AI Adoption stories
Australian small ICT businesses lead AI adoption with 83% using it, despite a severe skills shortage in coding, cybersecurity, and data analytics.
Australian enterprises lead globally with 51% adopting AI, yet only 20% feel confident measuring ROI amid data readiness and security challenges.
As AI moves from pilot to core business tool, firms worldwide balance productivity benefits with safety, governance and integration challenges.
Australian startups adopt AI faster than big businesses, with 81% using AI versus 61% of enterprises, signalling a growing innovation gap.
Financial leaders prioritise responsible AI standards over generative AI, seeing accountability as key to boosting ROI amid growing implementation challenges.
Less than half of firms feel fully prepared to secure AI, despite widespread adoption and high confidence in their current security measures, Delinea finds.
Xero expands its AI agent JAX to automate tasks and provide smart insights, helping small businesses streamline finances and boost growth.
Alexander PR adopts AI-in-the-loop approach, placing AI within human-led workflows to boost accuracy and creativity while maintaining quality control.
Cognizant will deploy 1,000 context engineers using Workfabric AI's platform to industrialise agentic AI services across global enterprises.
Hyland unveils agentic AI tools, the Enterprise Context Engine and Agent Mesh, boosting automation by integrating with current enterprise systems seamlessly.
Rimini Street's CEO predicts AI will obsolete legacy ERP systems within a decade, as firms favour intelligent automation over costly software upgrades.
Data Squared partners with Vertosoft to provide explainable AI tools to government agencies, enhancing transparency and trust in public sector AI use.
Thinking Machines partners with OpenAI as its first APAC Services Partner to boost AI skills and implement ChatGPT Enterprise across Asia Pacific firms.
Over half of supply chain firms report high readiness for AI, with many investing in new roles like AI specialists to boost agility and resilience.
Maritime firms view AI positively but face challenges scaling beyond pilots, with just 11% having formal strategies to expand AI use beyond trials.
Only 10% of UK firms are confident their workforce has the AI and technology skills needed for future growth, with staff resistance and skill exaggerations worsening gaps.
Reliance and Meta have launched a USD $100 million joint venture to develop AI enterprise solutions for Indian firms, using Meta's open-source Llama models.
Maisa secures $25m seed funding to launch Studio, an AI automation platform enabling non-tech users to deploy digital workers in regulated industries.
Over a third of UK marketers have reshaped their AI strategies following the EU AI Act, aiming for greater ethics and compliance amid concerns over innovation.
Singapore CISOs face rising cyber risks with 91% reporting data loss, growing insider threats, and concerns over AI amid escalating pressure and preparedness gaps.