PwC stories
A new robotics zone and a 11% rise in startups showed AI hardware and commercial deployment are now driving the Taipei trade fair.
European buyers can now see Bureau's booths in person as the company expands beyond Australia and North America with a London base.
The new service aims to help firms keep pace as AI-powered criminals automate attacks faster than security teams can patch flaws.
Boards are valuing CISOs more for business risk, resilience and AI oversight than pure technical defence, a survey of 346 executives found.
The move could cut repetitive work in finance teams while giving Chief Financial Officers tighter control over AI spending and risk.
Customers may get more auditable AI in finance and HR as Sage rolls out new products, partnerships and a Doyen AI acquisition.
Finance teams are losing 12.9 hours a week to checking AI outputs, as most leaders reject systems that cannot explain themselves.
The Exeter Shopify agency plans recruitment, expansion and acquisitions after YFM Equity Partners committed GBP £7.6 million to support growth.
Marketing teams can now link Adobe tools with outside AI services under a governed system aimed at auditable customer experience workflows.
Finance teams could get Sage Intacct up and running faster as AI cuts manual work in new PwC-led roll-outs and advisory workflows.
Manufacturers could gain faster disruption warnings and automated responses as SAP embeds AI agents into core supply chain workflows.
The push reflects rising demand for AI jobs in India as Salesforce aims to widen access to training, internships and employer links.
UK banks, defence contractors and telecoms groups are backing a homegrown AI model designed to run inside customers' own systems.
Many Australian firms are failing to turn AI pilots into scalable gains because scattered tools are outpacing governance and business context.
Offshore web hosting is becoming harder to justify as Australian firms weigh latency, sovereignty and support risks across their digital stack.
Human oversight remains a red line for many policyholders, with only 30% of UK consumers happy for insurers to use AI on pricing decisions.
Rising margins pressure and a Middle East supply shock are testing lenders, even as provisions and capital buffers are lifted.
Safely embedding AI into public services now hinges on clearer accountability, as only 22% of Australian organisations use advanced governance models.
The hires bolster Accordion's push into AI-driven finance work for private equity clients as demand grows for tighter reporting and faster exits.
Unified software should give the housing group clearer control over costs, staffing and service delivery as it manages 85,000 homes.
