The Ultimate Guide to Artificial Intelligence
A curated American edition of TechDay news, analysis, interviews, reviews, job moves, and related resources for Artificial Intelligence (AI).
What to know about Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming industries, reshaping business operations, enhancing customer experiences, and driving innovation across sectors globally and in Australasia. From the surge in AI-driven cybersecurity threats and the adoption of AI in cloud infrastructure to the integration of generative AI in customer service, marketing, and financial sectors, this dynamic field demands close attention.
Experts emphasise the critical role of robust data management and infrastructure in successfully leveraging AI technologies, while organisations face challenges including skill gaps, ethical considerations, and regulatory developments. As AI adoption accelerates, businesses must balance innovation with security, sustainability, and human-centric strategies to thrive in this evolving landscape.
Readers exploring this tag will gain insights into the latest AI trends, practical applications, organisational strategies, technological advancements, and the collaborative efforts shaping the future of AI. Understanding these developments is essential for anyone interested in the impact of artificial intelligence on business, technology, and society.
American Artificial Intelligence News
Regional stories with direct local relevance
LoanPro expands Salt Flats summit to 500 executives
The bigger invite-only gathering signals LoanPro's push to become a key meeting place for lenders as it adds sessions on AI, fraud and regulation.
AI fraud fears rise as payment scams hit finance teams
Finance teams are losing money to payment scams as generative AI makes fake invoices, emails and voice requests harder to spot.
Constructor wins trio of Stevie Gold awards for eCommerce
Recognition for its AI shopping tools highlights growing retailer demand for tech that lifts conversion, revenue and customer satisfaction.
SMBs take cautious approach to AI adoption, study finds
Security and compliance worries are slowing AI rollouts at smaller firms, even as most report business gains from targeted use.
Verizon tops US business internet satisfaction study
Rising AI and real-time data demands are making network reliability a bigger procurement concern for large US companies and mid-sized businesses.
Grata brings private market data to Perplexity Computer
Dealmakers can now query verified data on 22 million private companies inside Perplexity Computer, avoiding separate database searches.
Analyst Insights
Research and market analysis connected to Artificial Intelligence
Gartner: firms shift growth to monetisation & platforms
Data centre infrastructure market to hit USD $128bn by 2034
Gartner sees securing AI market hit USD $4.8bn in 2027
Certinia study finds integration key to AI success
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Finance teams adopt AI faster than controls, Medius says
Featured News
The internet times are a'changing Fastly
Bot traffic is forcing Fastly to adapt its edge cloud tools as publishers and AI firms battle over caching, access and data protection.
AI will fade, says Dell Technologies' ephemeral Chief AI Officer
Dell says agentic AI should shift routine tasks below the machine line, freeing staff for expert work while making the role temporary.
Schrodinger's ERP both dead and alive, says Rimini Street
Businesses can avoid costly ERP rip-and-replace projects by layering AI and automation onto existing systems, Rimini Street says.
Estima CEO: Generative AI reshapes pharmaceutical value proof
The HEOR tech firm is using generative AI to cut approval analyses from years to weeks, reshaping launch decisions and regulator responses.
Autonomous IT boom fuelling LogicMonitor's APAC growth
APAC customers are fuelling LogicMonitor's AI growth, with Australia among the earliest adopters of its Edwin AI platform.
CrowdStrike report: AI is rewriting rules of cybersecurity
Organisations now have just 48 hours to patch most flaws, as AI helps attackers weaponise vulnerabilities far faster than before.
Grafana Labs launches six AI tools for telemetry & agents
Grafana Labs has launched six AI observability tools during its AI Week, including new capabilities for monitoring and investigating AI agents.
Theorem study: friction between pre-sales and executed media ads
Theorem's new survey finds friction remains the biggest barrier in enterprise pre-sales, despite widespread automation adoption.
Cohesity mitigating shadow AI by empowering staffers
Approved AI tools are cutting shadow use by staff, but Cohesity warns the bigger risk is corrupted enterprise knowledge and weak governance.
AI arms race forcing businesses to rethink cybersecurity
Security teams are racing to shrink exposure windows as AI makes newly disclosed vulnerabilities exploitable almost immediately.
Check Point CTO on AI's double-edged sword
AI is shrinking the gap between vulnerability disclosure and real-world exploitation to hours, forcing security teams to adapt fast.
