Automation stories

AI agents surge into big business with scant oversight, leaving governance, security and trust frameworks struggling to keep pace.

Plans for a UK under-16 social media ban spark warnings it could damage the creator economy while missing deeper online safety flaws.

Kani deepens its tie-up with TransactPay, adding Data-as-a-Service to streamline global payments data as the issuer ramps up scale.

NCC Group and Delinea launch managed privileged access service, targeting AI-era identity threats with Zero Trust, cloud-native controls.

UK leaders now see AI and automation as top drivers of resilience, yet most still define it mainly as cyber security, new research finds.

Smart appliances are spreading faster in the Global South than Western Europe, as households chase lower running costs over green credentials.

Pinewood.AI launches Pi autonomous agent and Seez’s Miles assistant at NADA as it stakes its claim in the US and Canadian dealer market.

GoComet unveils agentic AI tools in Manila to help Philippine logistics teams predict disruption, cut freight costs and boost productivity.

Godrej Enterprises Group unveils Amethyst AI engine to unify automation and governance across businesses, eyeing a 10-15% productivity gain.

Companies that treat log data as strategic intelligence, not digital clutter, are unlocking faster recovery, resilience and innovation.

Agentic AI is set to flood infrastructure with billions of virtual users, forcing nations like Australia to rethink open, heterogeneous compute.

Commonwealth Bank teams with OpenAI on AI and cyber training to close skills gaps for 1 million Australian small business customers.

Digital rights group warns Australians to resist ‘privacy paradox’, urging tougher laws and everyday steps to curb online data tracking.

Elastic launches Agent Builder and Workflows to help enterprises build more reliable AI agents that span fragmented internal data systems.

Governments are taking a cautious, experimental approach to AI, prioritising public trust, security and stability over rapid innovation.

8x8 expands Secure Pay globally, unifying compliant digital payments and AI-led outreach across its customer experience platform.

Liquibase’s new ARR jumps more than 85% as firms rush to tighten database change governance amid rising AI-driven release cycles.

Finance teams clinging to spreadsheets risk cash flow chaos, poor forecasting and lost talent as automated AR tools rapidly raise the bar.

NMITE launches a three-year autonomous robotics MEng from 2026, tying drones, defence needs and local industry into a hands-on curriculum.

UK bosses are ramping up AI spend, but PwC finds only a sliver are turning pilots into scaled value amid talent and bureaucracy hurdles.