The Ultimate Guide to Artificial Intelligence
A curated American edition of IndustrialDay news, analysis, interviews, reviews, job moves, and related resources for Artificial Intelligence (AI).
What to know about Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming industries, reshaping business operations, enhancing customer experiences, and driving innovation across sectors globally and in Australasia. From the surge in AI-driven cybersecurity threats and the adoption of AI in cloud infrastructure to the integration of generative AI in customer service, marketing, and financial sectors, this dynamic field demands close attention.
Experts emphasise the critical role of robust data management and infrastructure in successfully leveraging AI technologies, while organisations face challenges including skill gaps, ethical considerations, and regulatory developments. As AI adoption accelerates, businesses must balance innovation with security, sustainability, and human-centric strategies to thrive in this evolving landscape.
Readers exploring this tag will gain insights into the latest AI trends, practical applications, organisational strategies, technological advancements, and the collaborative efforts shaping the future of AI. Understanding these developments is essential for anyone interested in the impact of artificial intelligence on business, technology, and society.
American Artificial Intelligence News
Regional stories with direct local relevance
Banks boost AI surveillance but operational gaps stay
Higher AI spending is doing little to cut false positives, as most banks still run alert-heavy surveillance systems, a survey found.
Geordie launches Cost Intelligence for AI spending
Businesses can now trace runaway AI bills to the agents and workflows causing them, as Geordie opens its Cost Intelligence tool to customers.
LoanPro AI tool cuts loan servicing call times 15%
Loan servicers could see fewer escalations and faster calls as the new interface also creates an audit trail for compliance checks.
Manifold Security appoints Joe Sullivan to its board
The move bolsters Manifold's push to help enterprises police AI agents, as concern grows over how autonomous software behaves at work.
Digital banking now drives customer loyalty, study finds
Many customers would switch providers for a better online service, as banks face pressure to make digital tools more personal and secure.
Netcraft wins five more top US banks as takedowns rise
Banking groups are increasingly paying for rapid removal of phishing and impersonation scams as AI-driven attacks spread across multiple channels.
Analyst Insights
Research and market analysis connected to Artificial Intelligence
Check Point named Leader in Gartner hybrid mesh firewall
Ripple Treasury expands GSmart AI for finance teams
Extreme launches Agent ONE Coworker for network teams
AI drives enterprise storage demand as data piles up
Ataccama names Systemation Benelux distributor for AI push
Featured News
The internet times are a'changing Fastly
Bot traffic is forcing Fastly to adapt its edge cloud tools as publishers and AI firms battle over caching, access and data protection.
AI will fade, says Dell Technologies' ephemeral Chief AI Officer
Dell says agentic AI should shift routine tasks below the machine line, freeing staff for expert work while making the role temporary.
Schrodinger's ERP both dead and alive, says Rimini Street
Businesses can avoid costly ERP rip-and-replace projects by layering AI and automation onto existing systems, Rimini Street says.
Estima CEO: Generative AI reshapes pharmaceutical value proof
The HEOR tech firm is using generative AI to cut approval analyses from years to weeks, reshaping launch decisions and regulator responses.
Autonomous IT boom fuelling LogicMonitor's APAC growth
APAC customers are fuelling LogicMonitor's AI growth, with Australia among the earliest adopters of its Edwin AI platform.
CrowdStrike report: AI is rewriting rules of cybersecurity
Organisations now have just 48 hours to patch most flaws, as AI helps attackers weaponise vulnerabilities far faster than before.
Grafana Labs launches six AI tools for telemetry & agents
Grafana Labs has launched six AI observability tools during its AI Week, including new capabilities for monitoring and investigating AI agents.
Theorem study: friction between pre-sales and executed media ads
Theorem's new survey finds friction remains the biggest barrier in enterprise pre-sales, despite widespread automation adoption.
