The artificial intelligence industry’s pivot toward agentic AI – systems capable of autonomously executing multi-step tasks – has dominated technology discussions in recent months. But while Western firms focus on foundational models and cross-platform interoperability, China’s technology giants are racing to dominate through commerce integration, a divergence that could reshape how enterprises deploy autonomous systems

For many large companies, the most useful form of AI right now has little to do with writing emails or answering questions. At PepsiCo, AI is being tested in places where mistakes are costly and changes are hard to undo — factory layouts, production lines, and physical operations. That shift is visible in how PepsiCo

Mid-January saw insurance company, Travelers, announce a new deal that empowers 10,000 engineers and data scientists with AI assistants. However, less than two weeks on, Travelers’ leadership explained that the company’s true competitive advantage lies in expertise, not AIs alone, believing this is what will drive longer-term profit growth. According to Travelers’ chief executive officer

ChatGPT’s Voice Mode lets you speak instead of type and hear responses out loud, which makes conversations easier when you’re multitasking or thinking through an idea. You’ll often see it called “ChatGPT Advanced Voice Mode” online, but it’s the same feature. The “Advanced” label refers to the more conversational voice experience that began rolling out

New research reveals AI has graduated to “must-maintain” infrastructure Zapier, the leading AI orchestration platform, today released “The Future of AI Transformation in 2026,” a comprehensive report exploring how enterprise leaders are moving beyond experimental AI adoption toward integrated orchestration. The findings, based on a survey of 200 CIOs, CTOs, and IT directors across the

Brings together Raspberry Pi DNA, MRAM-powered AI memory, and open source hardware to redefine the future of edge silicon Ainekko, a startup pioneering open, software-defined AI infrastructure, today announced it is merging with Veevx, a fabless semiconductor company known for its cutting-edge embedded AI solutions and MRAM-based memory innovations. Douglas Smith, co-founder of Veevx and a

Apiiro has launched Guardian Agent, an AI agent that helps prevent coding agents from generating vulnerable or non-compliant code by rewriting developer prompts into secure prompts, according to the company. Introduced January 28, Guardian Agent is now in a private preview stage. Describing the technology as introducing a fundamentally new paradigm for securing software in

Brotli is one of the most widely used but least-known compression formats ever devised, long incorporated into all major browsers and web content delivery networks (CDNs). Despite that, it isn’t yet used in the creation and display of PDF documents, which since version 1.2 in 1996 have relied on the FlateDecode filter also used to

Suse has unveiled a Cloud Sovereignty Framework Self Assessment tool, with the intention of helping customers understand the gaps in their compliance with the 2025 EU Cloud Sovereignty Framework. Launched January 29, the tool is a web-based, self-service discovery platform designed to evaluate an organization’s cloud infrastructure against the EU Cloud Sovereignty Framework. The assessment

Microsoft has launched a public preview of GitHub Copilot app modernization for C++. The company had previewed C++ code editing tools for GitHub Copilot in December. Both previews are available via the Visual Studio 2026 Insiders channel. GitHub Copilot app modernization for C++ helps developers upgrade C++ projects to newer MSVC Build Tools versions. The