Category: Technology
Japan – New research across eight Asia-Pacific & Japan markets finds a widening gap in AI readiness across the region, with only 52% of employees saying they feel equipped to adapt to AI and automation, according to a new report from workforce-readiness solutions provider Cornerstone OnDemand. ...
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Australia – Australian retailers are accelerating investments in AI, personalisation and retail media, but many still lack the customer data foundations needed to turn those ambitions into real-time customer experiences, according to new research. The Inside Digital & eCommerce 2026 report from Arktic...
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United States – Zoom is deepening its push into agentic AI with the launch of ZoomMate, a new workplace assistant designed to help users move from conversations to execution without losing context across multiple tools and systems. ZoomMate builds on Zoom’s broader vision of becoming a “system of action”...
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Sydney, Australia – Amazon Ads has expanded its AI-powered Ads Agent to advertisers in Australia, bringing its campaign planning and automation capabilities to Amazon DSP users in the market. The rollout gives self-service advertisers access to a conversational AI tool designed to streamline campaign...
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Australia – Australia is moving closer to introducing a formal Digital Duty of Care framework for online platforms, marking one of the country’s most significant proposed shifts in digital regulation and platform accountability to date. Last week, the Australian Government released an Issues Paper outlining...
USA – Sitecore has acquired Scrunch, an AI customer experience platform that helps brands understand and improve how they appear in AI-driven search, as it looks to strengthen its AI search visibility and digital experience capabilities. The acquisition comes as large language models and AI-generated...
Singapore – The Ministry of Digital Development and Information (MDDI) and OpenAI have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate on “OpenAI for Singapore”, a national initiative focused on expanding applied artificial intelligence capabilities, talent development and public access to...
Singapore – Google and the Ministry of Digital Development and Information (MDDI) have announced an expanded collaboration with the Singapore Government through a new National AI Partnership. The agreement builds on a 2022 memorandum of understanding with the Smart Nation and Digital Government Group...
Australia – Marketing diagnostics platform RAMMP has launched a free artificial intelligence (AI) plug-in designed to help businesses identify potential weaknesses in their marketing campaigns before they are deployed. The new tool integrates with AI assistants including Claude and ChatGPT through a...
The expansion builds on IAS’s existing partnership with Meta. In 2024, the company selected IAS as the first provider to develop an independent optimisation solution for its platforms
