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Listeners preferred emotion and clarity over human likeness, with Google's Gemini 3.1 Flash Voice ranking ahead of a real recording.
Demand for AI and core cloud services is boosting Amazon's key profit engine, with AWS growth accelerating to a 36.7% annual pace.
Amazon Web Services' in-house chips are now a major profit centre as AI demand drives cloud providers to cut costs and secure supply.
Boards need to rethink cyber oversight as AI speeds up attacks and raises the risk of business disruption, Google Cloud says.
Rapid digital adoption and tighter regulatory frameworks are turning the region into a proving ground for new financial services models.
Brands will be able to buy placements in ChatGPT through Pattern, as shopping discovery moves from search engines towards AI tools.
The rollout could widen robot use in homes and warehouses, as DeepMind says the new system handles whole-body movement and finer hand control.
Malicious packages are now spreading faster across code repositories, with Google saying open source ecosystems face the sharpest rise in risk.
Businesses will gain more choice in AI tools as Gemini is woven into Oracle's core finance, HR and supply-chain software.
Oracle customers will gain more AI model choice in everyday workflows as Google's Gemini is added to Fusion Applications and NetSuite.
Retailers risk missing Black Friday shoppers as AI tools increasingly narrow product choices before customers reach a website.
Subscription merchants could gain faster access to local payment methods as Recurly taps Juspay's Hyperswitch for more than 300 providers.
Businesses can now run and monitor AI agents for up to seven days as Google Cloud adds tighter identity and governance controls.
Customer sentiment may help steer buyers as KeeperPAM scored highest in SoftwareReviews' privileged access management comparison.
Electricity access, not land, is now the main bottleneck as AI demand drives India's data centre capacity towards 12 GW by 2030.
Security gaps in AI workflows and enterprise Java could expose secrets, trigger remote code execution and disrupt supply chains.
Paid social costs are rising as UK finance marketers struggle to produce enough creative for platforms that now reward constant ad testing.
Australian publishers face a fresh revenue squeeze unless paid licensing agreements are struck with AI firms using journalism to train their LLMs.
Brands may be judged by AI assistants before customers ever reach them, as the new tool spotlights mismatches between messaging and model replies.
Users and researchers can now inspect how the Sydney-based search engine ranks results and handles privacy after its code was opened.
