Quality assurance stories

Newcastle-based Seriös Group reports 53% growth, wins a data analytics award and lands more award nominations as expansion plans gather pace.

UK businesses are embracing AI assistants, but Slalom data shows only 31% have adopted multi-agent workflows, leaving staff to do more checking and prompting.

Accessiway rolls out live accessibility dashboard for businesses as European Accessibility Act increases pressure on retailers and digital service providers.

Foxit's new ChatGPT PDF Editor aims to cut the gap between AI drafting and finished documents, letting users convert, compare and share files in chat.

Innovid rolls out Hypermode to cut social campaign setup time by up to 80% across Meta, Pinterest, Reddit, Snapchat and TikTok.

Cyber Scheme extends professional standards to firms with new company accreditation backed by UK council benchmarks and procurement access.

LangWatch releases open-source AI red-teaming framework to expose hidden vulnerabilities in production agents through multi-turn attack simulations.

Adobe's Sneaks programme puts early-stage ideas on stage, with Principal Evangelist Eric Matisoff saying the live format can help concepts evolve into products.

TestRail adds AI test script generation to version 10.2, aiming to cut boilerplate coding and help QA teams scale automation faster.

Testlio rolls out human-led AI chatbot testing as brands face pressure to prove safety, accuracy and trust before customer use.

AI testing lags as more than half of organisations ship features, with 52% saying fewer than half of projects reach full production.

Aryza buys Toronto-based Umbrella Tech to add voice AI, speech analytics and autonomous agents to its collections and recoveries software.

Thoughtworks warns AI-assisted coding is swelling software complexity, as developers lean on older controls to curb security and oversight risks.

Lightrun report finds 43% of AI-generated code still needs manual debugging in production, with SRE and DevOps leaders citing major visibility gaps.

Leapwork unveils enterprise validation suite with new performance and AI testing tools as firms race to manage faster software releases.

Cambridge Broadband Networks Group has launched a Richardson, Texas base to support US customers with logistics, engineering and 5G fixed wireless roll-out.

Applause appoints Aatish Salvi as Chief Technology Officer to steer AI-driven testing as the software quality specialist expands its enterprise offering.

Tollring launches AI features to let managers query call recordings in plain English and automate quality checks with over 90% accuracy.

Ataccama rolls out AI Act evidence tools for banks, aiming to prove data quality at the point of use across lending, AML and fraud systems.

Lightrun says 43% of AI-generated code still needs production debugging, with leaders warning that limited runtime visibility is slowing adoption.