Barclays bets on AI to cut costs and boost returns
Barclays recorded a 12 % jump in annual profit for 2025, reporting £9.1 billion in earnings before tax, up from £8.1 billion a year earlier. The bank also raised its performance targets out through 2028, aiming for a return on tangible equity (RoTE) of more than 14 %, up from a previous goal of above […]
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Agentic AI in healthcare: How Life Sciences marketing could achieve US$450bn in value by 2028
Agentic AI in healthcare is graduating from answering prompts to autonomously executing complex marketing tasks—and life sciences companies are betting their commercial strategies on it. According to a recent report cited by Capgemini Invent, AI agents could generate up to US$450 billion in economic value through revenue uplift and cost savings globally by 2028, with 69% of […]
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Exclusive: Why are Chinese AI models dominating open-source as Western labs step back?
Because Western AI labs won’t—or can’t—anymore. As OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google face mounting pressure to restrict their most powerful models, Chinese developers have filled the open-source void with AI explicitly built for what operators need: powerful models that run on commodity hardware. A new security study reveals just how thoroughly Chinese AI has captured this space. Research published by SentinelOne […]
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Goldman Sachs tests autonomous AI agents for process-heavy work
Goldman Sachs is pushing deeper into real use of artificial intelligence inside its operations, moving to systems that can carry out complex tasks on their own. The Wall Street bank is working with AI startup Anthropic to create autonomous AI agents powered by Anthropic’s Claude model that can handle work that used to require large […]
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Intuit, Uber, and State Farm trial AI agents inside enterprise workflows
The way large companies use artificial intelligence is changing. For years, AI in business meant experimenting with tools that could answer questions or help with small tasks. Now, some big enterprises are moving beyond tools and into AI agents that can actually do work across systems and workflows, not just answer prompts. This week, OpenAI […]
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OpenAI’s enterprise push: The hidden story behind AI’s sales arms race
As OpenAI races toward its ambitious US$100 billion revenue target by 2027, the ChatGPT maker is reportedly building an army of AI consultants to bridge the gap between cutting-edge technology and enterprise boardrooms—a move that signals a fundamental shift in how AI companies are approaching the notoriously difficult challenge of enterprise adoption. According to industry […]
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Ronnie Sheth, CEO, SENEN Group: Why now is the time for enterprise AI to ‘get practical’
Before you set sail on your AI journey, always check the state of your data – because if there is one thing likely to sink your ship, it is data quality. Gartner estimates that poor data quality costs organisations an average of $12.9 million each year in wasted resources and lost opportunities. That’s the bad […]
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FedEx tests how far AI can go in tracking and returns management
FedEx is using AI to change how package tracking and returns work for large enterprise shippers. For companies moving high volumes of goods, tracking no longer ends when a package leaves the warehouse. Customers expect real-time updates, flexible delivery options, and returns that do not turn into support tickets or delays. That pressure is pushing […]
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ThoughtSpot: On the new fleet of agents delivering modern analytics
If you are a data and analytics leader, then you know agentic AI is fuelling unprecedented speed of change right now. Knowing you need to do something and knowing what to do, however, are two different things. The good news is providers like ThoughtSpot are able to assist, with the company in its own words […]
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PepsiCo is using AI to rethink how factories are designed and updated
For many large companies, the most useful form of AI right now has little to do with writing emails or answering questions. At PepsiCo, AI is being tested in places where mistakes are costly and changes are hard to undo — factory layouts, production lines, and physical operations. That shift is visible in how PepsiCo […]
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