Labour stories
Search now blends text, images and files as Google rolls out a single AI experience and background agents to over 1 billion users.
The rollout spans thousands of trade firms, promising quicker fixes and new AI tools to cut paperwork, disputes and admin costs.
Employees can now handle leave, payslip and expense queries without leaving Microsoft 365, as Workday pushes HR and finance work into Copilot.
Bookings surged 21% in the first quarter, prompting Cognizant to raise its adjusted operating margin outlook and back annual revenue guidance.
Longer outages at developer tools now threaten release schedules and productivity, with GitProtect estimating more than USD $740,000 in losses.
A Sydney base and local team are meant to help Anthropic win more Australian and New Zealand customers as AI adoption gathers pace.
Poor AI oversight can magnify workflow errors, expose firms to regulation and erode trust if CIOs do not redesign controls and roles.
Safely embedding AI into public services now hinges on clearer accountability, as only 22% of Australian organisations use advanced governance models.
The London training group will use fresh capital to widen its European push as firms race to turn AI spending into productivity gains.
The funding will help RegScale scale faster as federal and enterprise buyers demand quicker compliance checks and less manual audit work.
The 60-acre site is set to create 215 jobs and anchor Airsys's US push as data centre cooling demand rises with AI workloads.
Retailers are using category management to cut waste, avoid empty shelves and respond faster to cost-of-living pressures and supply shocks.
Brands and studios could cut visual effects time and costs by up to 30% as The Next Valley blends AI tools with human-led production.
More than half of public sector IT staff say artificial intelligence has added work, as fragmented systems and policy gaps complicate adoption.
Hotel teams could cut hours of admin as Radisson starts using hivr.ai’s software to automate rooming lists across Europe.
Students at NMITE now have a clearer route to Chartered Engineer status after the institution secured IET accreditation for its engineering degrees.
Rising storms, labour shortages and cargo fires are increasing costs and disruption for Asian shipping firms, QBE warns.
It aims to help landlords and local authorities apply housing rules consistently as regulatory scrutiny over decision-making intensifies.
Almost half of surveyed employers are weighing shorter hours or fewer staff as higher fuel bills squeeze margins and weaken demand across NSW.
Smaller employers are under mounting compliance pressure as the combined platform aims to cut filings, renewals and fines across states.
