AI Adoption stories
More than 276,000 KPMG staff will gain access to Claude as the firm speeds up tax, legal and cybersecurity work across 138 countries.
Data privacy and accuracy fears are slowing uptake as nearly half of IT professionals question AI tools now entering their workplaces.
Many firms are still wrestling with trust and governance as analysts spend 3.7 hours a week correcting AI outputs, survey data shows.
Marketing teams are increasingly using AI to automate routine campaign work, with Optimizely saying customer-built agents now dominate activity on Opal.
Businesses weighing AI-ready upgrades now have new Surface laptops and tablets, with Microsoft touting local processing, security and manageability.
Search users will get background AI agents and custom layouts as Google broadens Gemini across its apps, YouTube and Workspace.
New controls will help SMBs and MSPs curb shadow AI use and limit data leaks as staff adopt chatbots without clear rules.
The move widens defences for businesses as AI systems become a bigger target for attackers and zero-day flaws multiply across enterprise software.
Industrial operators may get faster AI access to plant and business data, as the deal avoids copying information into separate systems.
Australian firms face rising cyber and compliance costs as OpenText adds tools to govern AI use, data access and application risks.
Most executives still rely on artificial intelligence to draft emails and summarise documents, despite rising confidence and training uptake.
Tom Cawley's move highlights Australia's drive to turn mining data into usable AI as MaxMine's load-and-dump tool reaches customers.
Cautious support from tech leaders hinges on whether Canberra can turn new AI and digital funding into real productivity gains.
Most New Zealand SMEs now use AI tools, but many want firmer safeguards and training before widening adoption.
Finance teams are under growing pressure to deliver sharper analysis, with new courses aimed at building AI and data skills fast.
The partnership will create more than 200 technical jobs and give Singapore OpenAI's first Applied AI Lab outside the United States.
Safely embedding AI into public services now hinges on clearer accountability, as only 22% of Australian organisations use advanced governance models.
Small firms could save hours on admin as the free assistant turns sales data into plain-language answers inside Square's platform.
Lesser-known ERP tools are already cutting month-end work, from reconciliation and AP to forecasting, if the data underneath is clean enough.
Supplier-linked attacks and AI-related incidents are testing cyber defences in Hong Kong and Singapore, despite strong confidence in the technology.
