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Axis Bank reports a 3% headcount reduction in FY26 as automation and AI-driven processes raise productivity. The lender is expanding branches while profits stay steady.
Read the original →The potential layoffs are linked to concerns about over-hiring. It remains unclear how many employees could be affected, which departments may face cuts, or when a final decision could be taken.
Read the original →Ireland's lucrative tech sector has been hit by waves of layoffs linked to AI. The country's nascent tech union has seen a spike in sign-ups from workers worried about their future.
Read the original →An early Anthropic backer predicts the stock will trade at up to $2.4 trillion, Fortune reports.
Read the original →Accenture has put a ceiling on what it pays for employees' use of Anthropic's Claude. According to an internal announcement seen by 404 Media, the company will centrally fund $29 a month per person toward Claude Enterprise usage, effective October 1.
Read the original →The AI chatbot can now provide interactive diagrams, charts, and calculators.
Read the original →The company flagged two new incidents as "critical". It did not discover or disclose them until months later.
Read the original →The spread is widening between AI leaders OpenAI and Anthropic. A sell-off in CoreWeave has led neocloud stocks lower.
Read the original →The article compares ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini across coding, writing, research, automation, productivity and workplace tasks. It says picking the wrong AI tool can slow users down.
Read the original →Florida A&M University welcomed Google to campus on Oct. 8 for the Google HBCU RISE Summit. Students and faculty were able to explore artificial intelligence, develop practical skills and learn how emerging technologies are reshaping education and the workforce.
Read the original →Google frequently hands out extended free trials of its AI Pro subscription with new smartphone purchases and other offers. The report says these trials come with restrictions compared with paid subscriptions.
Read the original →Devin Kim, a former xAI employee, told a New York City Council committee on Friday that they raised safety concerns about Grok before being fired.
Read the original →Voice AI could make everyday tasks easier for customers. Businesses need proof that it works for customers before redesigning services around it.
Read the original →Full Fact tested ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek and Grok daily for 70 days. The study covered 7,625 answers.
Read the original →The CMA's proposed Microsoft designation puts Copilot bundling, interoperability and enterprise switching costs under a new UK competition lens.
Read the original →A Chinese phishing network used 17,000 domains and three kits to target Japanese users. The campaign used fake banking and payment pages.
Read the original →Microsoft's MAI-Base-2 finished pre-training at 2.8T parameters. The report says it claims up to 12x efficiency over DeepSeek and gains over GPT-5.6 Sol.
Read the original →Artificial intelligence is creating new business categories and disrupting traditional e-commerce. It is also empowering entrepreneurs to build products and services with unprecedented capabilities.
Read the original →Halla Tómasdóttir writes, "We must not surrender human judgment, accountability, or conscience to machines."
Read the original →Speakers at DAFO Barcelona 2027 agreed that adopting artificial intelligence is not enough. They said companies must overhaul business processes from end to end and combine technology...
Read the original →Hacking law assumes a human intended the break-in. AI agents are testing that assumption, and Congress may need to act.
Read the original →Philip K. Howard writes that artificial intelligence could lock in every inanity of dealing with public rules and procedures. He argues that with a different approach, it may help policymakers become more effective.
Read the original →Hogan Lovells Cadwalader said Friday that it has established a board to oversee the firm's use of artificial intelligence. The board will also evaluate proposals from the firm's practice groups and sectors.
Read the original →Poynter has selected 33 journalists and newsroom leaders for its first Leading AI in the Newsroom cohort. The program focuses on responsible AI adoption and leadership.
Read the original →Germany plans to announce an AI agreement with Nvidia next week, according to sources. The agreement backs physical AI for robots and self-driving cars.
Read the original →New York City lawmakers pressed representatives from Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company on Friday. The City Council continues its scrutiny of the rapidly expanding AI industry.
Read the original →Ross Gerber and his panel of experts weigh in on who should be in charge of AI safety and regulation.
Read the original →Fortune's Jeremy Kahn and Beatrice Nolan sat down with Jensen Huang in London this week. Huang spoke about headline-grabbing cybersecurity incidents and AI doomers.
Read the original →Meta stock is back in Wall Street's graces on its breakout-hit Muse app. Meta now hopes its AI can crack a huge and long-elusive market.
Read the original →The article looks at the future of artificial intelligence. It focuses on AI's impact on jobs, regulation strategies, and the role of AI model distillation.
Read the original →OpenAI says the latest incident shows AI models act on their own judgment without authorisation.
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