Author: Art Ryan

Artificial intelligence’s (AI’s) growing integration into enterprise operations is reshaping how companies measure and manage risk. As automation expands across finance, logistics and customer operations, oversight functions that once relied on periodic reviews are being redesigned for real-time environments. The World Economic Forum’s 2025 Cybersecurity and AI report found that global cyber incidents have tripled since 2022. Seventy percent of executives said AI has increased their exposure to digital risk, even as it improved productivity. Only 39% of firms surveyed said they have a formal framework for AI governance. The Stanford AI Index 2025 recorded 233 reported AI-related incidents in 2024, the highest number since tracking began. Responsible AI practices remain uneven,…

OpenAI told representatives of the European Commission that the company faces difficulties in competing with “entrenched companies” in digital markets and that regulators should continue to be vigilant to facilitate competition in the markets for artificial intelligence-based services. The main points raised by the artificial intelligence startup were recorded in the meeting minutes of a Sept. 24 meeting of OpenAI and representatives of the office of Commissioner Teresa Ribera, whose responsibilities include the European Union’s competition policy. The subject matter of the meeting was “Competition policy and Digital Markets Act,” according to the minutes. “The interest representatives [OpenAI] explained the difficulties they face in competing with…

Amazon Web Services on Thursday (Oct. 9) launched Quick Suite, a new agentic AI platform designed to act as a virtual teammate for employees. Quick Suite as an enterprise-grade system that helps workers find information, analyze data, and automate tasks across multiple business applications, according to AWS. The platform connects securely to internal company data and productivity tools such as Salesforce, Slack, Microsoft 365, and Adobe Analytics, enabling users to ask questions and trigger actions from a single interface. As reported by Bloomberg, Quick Suite replaces AWS’s earlier Q Business software and targets sales, marketing, and operations employees who spend significant time…

Marrakech – Dubai will host the 45th edition of GITEX GLOBAL, the world’s largest tech and AI event, from October 13-17 at the Dubai World Trade Centre. The landmark gathering will bring together over 6,800 tech enterprises and 2,000 startups from 180 countries. With the global AI market poised to reach $4.8 trillion by 2033, according to UNCTAD, the race to deploy AI for critical sectors has intensified. This year’s program focuses on biotech, physical AI, quantum computing, semiconductors, and data centers. Industry leaders, including Alibaba Cloud, AMD, AWS, Dell, Google, IBM, Microsoft, and Huawei, will showcase innovations alongside newcomers Cerebras, Datadog, Qualcomm,…

Capital Numbers Infotech Limited, recognized for its expertise in AI-powered digital solutions, will exhibit at GITEX GLOBAL 2025 from October 13 to 17 at the Dubai World Trade Centre, UAE. The company will showcase innovative software solutions designed to help businesses modernize operations, scale efficiently, and maximize ROI. GITEX GLOBAL, the world’s largest tech, AI, and startup show, brings together 200,000+ tech executives from 180+ countries, 6,500+ exhibiting companies, and 400+ government entities. The event serves as a powerful platform for industry leaders, innovators, and decision-makers to explore transformative technologies and build strategic partnerships. This year’s program features a lineup…

Kerala is set to make a bold statement on the global technology stage as it gears up for GITEX Global 2025, one of the world’s largest and most influential tech expos. Led by the Group of Technology Companies (GTech), a consortium of 28 leading IT and ITeS firms from the state will represent Kerala’s growing digital prowess at the event in Dubai’s World Trade Centre from October 13–17, 2025. 🌐 Kerala’s Tech Power on the Global Map The Kerala Pavilion, spread across 96 square meters, will highlight the state’s advances in AI, fintech, digital transformation, software development, and sustainability-focused innovation.…

Anticipation is already running high as GITEX GLOBAL 2025 edges closer, with the world’s largest tech, AI and startup show set to transform Dubai into an epicentre of the accelerating global AI economy from 13-17 October at Dubai World Trade Centre. Over 6,800 companies and 2,000 startups, with participation from 180 countries, unite to showcase the most significant innovations influencing the future of AI, quantum, cloud, data, physical AI, semiconductors, cybersecurity, and digital health. This year, the spotlight falls on how data, algorithms, and large language models (LLMs) are turning digital infrastructures into unified living networks that don’t just support…

Splitit is inviting merchants, networks and payments providers to apply to join its new partner program designed to embed card-linked pay-later capabilities into AI shopping agents. The Splitit Agentic Commerce pilot program is set to launch in the fourth quarter, the company said in a Thursday (Oct. 9) press release. Splitit’s initiative will allow registered AI agents to request real-time installment options within merchant checkout flows, will deliver these options through existing payment rails without redirecting users or requiring new credit lines, and will enable users to pay with their existing credit or debit cards, according to the release. To ensure flexibility…

Klarna and Google Cloud announced a partnership on Thursday (Oct. 9) to expand the use of artificial intelligence across Klarna’s app and operations. The initiative aims to improve personalization, creative content and fraud prevention for Klarna’s 114 million users worldwide, according to a joint press release. Klarna will use Google Cloud’s AI systems and models to design new in-app experiences and marketing tools. Early pilot programs using Google’s Veo 2 and Gemini 2.5 Flash Image technologies produced digital lookbooks and personalized campaigns that, according to the companies, increased time spent in the Klarna app by 15% and boosted orders by 50%.…

Razorpay said Thursday (Oct. 9) that it collaborated with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), creator of the Unified Payments Interface (UPI), and OpenAI to launch an “AI-powered conversational payment experience” in India. This Agentic Payments experience is now operating in a private beta launch, Razorpay said in a blog post. Agentic Payments will enable ChatGPT users in India to find products through that AI chatbot and instantly purchase them with UPI, according to the post. “Imagine this: You tell your AI assistant, ‘Order my usual groceries,’ and it simply does it,” the post said. “No stopping to open the right grocery app, no typing a UPI…

