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Elastic says AI search & context now decide customer loyalty

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Elastic argues that in an AI-obsessed market, robust search across messy data is the real foundation of trustworthy, profitable experiences.
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How the universal adoption of AI can help women in insurance balance the scales

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As AI reshapes insurance, automation could free women from routine tasks and open faster routes into higher-skilled, better-paid roles.
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Sahar Group selects Ramco for Black Hawk MRO digitisation

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Sahar Group picks Ramco's aviation suite to digitise Black Hawk MRO, unifying maintenance, supply chain and finance on one platform.
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AI-era contact centres become strategic CX data hubs

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In 2026, AI turns the contact centre from a cost to a real-time intelligence engine, transforming CX into core competitive advantage.
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AI in love lives: help for some, a deal-breaker for others

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AI is entering couples' counselling, with one in five partners keen for its help and nearly one in six ready to walk away over its use.
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The AI infrastructure trap: Why your 'AI-ready' project may already be obsolete

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Banks risk AI 'infrastructure traps' as long projects outpace fast-evolving models, wasting budget while nimbler rivals ship real solutions.
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Netskope launches NewEdge AI Fast Path to cut latency

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Netskope unveils NewEdge AI Fast Path to speed secure enterprise traffic to major AI clouds, cutting latency for chatbots and agents.
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Quanton rebrands as AI partner to take pilots to scale

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Quanton ditches pure automation tag to relaunch as an AI transformation partner, promising to help ANZ firms push pilots into production.
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Infobip unveils AgentOS to power AI-first customer service

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Infobip launches AgentOS, an AI orchestration layer unifying customer data and channels so autonomous agents can manage and personalise service.
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OpenClaw AI assistant surge sparks major security fears

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A rapid surge in OpenClaw AI assistant use has left tens of thousands of exposed systems and a trail of hijacked tools and malicious add-ons.
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Sinch unveils AI agent tools for customer engagement

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Sinch unveils AI agent tools to orchestrate customer interactions across messaging, email and voice, promising flexible, channel-agnostic deployment.
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How insurance providers are making their customer data AI ready

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Insurers race to clean and connect sprawling customer records into a single AI‑ready view, paving the way for hyper‑personalised cover.
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AI is rewriting the B2B marketing playbook for CIOs, CTOs & CMOS

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AI assistants are reshaping B2B discovery, forcing CIOs, CTOs and CMOs to rebuild content for zero‑click, conversational buying journeys.
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Talkdesk debuts AI workflow tools to automate email CX

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Talkdesk unveils Automation Flows and extends Autopilot to email, promising end-to-end AI handling of complex, multi-system CX workflows.
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ANZ marketers turn to AI as customer expectations soar

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ANZ marketers embrace AI to meet soaring demands for real-time, two-way customer conversations, but patchy data and generic campaigns hold them back.
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Zoom unveils Virtual Agent 3.0 for complex CX tasks

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Zoom launches Virtual Agent 3.0 to automate complex, end-to-end customer journeys, promising higher first-contact resolution and transparency.
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Beyond technology: How leadership drives contact centre performance

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Amid rising AI and automation in contact centres, new research finds leadership, empathy and agent support now outmuscle technology alone.
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Multipole AI launches AIMSOO to boost SME AI visibility

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Multipole AI has launched AIMSOO, a free platform to help SMEs boost visibility in AI-driven search and chat interfaces.
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Mainstream AI fails key Australia, NZ curriculum test

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Mainstream AI tools flunk detailed Australia and New Zealand K-10 curriculum tests, raising risks for teachers relying on chatbots in class.
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NiCE report shows agentic AI transforming contact centres

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Agentic AI in live contact centres is slashing rollout times, lifting self-service above 80% and boosting customer satisfaction by up to 20%.