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Banning Open-Weight AI Is a $10 Trillion Gift to Anthropic and a Death Sentence for Enterprise AI Sovereignty

Fortune 500 firms could lose the only AI setup that keeps sensitive data in-house, as enterprise adoption of open-weight models surges.

By Anurag Gurtu • 5 min read • 3 days ago

AI Infrastructure

Runpod appoints Brian Erickson as Chief Financial Officer

Rapid growth to USD $325 million in annual recurring revenue has prompted Runpod to add a finance chief with cloud scaling experience.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 3 min read • Last week

Global Stories

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eCommerce

Australian retailers fear Amazon, Temu & Shein dominance

Higher delivery costs and tougher expectations are squeezing Australian retailers as Amazon, Temu and Shein expand their grip on eCommerce.

By Mara Sugue • 4 min read • Last week

eCommerce

Big brands spend less sales revenue on advertising

That points to a shift in how much large groups reinvest in promotion, with the 25 US-listed advertisers studied seeing their ad-to-sales ratio fall from 6.1% to 5.5%.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last week

Malware

Australia targeted in massive phishing network takedown

Financial, healthcare and public-sector organisations face less immediate pressure after a disruption effort hit a phishing network sending more than 1 billion malicious messages.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last week

Generative AI

Global ad spend to rise 11.9% to USD $1.34 trillion

Rising AI-linked investment and major global events are set to keep ad budgets climbing, even as consumer caution and geopolitical risks persist.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 3 min read • Last week

Artificial Intelligence

Spreetail launches Amazon Brand Benchmark dashboard

Brand partners using Spreetail's Smart Shelf can now spot rival moves on Amazon sooner, as the new dashboard tracks shifts in market share and pricing.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • This month

Amazon

Morrisons boosts loyalty sales with Eagle Eye revamp

The revamped More Card scheme has helped Morrisons lift loyalty-linked sales from 47% to 65% in 18 months, as it adds real-time offers.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • This month

Data governance

Product pages are now central to AI-driven commerce

Retailers now have to govern product data across search, marketplaces and AI assistants, as shoppers increasingly buy without visiting their site.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • This month

Artificial Intelligence

ScraperAPI buys Traject Data to expand AI web data

The deal gives customers a single route to structured public web data as businesses race to feed AI systems and automate decisions.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • This month

DataCentre infrastructure

Cybersecurity vendors boost hiring as AI reshapes tech

Hiring by security vendors jumped 43% last quarter as AI and a tougher threat environment widened the split with slowing enterprise software roles.

By Raphael Veloso • 4 min read • This month

Marketing Technologies

Kantar finds marketers back AI assistants, consumers wary

The gap between brand spending and shopper trust is widening, with just 23% of consumers trusting AI assistant recommendations despite heavy marketer backing.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • This month

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Smart Home

Reolink launches OMVI 2i Ultra at JB Hi-Fi Australia

Households and small businesses gain wider coverage from a single device as the security camera reaches 160 JB Hi-Fi stores nationwide for AUD $429.99.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • 3 days ago