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44% of CEOs struggle to demonstrate financial returns from AI, reports Gartner
A Gartner survey reveals that 44% of CEOs are struggling to prove the financial returns of their AI investments.
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AI-led services to generate up to USD 200 billion in new work by 2030: BCG report
A BCG report suggests AI-led services could create between $100 billion and $200 billion in new work by 2030.
Startups
Freshworks Acquires AI Startup Robusta To Strengthen IT Operations Platform
Freshworks has acquired AI startup Robusta to integrate AI-powered outage investigation and resolution into its Freshservice platform.
Startups
Ravical raises $17M to bring shared AI to accounting firms
Belgian startup Ravical has secured $17M in seed funding to provide AI software for tax and accounting firms.
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Google Chrome's Autofill Feature Can Now Pull Details You Need Straight From Your Gmail Inbox
Google Chrome's Autofill now uses Gemini to pull specific details, such as order numbers, directly from a user's Gmail inbox.
Startups
Ravical raises $17M to break the link between accounting firms' growth and hiring
AI startup Ravical has raised $17 million in seed funding to help accounting and tax firms scale operations without increasing headcount.
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Adam Mosseri says negativity around AI is ‘going to get worse’
Instagram head Adam Mosseri said in a podcast interview that negativity toward AI is widespread and will continue to worsen, particularly among creative professionals and young people.
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Google says its investments in AI are driving more searches
Alphabet reports that its AI investments are driving record search query growth, with the highest year-over-year growth rate in the past five years during Q3 2026.
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Systems Thinking Is Vital in the Age of AI
Modern engineering increasingly requires systems thinking to integrate human judgment with AI capabilities, expanding engineers' roles from technical execution to orchestrating teams and tools.
Startups
Plato raises $16M to build fake offices where AI agents learn real jobs
Plato, a San Francisco startup building AI training simulations, raised $16M in Series A funding led by Nava Ventures, with participation from Gradient Ventures and Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman.
Enterprise
Amazon tells tokenmaxxing devs to slow their AI roll
Amazon is directing its engineers to prioritize software quality and business outcomes over raw AI token usage, emphasizing the value of human judgment alongside AI tools.
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How Twilio is reinventing customer service for the AI era
Twilio director discusses how AI improves customer service across multiple communication channels and the role of customer obsession in innovation.
Startups
Machenta raises $40M to teach robots a task from a single demonstration
Machenta, a London-based robotics startup, raised $40M in seed funding led by Creandum and Union Square Ventures to develop AI that teaches robots tasks from single demonstrations.
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Fake videos possibly linked to Russia are targeting these two Democratic Senate candidates
AI-manipulated videos linked to Russia are targeting Democratic Senate candidates Sherrod Brown and James Talarico, misusing real people's identities to spread false claims.
Enterprise
Dell ties AI trust to the ability to recover clean data
Dell argues that AI trust requires data recovery capabilities alongside security, as AI agents interact with enterprise data and attackers exploit frontier models more effectively.
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Oracle co-CEO Mike Sicilia questions whether all of today's work will be 'necessary' going forward, says AI will 'give people more time to be human'
Oracle co-CEO Mike Sicilia comments on AI's potential to reshape work by automating tasks and freeing people to focus on human-centric activities.
Startups
Circuit Mind raises $25m to design circuit boards with AI
Circuit Mind, a London-based AI startup, has raised $25 million total across seed and Series A rounds to develop AI-driven circuit board design tools.
Gadgets
New app brings ChatGPT and other AI models to old Nokia phones
A new application brings ChatGPT and other AI models to older Nokia phones, extending AI access to legacy devices.