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Asia Pacific faces trust & culture test in AI shift
Digital Transformation

Asia Pacific faces trust & culture test in AI shift

Asia Pacific's rapid AI adoption is running ahead of culture and trust, with leaders warning a “Human Advantage” gap could decide who wins.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 5 min read • Thu, 12th Mar 2026
AI ambition outpaces readiness for smaller businesses
Data Protection

AI ambition outpaces readiness for smaller businesses

SMBs are bullish on AI but a new ECI report finds poor data, scarce skills and unclear use cases are stalling real-world results.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Thu, 12th Mar 2026
Socotra launches embedded AI assistant for underwriting
Digital Transformation

Socotra launches embedded AI assistant for underwriting

Socotra launches embedded AI assistant in its Operations Workbench, promising faster, auditable underwriting across products and regions.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Thu, 12th Mar 2026
Zapier data shows AI is now infrastructure for leads
Customer Relationship Management

Zapier data shows AI is now infrastructure for leads

Zapier's study of 10,000 workflows shows AI is shifting from one-off tools to core lead-management infrastructure for sales teams.

By Shannon Williams • 5 min read • Thu, 12th Mar 2026
AI speeds up workdays but doesn't lighten workloads
Unified Communications

AI speeds up workdays but doesn't lighten workloads

AI is speeding up shorter workdays but piling on more tasks, with rising collaboration, multitasking and weekend work, a study finds.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Thu, 12th Mar 2026
Anthropic to open Sydney office in Australia, New Zealand
Agricultural Technology

Anthropic to open Sydney office in Australia, New Zealand

Anthropic will open a Sydney office within weeks, expanding its Asia-Pacific footprint and deepening AI partnerships in Australia and New Zealand.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Thu, 12th Mar 2026
DevRev expands Computer AI agent platform in India
Customer Relationship Management

DevRev expands Computer AI agent platform in India

DevRev to expand its Computer AI agent platform in India, debuting Agent Studio and Text2SQL tools to push enterprises beyond pilot projects.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Thu, 12th Mar 2026
Manulife picks Akka to power enterprise agentic AI
DevOps

Manulife picks Akka to power enterprise agentic AI

Manulife taps Akka's runtime to harden and scale its beta enterprise agentic AI platform for regulated, business-critical workloads.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Thu, 12th Mar 2026
Audit firms step up AI adoption while seeking safeguards
Digital Transformation

Audit firms step up AI adoption while seeking safeguards

Audit firms are racing to embed AI into core work, but say true advantage now hinges on tougher governance, bias controls and global rules.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Thu, 12th Mar 2026
NTT DATA unveils global Nvidia-powered AI factories
Network Infrastructure

NTT DATA unveils global Nvidia-powered AI factories

NTT DATA launches Nvidia-based 'enterprise AI factories' to help global firms standardise, scale and govern production AI deployments.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Wed, 11th Mar 2026
Tricentis unveils AI Workspace for agentic quality testing
DevOps

Tricentis unveils AI Workspace for agentic quality testing

Tricentis launches AI Workspace, an agentic quality platform unifying software testing, governance and human oversight for enterprises.

By Sean Mitchell • 5 min read • Wed, 11th Mar 2026
Thrive unveils governed AI workspace & adoption model
Unified Communications

Thrive unveils governed AI workspace & adoption model

Thrive launches a governed AI workspace and phased adoption model to tame shadow AI, uniting access to 50-plus major language models.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Wed, 11th Mar 2026
AI leaders pull ahead as laggards face analytics latency
Data Analytics

AI leaders pull ahead as laggards face analytics latency

AI projects in full production race ahead as a global survey exposes a widening trust and speed gap with organisations still experimenting.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Wed, 11th Mar 2026
Enterprises shun plug-and-play AI for tailored builds
Software-as-a-Service

Enterprises shun plug-and-play AI for tailored builds

Enterprises ditch plug-and-play AI as Cognizant research shows buyers now favour bespoke builds and services-led, long-term partnerships.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Wed, 11th Mar 2026
Legora raises USD $550m to fuel US & APAC AI growth
Software-as-a-Service

Legora raises USD $550m to fuel US & APAC AI growth

Legal AI platform Legora raises USD $550m at a USD $5.55bn valuation to speed expansion across the US and wider Asia-Pacific markets.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Wed, 11th Mar 2026

Stories from Other Regions

Axiologik launches AxioIntelligence AI readiness tool
Digital Transformation

Axiologik launches AxioIntelligence AI readiness tool

Axiologik unveils AxioIntelligence to help UK firms judge AI readiness, amid soaring pilots and average spend of GBP £15.94 million.

By Kaleah Salmon • 4 min read • Wed, 11th Mar 2026
Insurers eye AI-led claims as bias & risk fears grow
Data Protection

Insurers eye AI-led claims as bias & risk fears grow

Insurers race toward fully AI-run claims within two years, even as most fear biased outcomes and demand stronger oversight and transparency.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Wed, 11th Mar 2026