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ServiceNow deepens OpenAI pact to power voice-first AI

Wed, 21st Jan 2026
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ServiceNow expands its OpenAI partnership to make frontier models and voice-first AI core to enterprise workflows and automation at scale.
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AI value proving elusive for many Australian firms

Tue, 20th Jan 2026
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Four in five Australian organisations say they struggle to prove AI delivers business value, blaming poor data access and weak integration.
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European banks see AI cutting jobs mainly via attrition

Mon, 19th Jan 2026
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European banks expect AI to shrink staff only slightly, with most projected job losses coming through routine attrition, not mass cuts.
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BioCatch warns AI agents will supercharge online fraud

Fri, 16th Jan 2026
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BioCatch warns AI shopping agents will turbocharge online fraud, urging banks and retailers to distinguish helpful bots from criminal misuse.
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'BodySnatcher' flaw lets hackers hijack ServiceNow AI agents

Fri, 16th Jan 2026
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'BodySnatcher' bug let attackers hijack ServiceNow AI agents to mimic users and create backdoor admin accounts on on-premise systems.
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Infobip named Frost CPaaS growth & innovation leader

Wed, 14th Jan 2026
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Infobip named a growth and innovation leader in Frost & Sullivan's latest CPaaS report, praised for cross-channel AI-driven communications.
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Klaviyo predicts AI voice shopping & smart returns

Tue, 13th Jan 2026
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Klaviyo forecasts 2026 surge in AI voice shopping, automated returns and connected-device purchases reshaping how consumers buy.
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Zendesk flags APAC demand for transparent, smarter AI CX

Tue, 13th Jan 2026
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Zendesk warns APAC brands that rising CX expectations demand transparent, context-rich AI that resolves issues instantly or risks churn.
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Talkdesk unveils new AI tools for retail & consumer goods

Mon, 12th Jan 2026
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Talkdesk unveils Commerce Orchestration and Consumer Goods Experience Cloud to coordinate AI-driven retail journeys end to end.
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Pendo unveils Agent Analytics to optimise AI agents

Mon, 12th Jan 2026
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Pendo rolls out Agent Analytics to help companies track AI agents in real workflows, spot friction points and turn usage data into improvements.
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Exactly.com predicts AI & agentic commerce for 2026

Fri, 9th Jan 2026
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Exactly.com predicts AI agents, social commerce and omnichannel retail will redefine trust, convenience and control in 2026 shopping.
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Conviva adds AI pattern analytics to customer journeys

Thu, 8th Jan 2026
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Conviva expands Digital Product Insights with AI-driven pattern analytics, unifying journeys across apps, websites and conversational agents.
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The future of authentication in 2026: Insights from Yubico's experts

Thu, 8th Jan 2026
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Yubico experts say 2026 will redefine authentication, with post-quantum security, digital ID wallets and AI-driven threats converging.
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Simwood links WhatsApp voice with global carrier tools

Wed, 7th Jan 2026
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Simwood launches WhatsApp Business voice integration, linking Teams, SIP and UCaaS tools to more than three billion WhatsApp users.
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Freshworks adds AI tools to streamline customer service

Tue, 6th Jan 2026
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Freshworks rolls out new AI tools for Freshdesk to unify channels, cut agent drudgery and boost resolution speeds for service teams.
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Meta buys Manus to boost general-purpose AI agents

Tue, 30th Dec 2025
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Meta has bought Singapore AI start-up Manus, aiming to embed its autonomous general-purpose agent across consumer and business products.
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AI reshapes loyalty, super apps & customer engagement

Tue, 30th Dec 2025
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AI is transforming loyalty from points to real-time, personalised journeys as super apps and agentic engagement engines rapidly take hold.
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Commvault, Pinecone boost RAG resilience with backups

Thu, 25th Dec 2025
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Commvault and Pinecone team up to deliver immutable backups and rapid recovery for mission-critical RAG and vector database workloads.
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APAC enterprises eye sovereign RAG & hyperscale AI in 2026

Thu, 18th Dec 2025
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APAC enterprises plan big 2026 AI spend, pivoting from chatbots to sovereign RAG and hyperscale platforms to meet strict data rules.
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From AI pilots to productions: Why 2026 will be the year APAC organisations go all-in on real-time

Wed, 17th Dec 2025
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APAC firms are shifting from AI pilots to real-time, scaled deployments in 2026 as data, ROI demands and regulation rapidly converge.