AI Adoption stories
Australian airports and utilities could soon use dog-like robots to inspect risky sites, as Datacom and Lenovo roll out AI systems.
Australian firms risk losing AI advantage if core models and pricing stay offshore, as sovereign control becomes a resilience and trust issue.
Bad AI hires are now feeding costly mistakes, with US employers hit far more often than UK counterparts, a survey shows.
Marketers are increasingly worried that AI answer engines are shaping first impressions before customers reach their websites.
Corporate learning teams are being pushed to redesign structures and skills as employers move from AI trials to daily use across operations.
Mid-market firms could gain enterprise-grade AI defence without replacing existing systems, as SonicWall rolls out GPT-5.5-Cyber through partners.
Security chiefs are being given a framework to curb risks as AI spreads through coding, no-code tools and autonomous software workflows.
Governance gaps are leaving firms exposed, with only 19% meeting the readiness bar as AI-related infrastructure incidents spread across organisations.
Only 23% of firms say staff are fully ready for AI, even as spending and deployment surge ahead of training and governance.
More firms are tying AI spending to measurable results, yet just 7% have established a return on investment, KPMG says.
Demand for specialist AI and technology freelancers has climbed sharply as companies across Europe plug skills gaps and move projects to production.
The platform aims to close the gap between heavy AI spending and everyday use, especially for frontline staff across fragmented workplace systems.
Businesses face growing pressure to keep AI data and costs in-house, as CTI Digital tests a private platform for employees in Manchester.
Data silos and staff time are being cut as the township uses AI agents to speed calculations, analyse waste and answer residents online.
The software helped Cvent's legal team process hundreds of agreements in a compressed M&A timetable, speeding decisions on risks and obligations.
Nearly half of Canadian business leaders are testing AI without seeing returns, as firms struggle to embed the technology into daily operations.
Its valuation has jumped 70% as the Toronto fintech uses fresh capital to broaden AI tools and hire across the business.
Quality failures are prompting some firms to pull back from AI projects, as a UK survey found 18% have already abandoned or scaled them back.
Three-quarters of geospatial teams say demand is rising faster than capacity, heightening pressure on staff, systems and decision-making.
Rising adoption is sharpening fears over jobs and security, even as three-quarters of Irish business leaders trust AI use in their firms.