TrustedTech report warns of 'AI Skills Underclass' gap
Nearly half of U.S. workers lack AI training, widening a skills gap that leaves the most exposed employees to fend for themselves.
Meet the man behind the Saas-Pocalypse: Emergent's Mukund Jha
The new cash will help Emergent broaden from coding tools into an operating system for small and medium businesses as demand surges.
Check Point: Be the best, or get out the way
Rising AI-driven attacks are compel security buyers to cut vendor sprawl, though Check Point warns over-consolidation can still raise risk.
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Check Point: Hackers are already in. Act accordingly
Hackers are exploiting vulnerabilities in hours or minutes, leaving many organisations compromised before defenders spot the breach.
Future of enterprise software is agentic apps, says Oracle
Oracle is targeting a common blocker to AI adoption by adding governance, human checks and audit trails to its agentic app builder.
Agentic rollout creates new identity security challenge
Poor governance is leaving many AI agents stuck out of production, while those that run can expose firms to legal and security risks.
Human jobs are safe - but AI influence on healthcare growing
AI is helping hospitals cut scan times, clear backlogs and spot disease earlier, while doctors still keep final say over treatment.
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OnBoard says board AI policy key, but lags behind in adoption
Most boards are using AI, but formal guidelines are still missing as adoption races ahead of governance, OnBoard's survey found.
John Margerison on the new class of employee: AI managers
Businesses should treat AI like a new hire, as weak oversight could expose sensitive data and leave staff needing fresh skills to stay relevant.
Exclusive: Dreamdata CEO on why B2B buying funnel isn't linear
Buyers are spending most of the journey before sales speak, forcing marketers to rethink funnels and how they prove return on investment.
Agentic AI creates enterprise challenge beyond LLM boom
Enterprises face rising costs and governance gaps as thousands of AI agents begin operating alongside staff across multiple systems.
Visa strengthens AI defences amid new era of cyber threats
Visa is pouring billions into AI defences as regulators demand safer, auditable systems to counter faster cyber threats and fraud.
The new workforce: AI agents to work in concert with humans
AI agents are set to reshape hiring and team structures, pushing firms towards global talent pools and outcome-based work.
Exclusive: Virtuozzo sees GPU clouds reshape AI infrastructure
AI demand is pushing cloud providers towards GPU-as-a-service models, with efficiency and utilisation emerging as key differentiators.
Data storage gets profitable as Exaba targets US expansion
Exaba's local cloud storage pitch could give US managed services providers higher margins as it challenges AWS and Azure in a crowded market.
Storage to strategy: Everpure pivots to data intelligence
Enterprises wrestling with AI readiness and data sovereignty may gain clearer governance as Everpure adds a new intelligence layer.
How the 'human hour' mentality influences the future of tech
AI pilots are faltering where firms still judge success by hours saved, leaving customer value and workforce design unresolved.
'Strong partnership': Canva, OpenAI team up for hackathon
Hundreds of admin hours are draining staff time from lifesaving, research and STEM work at Australian nonprofits.
Humanoid robots, 0-day defence among Info-Tech trends for '27
Agentic AI, zero-day surge, sovereign cloud, and humanoid robots will define IT strategy in 2027, Info-Tech Research Group warns.
Exabeam: Ruthless efficiency can make agentic AI malicious
Behavioural analytics is becoming essential as AI agents can pursue tasks so efficiently that they may cause damage without any malicious intent.
Quantum computers aren't here yet. But the data threat is
Hackers are already stockpiling encrypted data for Q-Day, when quantum machines could break RSA and ECC in minutes.
New Zealand 'ingenuity' driving Lightspeed's global success
Auckland's engineers are shaping Lightspeed's products worldwide, as the company expands AI tools and keeps key leadership in New Zealand.
Marvell targets AI connectivity bottleneck with NVIDIA boost
AI data centres are hitting copper limits, pushing Marvell and Nvidia towards optics as clusters grow larger and more distributed.
Check Point Technologies: On vigilance, Mythos and beyond
AI-driven vulnerability scanning is forcing firms to rethink complacency as Check Point says existing defences still help against Mythos.
Exclusive: Reco COO on securing the AI inside your SaaS stack
Reco COO Zoe Hillenmeyer says enterprises typically underestimate their AI agent exposure by a factor of ten and that gap is widening.
Reviews
Expert Columns
The future of autonomous security
AI is creating a semiconductor boom. But who will keep it running?
