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Forrester says the biggest AI breakthrough will come from systems that perceive and act in the real world, not humanoid robots.

Australian employers demand AI skills as hiring gap widens, with Robert Half saying nearly all managers now expect them yet struggle to find candidates.

Ping Identity-backed research says enterprises need stronger runtime controls as autonomous AI agents expose gaps in authorisation and oversight.

SAS adds a private-preview supply chain agent and other AI tools, backed by USD $1 billion investment, for manufacturing, retail and finance.

SAS marks 50 years by sharpening its push into trusted AI, as Jim Goodnight says the software group's focus remains on governance and accountability.

SAS updates its data management portfolio with cloud-native tools to improve governance, cut data movement and support analytics and AI.

Q4 unveils AI-native CRM that lets investor relations teams search meeting data, log interactions and prepare briefings through natural language.

NAB taps George Mathews to head its first AI Science team, as the bank builds in-house expertise to safely scale new digital tools.

Anthropic expands in Australia and New Zealand with Sydney office and Theo Hourmouzis named Chief Executive Officer to drive regional AI growth.

NTT DATA launches Software Defined Infrastructure Services Agent to help enterprises manage multivendor IT estates with natural language prompts.

Hyland names Tracy Roccasalva as Chief Marketing Officer to bolster its AI-led Agentic Enterprise push and expand in enterprise content management.

Australian insurers risk falling behind on AI and growth unless they replace legacy core systems with cloud-native platforms before FY2027.

Netskope deepens Google Cloud tie-up to bring AI Guardrails to generative and agentic systems with real-time safety checks.

Lion rolls out ChatGPT Enterprise to 2,500 staff in Australia and New Zealand, using AI for forecasting, production and sales support.

SUSE expands AI, virtualisation and agentic partnerships as it targets digital sovereignty, citing research showing many firms have yet to act.

Anthropic names Theo Hourmouzis as General Manager for Australia and New Zealand as it opens a Sydney office and deepens local AI ties.

TCS broadens Google Cloud alliance to speed enterprise shift into autonomous AI systems with new tools for data, factories and security.

AI tools may help construction firms keep staff as a survey finds more than half of professionals would stay put if employers boosted investment.

Kyndryl broadens Google Cloud deal to help enterprises modernise applications and run AI workloads across regulated hybrid environments.

New Zealand mid-sized firms are being held back by weak AI foundations, with cybersecurity, skills and governance gaps slowing productivity gains.