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Descartes unveils AI agents to automate freight tracking

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Descartes launches AI agents on its Global Logistics Network to automate freight tracking, slash manual check calls and speed settlement.
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Taboola predicts five trends reshaping travel marketing

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Taboola forecasts 2026 travel marketing will hinge on personalisation, mobile-first booking, creator content, social search and first-party data.
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Finastra unveils AI tool to speed up bank payments ops

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Finastra launches OperatorAssist AI to cut banks' payment investigation work, promising 20-30% faster exception handling and reduced costs.
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Healthcare AI pilots outpace sector's regulatory readiness

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Healthcare AI pilots are surging, but Kyndryl warns weak governance and compliance leave most providers stuck in perpetual experimentation.
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Distributors stockpile as Phocas flags planning gaps

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Distributors stockpile more inventory as a Phocas report warns planning gaps and data limits are raising costs and operational complexity.
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DataIQ names Europe's top 10 influential data & AI leaders

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DataIQ's 2026 Top 10 names Europe's most influential data and AI leaders, with UK-based executives dominating the cross-sector list.
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Gender bias in AI - how to spot it, and how to prevent it

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From job ads to image tools, AI is quietly amplifying gender bias - but with better data, design and oversight, we can reverse it.
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Brands plan to boost content budgets despite AI friction

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Brands plan to lift content budgets and AI use, but fragmented tools are fuelling burnout, wasted spend and slower campaign launches.
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iManage enhances Insight+ to close the AI governance gap

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iManage upgrades Insight+ to plug the AI governance gap, adding richer metadata, data warehouse links and multi-region, compliant search.
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Female representation in AI is a win-win situation for businesses

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Boosting female representation in AI is key to cutting bias, building trust and unlocking more innovative, profitable business outcomes.
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Addepar unveils Addison AI to power wealth insights

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Addepar launches Addison AI to give wealth managers trusted, natural language portfolio intelligence embedded across its platform workflows.
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Agentic AI and the question of equitable intelligence

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Agentic AI promises autonomy but raises urgent questions over whose values guide its decisions and how equity is safeguarded in practice.
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AI won't reduce construction disputes unless documentation improves

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AI is flooding construction workflows, but without better, real-time documentation, disputes over contracts and evidence will only intensify.
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Manufacturers see AI gains but data gaps stall scale-up

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Manufacturers reap early AI returns but poor data quality, fragmented tools and network limits block efforts to scale projects enterprise-wide.
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Tamr doubles SaaS revenue as AI drives data mastering

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Tamr's direct SaaS revenue surges 102% as enterprises embrace AI-driven data mastering to underpin production-ready AI deployments.
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The future of marketing is built on open data infrastructure

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Marketing's future belongs to teams that master open, unified data infrastructure instead of guessing through disconnected systems.
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UK AI budgets shift to data infrastructure & storage

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UK firms are funnelling most AI budgets into data infrastructure and storage, as hybrid cloud, security gaps and soaring fees reshape spending.
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Why women's health data is still an afterthought in tech - and what needs to change

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Women's health tech is failing because data, research and investment still treat female bodies as exceptions, not the default.
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UK Spring Statement: AI skills & cyber resilience focus

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UK Spring Statement wins tech sector praise for stability, but experts warn growth hinges on real progress in AI skills and cyber resilience.
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Amperity hires Bridget Perry as Chief Marketing Officer

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Amperity names seasoned SaaS marketer Bridget Perry as CMO to drive global growth and sharpen its AI-focused customer data platform.