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Case studies from ForceFolks, Wiley and AAA Washington point to gains from AI agents when they are grounded in connected data and escalate uncertain or high-risk cases to people. Reported results are largely vendor-supplied, not independently audited. ForceFolks’ retail deployment stands out as the strongest Agentforce case study in the…
Arctic Wolf says human-only investigations have fallen from 81% to 2%, but warns that closing cases is not the same as containing attacks. Arctic Wolf says its latest agentic security operations report shows a sharp turn in cybersecurity practice, with artificial intelligence now independently resolving 60% of investigations. Based on…
Manufacturers are more confident in their ability to withstand disruption after investing in suppliers, inventory and technology, but persistent visibility gaps and stalled AI adoption continue to expose weaknesses. Manufacturers have spent the past two years pouring money and attention into shielding their supply chains from disruption, and the latest…
Fragmented systems, poor data and inconsistent processes are leaving logistics groups unprepared to move AI beyond pilots, researchers and industry analysts warn. Artificial intelligence may be moving fast through logistics and supply chain boardrooms, but many organisations are still trying to run it on foundations that were never designed for…
As employees and developers deploy AI across the enterprise, Microsoft is combining app discovery, data protection and agent identity controls to expose hidden usage and limit the risks. Artificial intelligence is moving into the enterprise faster than many security teams can document it. Employees are using Microsoft 365 Copilot alongside…
Major US lenders are restricting third-party AI tools after finding that login credentials cannot show whether an authorised customer or autonomous software is controlling an account. Major US banks are moving to curb third-party AI agents after Axios reported on 22 October that some institutions had detected automated tools inside…
The Financial Supervisory Service is considering allowing financial firms with strong AI security controls to bypass long-standing network-separation rules, while keeping responsibility for breaches firmly with the institutions themselves. South Korea’s financial regulator is preparing to loosen one of the sector’s most entrenched cyber rules, saying it wants banks and…
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The Financial Supervisory Service is considering allowing financial firms with strong AI security controls to bypass long-standing network-separation rules, while keeping responsibility for breaches firmly with the institutions themselves. South Korea’s financial regulator is preparing to loosen one of the sector’s most entrenched cyber rules, saying it wants banks and…
Specialist services provider AGS One says Build Concierge has helped it automate more than 50 workflows, uncover £21,000 in missed revenue and scale without increasing back-office headcount. A specialist cleaning and support-services provider is turning to artificial intelligence to keep pace with rapid expansion, using automation to trim administration, tighten…
Mahindra Group’s supply chain services arm is expanding into AI, analytics and product engineering as it targets faster growth, more Fortune 1000 customers and a billion-dollar valuation. Bristlecone, the Mahindra Group’s supply chain services arm, has posted 24% year-on-year topline growth as it pushes towards what its leadership hopes will…
PwC Bahamas says organisations are struggling to keep pace with AI-enabled attacks, exposing a widening gap between investment in new tools and confidence in using them safely. The rapid spread of artificial intelligence is making cyber security markedly more difficult to manage, according to PwC Bahamas, which says companies must…
As AI coding assistants move towards deploying and repairing live systems, engineers are urged to treat them as tightly controlled service identities, with temporary credentials, human approval and limited blast radius. Allowing an artificial intelligence agent to make changes to production infrastructure can be safe, but only if the machine…
Boehringer Ingelheim raises factory productivity by up to 30% without building new plants
By News RoomA connected factory platform has improved equipment effectiveness, lifted operator productivity and helped Boehringer Ingelheim meet rising demand while avoiding new-site emissions and capital costs. Boehringer Ingelheim’s effort to create a more connected factory floor has delivered gains that extend well beyond efficiency. According to EY’s case study, the pharmaceutical…
Distributors are using AI to translate emails, PDFs, messages and handwritten orders into structured drafts, while leaving staff to resolve the exceptions that require commercial judgement. Wholesale distributors have spent years automating warehouses, transport and stock control, yet one stubborn bottleneck often remains at the front end of the business:…
Microsoft is preparing to roll out context-aware phishing detection in Teams, initially targeting first-time chats with external contacts and warning users about suspicious behaviour. Microsoft is set to begin rolling out AI-driven phishing detection in Teams in early November, with the company framing the move as part of a broader…
A new Korean financial-sector framework will test whether autonomous AI agents can be stopped from misusing tools, permissions and credentials as regulators shift their focus from what models say to what they do. In South Korea, AI-agent security is rapidly moving from a theoretical concern to a formal compliance issue,…
The companies say their edge-based system will let process and heavy industries run agentic AI alongside live production data, addressing concerns over sovereignty, security and cost. Schneider Electric has joined with NVIDIA and Hewlett Packard Enterprise to unveil what the companies describe as Industrial AI Agents at the Edge, a…
Uber has kept its AI spending steady as weekly agent requests surged, highlighting how model routing, caching and tighter workload controls can prevent usage-based costs from spiralling. Corporate finance teams are quickly learning that artificial intelligence does not behave like conventional software. The familiar logic of fixed licences and predictable…
AI is moving beyond research and fraud detection into autonomous financial workflows, as tokenised assets and pressure for explainable decision-making reshape the industry. Artificial intelligence has moved from being a back-office novelty to one of the most consequential forces in modern finance, reshaping how banks analyse data, manage risk and…