Modern data teams: key roles, structures and data quality
The psychology of better decision-making in the real-time enterprise
AI can produce the work, it can't produce the lawyer
When AI memory, simulation and provenance collide
Supercharged security: Cyber risk in the age of frontier AI
What Role Does Data Quality Play in Data Governance?
Why Southeast Asia is becoming a global fintech growth hub
SonicWall joins Anthropic's Project Glasswing to find flaws
Interviews
Interviews and video coverage from the networkRecent Artificial Intelligence News
Omnissa ONE 2026 to focus on trust in workplace AI
Enterprises face a growing oversight gap, as Omnissa says 75% of managed devices carry unsanctioned AI tools before policies catch up.
Multiplier raises USD $6 million seed led by Lux Capital
Asset managers are turning to bespoke AI as Multiplier says its software can protect proprietary research and speed up workflows.
Socotra launches open AI skills for insurance core
Insurers can now use familiar AI coding tools to build and manage policies in Socotra's platform without bespoke integrations, the company says.
Uber uses Google Cloud to prioritise critical traffic
The move should reduce congestion risk and cut the cost of shifting data-heavy workloads as Uber expands its migration to Google Cloud.
Okta beats forecasts & raises full-year revenue guidance
Shares surged nearly 20% after the identity software group lifted annual sales guidance on stronger demand and improved profitability.
FGV Capital closes USD $35 million fund & rebrands
An oversubscribed second fund lifts assets under management past USD $60 million as the firm targets early-stage fintech and AI deals.
Current picks Aiwyn for network-wide platform overhaul
The overhaul could standardise systems across nearly 30 partner firms, giving Current better data, billing control and faster client onboarding.
Passpack launches iOS app & Chrome password extension
Mobile and browser access should cut risky workarounds for small businesses still sharing logins through texts, notes and spreadsheets.
Boosted.ai launches Alfa Prime for institutional partners
Limited access and bespoke setups mean Alfa Prime will be tailored to a handful of funds, rather than rolled out broadly.
Forcepoint appoints Vincent Merlin as Marketing Chief
As AI security spending rises, the cybersecurity company has hired a veteran marketer to shape its pitch on data control and governance.
Global Payments launches Genius World in Las Vegas
Merchants may gain a clearer view of how Global Payments links hardware, software and payments as it takes Genius on a 40-stop US tour.
Women hold 13% of AI C-suite roles, LinkedIn finds
Women are missing out on higher-paid AI jobs and leadership roles, with LinkedIn finding they hold just 13% of C-suite posts globally.
Litera to add Hotshot legal training to CE Manager
Law firms will get practical training and CLE tracking in one system as Hotshot's courses move into Litera CE Manager from Q4 2026.
Blend says Autopilot cuts mortgage loan times by four days
Borrowers could see faster approvals as live-use data showed loan-cycle times falling by up to four days and fulfilment costs dropping.
US workers fear AI dependence more than job losses
Dependence on artificial intelligence is now a bigger worry for US workers than layoffs, with many fearing it could erode creativity and skills.
Thomson Reuters launches new CoCounsel Legal in US
Law firms get a single workflow for research, drafting and verification as the updated system reaches US users, with Canada and Britain to follow.
Attentive launches AI Grow to boost email sign-ups
Retailers may lift sign-ups from existing traffic after beta tests showed a median 25% increase in email and SMS subscriptions.
Rillet raises USD $100 million at USD $1 billion valuation
The funding doubles the accounting software group's total raised to more than USD $200 million as customers adopt AI tools for finance teams.
ASAE uses live captions & translation in Indianapolis
More than 5,500 attendees at ASAE's Indianapolis meeting could follow sessions in their own language or via captions without extra kit.
CleanStart expands Middle East, Africa security push
Rising use of AI coding tools is widening software supply-chain risks for businesses across the Middle East, Türkiye and Africa.
Job Moves
Forcepoint appoints Vincent Merlin as Marketing Chief
Diversified launches global managed services practice
Zingtree appoints Venkat Iyer as Chief Technology Officer
Ondaro promotes three to vice president in ServiceNow shift
Jazz appoints six senior leaders as DLP push scales
Corsha appoints new chief operating & product officers
Zayo appoints Verizon's Sampath as Chief Executive
QuSecure appoints ex-Navy admiral to advisory board
Verizon programme helps Florida optician grow revenue