Cohesity mitigating shadow AI by empowering staffers
Approved AI tools are cutting shadow use by staff, but Cohesity warns the bigger risk is corrupted enterprise knowledge and weak governance.
AI arms race forcing businesses to rethink cybersecurity
Security teams are racing to shrink exposure windows as AI makes newly disclosed vulnerabilities exploitable almost immediately.
Check Point CTO on AI's double-edged sword
AI is shrinking the gap between vulnerability disclosure and real-world exploitation to hours, forcing security teams to adapt fast.
TrustedTech report warns of 'AI Skills Underclass' gap
Nearly half of U.S. workers lack AI training, widening a skills gap that leaves the most exposed employees to fend for themselves.
Meet the man behind the Saas-Pocalypse: Emergent's Mukund Jha
The new cash will help Emergent broaden from coding tools into an operating system for small and medium businesses as demand surges.
Check Point: Be the best, or get out the way
Rising AI-driven attacks are compel security buyers to cut vendor sprawl, though Check Point warns over-consolidation can still raise risk.
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Check Point: Hackers are already in. Act accordingly
Hackers are exploiting vulnerabilities in hours or minutes, leaving many organisations compromised before defenders spot the breach.
Future of enterprise software is agentic apps, says Oracle
Oracle is targeting a common blocker to AI adoption by adding governance, human checks and audit trails to its agentic app builder.
Agentic rollout creates new identity security challenge
Poor governance is leaving many AI agents stuck out of production, while those that run can expose firms to legal and security risks.
Human jobs are safe - but AI influence on healthcare growing
AI is helping hospitals cut scan times, clear backlogs and spot disease earlier, while doctors still keep final say over treatment.
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OnBoard says board AI policy key, but lags behind in adoption
Most boards are using AI, but formal guidelines are still missing as adoption races ahead of governance, OnBoard's survey found.
John Margerison on the new class of employee: AI managers
Businesses should treat AI like a new hire, as weak oversight could expose sensitive data and leave staff needing fresh skills to stay relevant.
Exclusive: Dreamdata CEO on why B2B buying funnel isn't linear
Buyers are spending most of the journey before sales speak, forcing marketers to rethink funnels and how they prove return on investment.
Agentic AI creates enterprise challenge beyond LLM boom
Enterprises face rising costs and governance gaps as thousands of AI agents begin operating alongside staff across multiple systems.
Visa strengthens AI defences amid new era of cyber threats
Visa is pouring billions into AI defences as regulators demand safer, auditable systems to counter faster cyber threats and fraud.
The new workforce: AI agents to work in concert with humans
AI agents are set to reshape hiring and team structures, pushing firms towards global talent pools and outcome-based work.
Exclusive: Virtuozzo sees GPU clouds reshape AI infrastructure
AI demand is pushing cloud providers towards GPU-as-a-service models, with efficiency and utilisation emerging as key differentiators.
Data storage gets profitable as Exaba targets US expansion
Exaba's local cloud storage pitch could give US managed services providers higher margins as it challenges AWS and Azure in a crowded market.
Storage to strategy: Everpure pivots to data intelligence
Enterprises wrestling with AI readiness and data sovereignty may gain clearer governance as Everpure adds a new intelligence layer.
How the 'human hour' mentality influences the future of tech
AI pilots are faltering where firms still judge success by hours saved, leaving customer value and workforce design unresolved.
'Strong partnership': Canva, OpenAI team up for hackathon
Hundreds of admin hours are draining staff time from lifesaving, research and STEM work at Australian nonprofits.
Reviews
Expert Columns
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Preparing your data infrastructure for year-end demands
AI closes vulnerability window as zero-day exploits surge
The shutdown cycle: what crypto firms' H1 2026 earnings actually show
Unlocking potential: How expanding leadership pathways for women strengthens cybersecurity
The AI metric that matters isn't token cost
The hidden cost of technical debt in the race to modernise Java applications
Interviews
Interviews and video coverage from the networkRecent Artificial Intelligence News
Zayo launches agentic networking for DynamicLink platform
Enterprise AI tools can now be allowed to probe issues and trigger approved changes on Zayo's network under customer-set controls.