Google has introduced an artificial intelligence-powered conversational platform designed for the workplace. The new Gemini Enterprise brings together a company’s data, tools and people; enables employees to chat with the company’s documents, data and applications; and provides pre-built AI agents as well as the tools to build and deploy agents, Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said in a Thursday (Oct. 9) blog post. “Gemini Enterprise is an AI-powered conversational platform designed to bring the full power of Google AI to every employee for every workflow,” Pichai said in the post. Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian said in a Thursday blog post that Gemini Enterprise combines Google’s Gemini models, a no-code workbench for…

Artificial intelligence (AI) agent startup n8n has raised $180 million in new funding. The company’s Series C round, which included participation from Nvidia’s investment arm, values n8n at $2.5 billion, according to a Thursday (Oct. 9) announcement. Based in Germany, n8n helps companies develop and deploy agentic AI automations. “n8n has built the automation and orchestration layer for the AI era: today, more than 80% of workflows built on n8n embed AI agents,” Accel, which led the funding round, wrote in its own announcement. “n8n has dramatically expanded the share of work that can be automated. Teams can fully customize workflows, mixing AI agents with deterministic steps and team inputs…

Google argued against a Justice Department proposal that would bar it from bundling its YouTube and Google Maps apps with its Gemini artificial intelligence (AI) service, telling a judge Wednesday (Oct. 8) that these haven’t been found to be monopoly products. The argument came during the court battle in which the judge is developing a remedy after finding that Google has a monopoly in search and search advertising, Bloomberg reported Wednesday. Google lawyer John Schmidtlein said in court Wednesday that there has been no finding that the company has a monopoly in the AI market or that Maps or YouTube are monopoly products, according to the report. Judge Amit Mehta ruled…

Google’s philanthropic initiative Google.org is providing the U.S. Chamber of Commerce with $5 million in funding to develop and launch a national artificial intelligence (AI) training program for small businesses. The Small Business B(AI)sics program aims to provide foundational AI skills to 40,000 U.S. small businesses, Google said in a Wednesday (Oct. 8) blog post. Google also announced in the post that its training initiative Grow With Google launched a short course that helps small business owners learn how to use AI for work. The online version of the “Make AI Work for You” course uses case studies from small businesses to share ideas, best practices and guidance on using AI tools, according…

Few titles carry as much weight in balancing risk and opportunity as CFO. And that weight is only growing. Over at least the last five years, and with mounting urgency post-pandemic, CFOs have faced a dual mandate: to modernize aging financial infrastructure and to safeguard enterprises against sophisticated fraud and compliance risks. Artificial intelligence (AI) has become central to CFOs’ efforts, and not as a speculative experiment, but as a pragmatic tool to address acute vulnerabilities. For proof, look no further than the news this week from Anthropic and Deloitte, which have partnered to build AI compliance solutions; and Ramp, which added new AI agents to Bill Pay, its accounts payable automation…

Hospitals are facing unprecedented cost pressures and persistent staffing challenges, forcing a deeper look at where automation can make a measurable impact. The American Hospital Association’s “Cost of Caring” report shows that labor and related compensation now account for nearly 56% of total hospital expenses, underscoring the system’s heavy reliance on human capital. Executives are turning to artificial intelligence not just for new diagnostic breakthroughs but also to fix long-standing operational inefficiencies. The latest partnerships and funding rounds indicate that AI is moving into the operational aspects of healthcare, according to recent Wall Street Journal coverage that detailed how hospitals are deploying AI agents for…

Dates: October 13–17, 2025Location: Dubai World Trade Centre, Dubai, UAE The wait is almost over! In just four days, GITEX GLOBAL 2025 — the world’s largest and most influential technology event — will open its doors at the Dubai World Trade Centre. From October 13 to 17, Dubai will once again become the beating heart of global innovation, bringing together 200,000 tech executives from 180+ countries. This year’s edition promises to be the most ambitious yet, where AI ambitions meet real-world business value and cross-sector growth. With 6,500+ exhibiting companies, GITEX GLOBAL 2025 will redefine how industries collaborate, innovate, and…

Thinking Machines, the artificial intelligence (AI) startup founded by former OpenAI executive Mira Murati, has released its first product, Tinker, a training application programming interface (API) that gives organizations full control over model training and fine-tuning while the company manages the underlying infrastructure. With Tinker, Thinking Machines joins a growing number of firms building tools aimed to help organizations train and deploy models faster, at lower cost and with greater control than major providers like OpenAI or Anthropic. In a recent press release, the company said its mission is “enabling more people to do research on cutting-edge models and customize them to their needs.” The launch comes months after the…

FurtherAI raised $25 million in a Series A funding round to expand the capabilities and the adoption of its artificial intelligence workspace purpose-built for the insurance industry. The company will use the new funding to expand its library of insurance-specific workflows, deepen its integration with the systems of brokers and carriers, and scale its go-to-market teams, it said in a Tuesday (Oct. 7) press release. This round came six months after FurtherAI’s seed round, in which it raised $5 million, and it brings the company’s total funding to $30 million, according to the release. “Insurance is the backbone of the economy, but the…

Google’s virtual try-on technology now lets users see how they would look in a pair of shoes that they found online. Beginning Wednesday (Oct. 8), the company added shoes to the other clothing items available in this artificial intelligence-powered technology, it said in an announcement. “To try on shoes, just tap on any product listing on Google, select the ‘try it on’ button and add a full-length photo of yourself,” the announcement said. “Within moments you’ll see what you might look like in those heels or sneakers.” Google also said in the announcement that it will expand its virtual try-on technology…