AI Strategy stories
Business customers could soon get more automated spending controls as American Express buys Hyper to add AI expense tools to its commercial services.
It will help large customers move AI agents from pilots to production on Google Cloud, as adoption of enterprise generative tools slows.
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.
Most operators fear the UK is unready for AI growth, with weak testing, ageing kit and outages exposing infrastructure gaps.
The three-year spend will expand local cloud capacity, boost cyber defences and train millions of workers as demand for AI grows.
The five-year deal will give Swedish researchers and smaller firms cloud-style access to AI infrastructure as demand for Mimer grows.
The AI services group is bolstering its board as it seeks to win enterprise clients and prove its relaunch has commercial traction.
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.
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.