SC Codeworks launches AI-native logistics platform
Warehouse operators could cut custom connections and speed partner onboarding as SC Codeworks folds AI into logistics system integration.
Gimlet Labs raises USD $300m in Andreessen-led round
The fresh capital will help expand cloud operations as demand surges for faster, cheaper AI inference across mixed chip architectures.
Azira launches AI location platform for travel marketers
Destination marketers could cut report turnaround times as Azira One puts complex location data into a natural language AI interface.
QNX adds Hailo-8 support for the edge AI developers
Developers in safety-critical sectors gain another edge AI option as the pair touts more predictable performance on devices running QNX SDP 8.0.
Google launches BigQuery Graph for AI & fraud checks
Fraud teams and AI builders can now query linked data in BigQuery without moving it to a separate graph database, Google said.
Numeracle launches corporate KYCaaS identity checks
Growing fraud fears are driving demand for continuous business identity checks, as Numeracle targets telecoms and other platforms with its KYCaaS service.
NetSPI & Synack merge to create USD $200m cyber group
The tie-up gives enterprise and government clients deeper testing coverage as AI reshapes offensive security and demand for specialists grows.
OMIKINA launches AI news platform on infrastructure
Readers can now track the power, land and supply-chain pressures behind AI deployment as OMIKINA adds evidence-led reporting and an infrastructure atlas.
CrowdStrike launches SafeMind agentic cybersecurity system
AI-enabled attacks are accelerating, with CrowdStrike and NVIDIA aiming to help security teams counter them in seconds.
Valify launches AI chat for hospital spend visibility
Hospital finance teams can now query fragmented purchased services spend in plain English, with answers drawn from 1,400 categories.
Capsule Security launches AI shield to stop rogue acts
The system lets enterprises block risky agent actions in 71 milliseconds, as autonomy raises the odds of damaging mistakes.
VDURA backs New Mexico State University research platform
The new system gives NMSU researchers more capacity for AI training and simulations as its annual research spend tops USD $141 million.
Preparing your data infrastructure for year-end demands
Year-end reporting and AI growth are exposing costly data sprawl, as many firms struggle to safely retire legacy systems without disruption.
PUCPR launches free AI code to protect human thinking
Free prompts to curb AI over-reliance are being rolled out in Brazil as PUCPR tries to preserve source citation and human judgement.
Eltropy summit debates AI at Monterey leadership event
More than 90 credit union and community bank leaders weighed AI's efficiency gains against fraud and service risks at Eltropy's summit.
Gen Z workers prioritise global careers over US jobs
American employers are being judged harshly by young workers, with most Gen Z respondents saying overseas experience matters more than a US-only career.
Aeris names Suresh Sathyamurthy as Chief Marketing Officer
The hire aims to help Aeris capitalise on demand for secure links in autonomous vehicles, robotics and other connected machines.
Aerospike names Don Dama as Chief Executive Officer
Its push into operational AI comes as about half of last year's revenue already came from machine learning and real-time data workloads.
The shutdown cycle: what crypto firms' H1 2026 earnings actually show
Falling volumes and more than 100 shutdowns in H1 2026 are forcing exchanges to rely on interest income and institutional flow.
Job Moves
Manifold Security appoints Joe Sullivan to its board
Aeris names Suresh Sathyamurthy as Chief Marketing Officer
Aerospike names Don Dama as Chief Executive Officer
Forcepoint appoints Vincent Merlin as Marketing Chief
Diversified launches global managed services practice
Zingtree appoints Venkat Iyer as Chief Technology Officer
Ondaro promotes three to vice president in ServiceNow shift
Jazz appoints six senior leaders as DLP push scales
Corsha appoints new chief operating & product officers
