Chatbots stories
UK finance leaders see AI mistakes and opaque outputs as the main obstacle to wider use, with trust beating speed in a Bloomberg poll.
Customers can now freeze cards or check spending by text or voice, as Revolut joins banks racing to make finance apps conversational.
Businesses face rising compliance and security risks as SAS adds a single governance layer for AI models and agents across their life cycle.
Brands may need to rethink search spending as AI-driven visits from ChatGPT and similar tools convert almost three times better than Google traffic.
Users can now get help without leaving the app, as Amplitude's new assistant uses in-product data to guide and complete tasks.
Many large companies are making support harder to reach, with most failing to offer clear web, chat or phone access, a Parloa study found.
Retailers are using Google’s new AI suite to speed up shopping and support, with Bunnings already live and UCP adoption starting to grow.
Customers will build and manage AI agents in one place as Google Cloud folds Vertex AI services into Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform.
The framework is designed to expose hidden risks in production AI systems that can be missed by conventional one-off tests.
Marketers face new pressure to track brand presence in AI answers, as Conductor's suite helps enterprises monitor citations and sentiment.
Businesses must now manage how AI systems interpret their brands, as Adobe sees discovery traffic from chat tools and browsers rising fast.
The new platform aims to cut routine bookkeeping for small firms by automating payments, reconciliation and tax prep while keeping users in control.
Poor service is driving customers away, with 45% of Australians saying one bad retail interaction would make them avoid a retailer.
The three-year spend will expand local cloud capacity, boost cyber defences and train millions of workers as demand for AI grows.
Canadian courts are treating AI mistakes as a human responsibility, after chatbot errors and false citations have already triggered damages and costs awards.
The rollout is intended to speed up admissions and student support at the medical school, where staff face rising pressure to respond quickly.
More than half of Americans used AI to manage money last year, as consumers increasingly expect financial apps to offer guidance, not just data.
More than half of small business leaders report higher productivity after adopting AI, with spending linked to savings of up to 10 hours a week.
Shoppers in Malaysia will gain a single AI-led journey across AEON services as the retailer starts linking buying, payments and rewards with Google Cloud.
Brands can now tie ad spend more closely to real purchases, as Wayvia adds confirmed retail sales data to its updated shoppable platform.