AI Strategy stories
The AI services group is bolstering its board as it seeks to win enterprise clients and prove its relaunch has commercial traction.
Early adopters are seeing stronger returns as AI agents move from trials into core operations across customer service, security and support.
Enterprises are under pressure to prove AI returns as Google pushes reusable, sector-specific playbooks into production across 19 industries.
The tie-up aims to help clients cut software delivery times and modernise legacy systems while keeping security and compliance under control.
Production AI is straining as 5% of model requests fail and almost 60% of those errors stem from capacity limits.
Marketers face new pressure to track brand presence in AI answers, as Conductor's suite helps enterprises monitor citations and sentiment.
Businesses under pressure to prove AI returns may use Qlik's new advisory service to sift viable agentic projects from broad ambitions.
The five-year deal will give Swedish researchers and smaller firms cloud-style access to AI infrastructure as demand for Mimer grows.
Data centre growth is pushing electricity costs, water use and grid capacity to the fore as Australia races to power its AI boom sustainably.
High electricity costs are pushing UK companies to place AI systems overseas, putting the country’s sovereignty ambitions under pressure.
Nearly all Scottish tech firms now use AI, with full adoption doubling to 18% as sales and cashflow improve despite softer confidence.
More Kiwi firms are moving beyond AI pilots, prompting Avanade to bolster local delivery in New Zealand as demand for implementation grows.
The expansion follows early uptake of Microsoft’s previous pledge, as demand for AI training rises across business, schools and community groups.
Business customers could soon get more automated spending controls as American Express buys Hyper to add AI expense tools to its commercial services.
The plan could deepen UK firms’ dependence on overseas AI providers unless ministers also spur wider enterprise adoption and infrastructure.
By linking training to live workflows, the Berlin start-up aims to help firms turn more of their learning spend into measurable execution.
Only 58% of UK tech staff have formal AI training, leaving daily users exposed to errors, privacy risks and weak oversight.
The £500 million fund is meant to help British AI start-ups scale, as ministers seek growth and greater control over core technology.
The grant lets the London startup train an air-gapped coding model on UK infrastructure, bolstering supply for defence and other sensitive sectors.
Most providers are using AI already, but only a minority have the governance and revenue models needed to turn it into growth.