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Multiverse buys StackFuel to upskill German workers for AI
Salesforce lands $5.6bn US Army contract to enable AI agents
Qualcomm invests in legal AI start-up SpotDraft
FLock.io partners with Blockchain for Good Alliance to expand decentralised AI initiatives
Mitsubishi Electric invests in data centre optimisation platform Lucend
Compa secures $35m to scale AI compensation platform
Mastercard unveils Agent Suite to bring agentic AI into enterprise operations
CK and Hilfiger owner opts for ChatGPT Enterprise
Meta signs up to $6bn fibre optic deal with Corning
Gamma scales to 70m users with Stripe powering global payments
Mistral AI launches Vibe 2.0 with new customisation controls
Google makes Gemini 3 default for AI Overviews and adds seamless follow-up questions
Yahoo launches Scout AI answer engine across search and apps
Google launches AI Plus in 35 new countries
OpenAI says Europe does more "thinking" with AI
Trustbank rolls out Choice AI to guide Furusato Nozei donors
OpenAI offers €500,000 in grants for youth AI safety work across EMEA
Microsoft outlines Frontier Transformation framework to scale agentic AI
ERM and Auquan deploy AI agents to scale sustainability analysis
MoltBot Explained: The viral AI agent formerly ClawdBot
Waabi raises $750 million in Canada’s largest private funding round to date
Ads Decoded podcast urges marketers to refocus on strategy ahead of 2026
Kyle Hanagami on editing with Final Cut Pro
Deepgram launches Arabic speech-to-text model with broad dialect coverage
Google launches Gemini in Chrome with persistent assistant and shopping tools
NVIDIA calls on Congress to reauthorise National Quantum Initiative
OpenAI limits agent access to unverified URLs to curb unauthorised data transfer
Klaviyo launches ChatGPT app to bring marketing insights into AI workspace
Microsoft shares slide after hours as cloud growth slows despite earnings beat
impact.com launches marketplace for content creators to monetise AI
Meet-Ting expands AI scheduling tool across Europe amid rapid user growth
Stationhead and Mellomanic merge to form artist-focused fan engagement platform
Google brings Gemini AI task automation and scam detection to Samsung Galaxy S26
Meta reports strong AI-driven gains in engagement, video views and ad performance
ServiceNow integrates Claude AI across platform to drive enterprise automation
Contiem joins IBM team on £320 million UK defence platform overhaul
Elon Musk in full at Davos. Tech titan lays out a future built on robots, solar power and space infrastructure
Demis Hassabis: why AGI is closer than it looks, and further away than the hype suggests
AI agent vulnerabilities seen as greater threat than human misuse, study finds
RobCo raises $100m to scale AI robotics platform for manufacturing
Microsoft and SABC to deliver AI skills training to millions via SABC Plus
Arkero teams up with Bolton Wanderers and MLS clubs as AI startup seals pre-seed funding
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Microsoft unveils UniRG to improve accuracy in AI-generated radiology reports
Nvidia launches open physical AI stack for robotics and autonomous systems
OpenAI develops internal AI agent to accelerate data-driven decision making
Microsoft researchers call for open agentic economy to avoid AI platform lock-in
OpenAI to retire GPT‑4o and legacy models from ChatGPT on 13 February
Microsoft on AI adoption and sustainability goals and its new strategic guide
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