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The update aims to speed up high-intent journeys by making forms easier to build, personalise and complete without heavy IT support.
Marketers could soon let AI agents handle campaigns, content and analytics as Adobe ties its creative tools to one workflow system.
Users can now get help without leaving the app, as Amplitude's new assistant uses in-product data to guide and complete tasks.
Joint customers could cut campaign overhead as SAP and Google Cloud tie customer data and AI agents across platforms, with rollout due in 2026.
Retailers are being pitched AI tools that can cut routine contact volumes while improving speed and continuity across channels for shoppers.
Many large companies are making support harder to reach, with most failing to offer clear web, chat or phone access, a Parloa study found.
Businesses can now query Oracle databases in Gemini Enterprise without SQL, as Oracle and Google Cloud widen multicloud AI access while keeping data governed.
Customers will build and manage AI agents in one place as Google Cloud folds Vertex AI services into Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform.
Security teams can now apply one policy model across more AI agents as Bedrock Data adds Google Vertex AI to ArgusAI.
Thailand’s enterprise AI market is getting a more exclusive channel as Gulf Edge gains sole rights to Kore.ai’s platform in key sectors.
Job seekers in Australia can now search listings in ChatGPT, with applications still completed on Indeed’s own platforms.
Shoppers can now buy eligible beauty products in Google’s AI tools, as Ulta pushes discovery and checkout into conversational search.
Callers will reach help faster at the retailer as AI now handles routine queries and service requests in US stores, while staff focus on shoppers.
Shoppers can now get tailored product advice online as the retailer’s new tool expands from beta to all users after brisk testing.
Shoppers in three Southeast Asian markets will get AI product help and photo-based prompts as Nestlé and Lazada test conversational buying tools.
US wealth clients will get market insights and reminders from Citi Sky as Citi rolls out the AI assistant alongside advisors this summer.
The rollout puts generative AI in front of Citigold clients as banks race to show it can aid investors without sidelining advisers.
The three-year spend will expand local cloud capacity, boost cyber defences and train millions of workers as demand for AI grows.
The rollout is intended to speed up admissions and student support at the medical school, where staff face rising pressure to respond quickly.
UK finance leaders see AI mistakes and opaque outputs as the main obstacle to wider use, with trust beating speed in a Bloomberg poll.