ByteDance’s December 2 launch of an agentic AI smartphone prototype with ZTE sparked immediate consumer enthusiasm – and just as quickly triggered privacy concerns that forced the company to dial back capabilities. But beneath the headline-grabbing sell-out and subsequent controversy lies a more significant story: the enterprise implications of operating-system-level AI agents that can autonomously

InTouchNow.ai is now offering doctors surgeries a piece of software designed to modernise phone answering, designed to reduce hold times and create a smoother, more responsive experience for patients and staff. In the UK, many GP (general practice) surgeries’ phone lines are tied up in the mornings as patients try to contact their medical practitioner

Resemble AI has raised US$13 million in a new strategic investment round for AI deepfake detection. The funding brings its total venture investment to US$25 million, with participation from Berkeley CalFund, Berkeley Frontier Fund, Comcast Ventures, Craft Ventures, Gentree, Google’s AI Futures Fund, IAG Capital Partners, and others. The funding comes as organisations are under

Digital payments and fintech company Ant International, has won the NeurIPS Competition of Fairness in AI Face Detection. The company says it’s committed to developing secure and inclusive financial services, particularly as deepfake technologies are becoming more common. The growing use of facial recognition in many sectors has highlighted the issue of algorithmic bias in

According to OpenAI, enterprise AI has graduated from the sandbox and is now being used for daily operations with deep workflow integrations. New data from the company shows that firms are now assigning complex and multi-step workflows to models rather than simply asking for text summaries. The figures illustrate a hard change in how organisations

Instacart has deployed an embedded checkout experience within ChatGPT through the emerging Agentic Commerce Protocol. With the deployment, the company is the first partner to launch an app on ChatGPT that offers a complete shopping cycle – from query to payment – without requiring the user to leave the conversation interface. Operationalising agentic commerce The

Artificial intelligence has moved from curiosity to practical tool. In 2025 its adoption grew at an extraordinary pace. Reports says that global spending on generative AI will reach 644 billion dollars this year, a clear sign that companies now see these systems as a direct path to better results.  This shift is especially clear in

New global survey reveals 64.5% of enterprises have AI in production, yet only 38.1% rate their document data as “excellent,” exposing a critical gap in AI readiness. Apryse, the document-to-data foundation powering intelligent automation, today released findings from its global survey on AI adoption and document infrastructure. The results reveal a striking paradox: while AI

Highest search volumes were for Pet Products, Apparel & Fashion and Health & Wellness, with increases of 81%, 51% and 41% respectively year-over-year, according to AI Search market leader Algolia’s retail data Algolia, the AI Retrieval Platform orchestrating over 1.75 trillion queries each year, trusted by more than 18,000 businesses, and used by millions of

Digital experience delivers clear, personalized guidance to simplify care navigation and improve engagement Elevance Health announced today that it expanded access of its Virtual Assistant, a digital experience designed to help members easily access information, understand their benefits, and find care with confidence. Available through the Sydney Health app and Elevance Health–affiliated health plan websites,