Ethics & Society Google’s $1.5 Billion India Data Center Runs Into Water and Wildlife ConcernsBy Art RyanAugust 7, 20260 Google’s push to expand its AI infrastructure in India has hit an unexpected obstacle. It’s…
UAE’s Islamic Bank ruya Goes Live with Agentic AI in Production, Partners with Magure to Build an AI-Native BankAugust 7, 2026
Business & Marketing Aircall Acquires Piper AI to Automate Sales WorkflowsBy Art RyanJune 6, 20260 Aircall has acquired Piper AI, a revenue intelligence and AI sales automation company. As a result, Aircall’s customer communications platform…
Business & Marketing Citi Uses AI to Cut Document Review Time to 15 MinutesBy Art RyanJune 5, 20260 Citi is accelerating its use of artificial intelligence across banking operations, with one AI-powered workflow reducing document review time from…
Business & Marketing Meta Bets on AI Agents to Grow WhatsApp RevenueBy Art RyanJune 5, 20260 Meta is turning to artificial intelligence as it looks for new ways to grow revenue from WhatsApp. WhatsApp is one…
Business & Marketing G42 and Santander Sign Strategic AI PartnershipBy Art RyanJune 4, 20260 G42 and Banco Santander have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore strategic cooperation in artificial intelligence. This is a…
Business & Marketing Made in Europe AI and Cloud to Cut Big Tech DependenceBy Art RyanJune 4, 20260 The European Union is moving to reduce its dependence on foreign technology providers with a new “Made in Europe” push…
Business & Marketing Alphabet Raises $84.75 Billion to Fund AI ExpansionBy Art RyanJune 4, 20260 Alphabet, the parent company of Google, has reportedly increased its equity offering to $84.75 billion as it looks to finance…
Business & Marketing Meta Launches AI Agents That Can Close Sales for BusinessesBy Art RyanJune 4, 20260 Meta is making a bigger push into the business AI market with the launch of Meta Business Agent, an artificial…
Business & Marketing DeepSeek Nears $7.4 Billion Funding Deal for Open-Source AIBy Art RyanJune 4, 20260 Chinese Artificial Intelligence startup DeepSeek is reportedly close to a $7.4 billion funding round. This would be one of the…
Business & Marketing Sam Altman Warns Companies Wasting Money on Enterprise AIBy Art RyanJune 3, 20260 OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has acknowledged one of the biggest concerns facing the artificial intelligence industry today: companies are investing…
Business & Marketing How AI Could Improve Economic Policymaking and Interest-RateBy Art RyanJune 3, 20260 Artificial intelligence is rapidly advancing beyond chatbots, image generators and productivity-boosting tools on the job. Its next big act may…
Business & Marketing OpenAI Expands Codex Beyond Coders With Business AI ToolsBy Art RyanJune 3, 20260 OpenAI is pushing Codex beyond its original role as a coding assistant. The company is introducing new features designed to…
Business & Marketing Google Seeks $80 Billion for AI Infrastructure ExpansionBy Art RyanJune 2, 20260 Alphabet, the parent company of Google, is reportedly looking to raise $80 billion to fund a massive expansion of its…
Business & Marketing Positron Dubai AI office to Expand MENA AI Infrastructure PushBy Art RyanJune 2, 20260 Nevada-based AI infrastructure company Positron has opened its first office outside the United States at the Dubai International Financial Centre.…
Business & Marketing Anthropic Files Confidentially for U.S. IPO After $965B ValuationBy Art RyanJune 2, 20260 Anthropic, the artificial intelligence company behind the Claude chatbot, has confidentially filed for an initial public offering in the United…
Business & Marketing AirTrunk to Invest $2.1 Billion in India Data Centre Amid AI BoomBy Art RyanJune 2, 20260 AirTrunk is preparing a major investment in India’s fast-growing data centre market, marking another sign that the global artificial intelligence…
Business & Marketing OpenAI Raises $122 Billion to Accelerate the Next Phase of AIBy Art RyanJune 2, 20260 OpenAI has announced one of the largest funding rounds in tech history, raising $122 billion in committed capital at a…
Business & Marketing AI Regulation 2026: CNN Sues Perplexity, OpenAI Faces EU RulesBy Art RyanJune 1, 20260 The global AI industry is under pressure on multiple fronts simultaneously, with publishers filing copyright lawsuits, legal challenges on state…
Business & Marketing SoftBank Pledges €75B for Europe’s Biggest AI Facility in FranceBy Art RyanMay 31, 20260 SoftBank is making one of its biggest artificial intelligence infrastructure moves yet, pledging up to €75 billion to build what…
Business & Marketing Thani Al Zeyoudi Highlights AI Trade at Eurasian Forum 2026By Art RyanMay 30, 20260 UAE Minister of Foreign Trade Dr. Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi visited the Eurasian Economic Forum 2026 in Astana, Kazakhstan.…
Business & Marketing Anthropic Raises $65B Series H, Post-Money Valuation $965BBy Art RyanMay 29, 20260 Anthropic announced a huge $65 billion Series H funding round that values the AI company at $965 billion post-money. The…
