts Gartner's 2027 PR budget forecast to the test

As AI search shifts where audiences look for answers, Gartner’s forecast of doubled PR spending by 2027 remains unproven by citation data.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 5 min read • Last week

Risk & Compliance

ABBYY launches PHOENIX Plus for document automation

Enterprises can now add generative AI to Vantage workflows as ABBYY targets harder-to-read documents while keeping data within its hosted environment.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Last month