AI News Archive: April 29, 2026 — Part 22
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- Southeast Asia’s cyber boom is fuelled by fear—and AI
In Southeast Asia’s digital frontier, where 400 million internet users fuel a booming economy projected to hit US$1 trillion in digital value by 2025, cybersecurity is no longer a back-office function; it’s the battleground for survival. Cyberattacks surged 85 per cent year-over-year in 2024, according to Check Point Research, with ransomware claims increasing 300 per […] The post Southeast Asia’s cyber boom is fuelled by fear—and AI appeared first on e27 .
- A glimpse into cyber-security’s AI-driven future
A hacking conference reveals how machines will defend us
- Cybersecurity expert urges more accountability and transparency in the use of AI
Cybersecurity expert urges more accountability and transparency in the use of AI The Straits Times
- The AI transformation is changing more than just workflows. It's gatekeeping jobs.
Commuters head to work in Seoul. [JOONGANG ILBO] In Korea’s corporate sector, AI is no longer just a tool — it’s reshaping who gets promoted and whether new workers are hired at all. Major local conglomerates are making the AI transformation (AX) a key part of employee management, according to industry sources on Tuesday. Related Article Korean internet giant Naver soft-launches AI chatbot for searches Gov't to offer 300 billon won for projects aimed at fostering AI, green transformation of industrial complexes Google announces establishment of first AI Campus in Korea in talks with President Lee But as firms focus on enhancing the skills of existing employees, hiring for entry-level positions is slowing. Surveys and industry voices suggest that as AI takes over routine tasks traditionally handled by junior staff, companies are rethinking the need for new hires altogether — raising concerns about shrinking opportunities for young job seekers and the long-term impact on talent pipelines
- AI is propelling enterprises toward digital workforces, signaling a leadership overhaul
Generative AI is rapidly reshaping how organizations operate, shifting the focus from standalone tools to integrated digital workforces. As adoption accelerates, AI leaders must now balance speed with the deep cultural and organizational transformation required to realize its full potential. The current market reality is underpinned by the fact that AI fundamentally changes how vendors […] The post AI is propelling enterprises toward digital workforces, signaling a leadership overhaul appeared first on SiliconANGLE .
- Salesforce introduces Agentforce Operations to automate outdated back-office tasks
Salesforce Inc. today launched Agentforce Operations, an artificial intelligence system designed to extend specialized AI agents into the back office to automate manual work. Workflow automation tools have existed for a long time — not because office workers are lazy, but because it’s more efficient to have a task handled by a machine. The problem is […] The post Salesforce introduces Agentforce Operations to automate outdated back-office tasks appeared first on SiliconANGLE .
- SS&C Unveils WorkHQ to Power Enterprise Agentic Automation
Agentic automation platform enables companies to control, govern and accelerate enterprise-wide adoption of AI
- Salesforce launches Agentforce Operations to automate back-office work
New AI agents aim to cut manual tasks and speed up workflows across disconnected systems in the back office. The post Salesforce launches Agentforce Operations to automate back-office work appeared first on MarTech .
- LLM Style Slop is Absolutely Everywhere
Epistemic status: something of a rant. Is not meant to make claims about the general capabilities (or lack thereof) of LLMs (beyond their prose), but observations about how society seems to use them excessively without being perfectly candid about it. Nanobanana's take on the situation Over the past few months, it has become a bit of a running gag that every evening, I inform my girlfriend of the multiple cases of LLM slop I encountered in the wild throughout the day [1] . And pretty much every day, I have several cases to report. These typically involve: Blog posts (including at least four cases from 2026 on LessWrong [2] , where I've even seen one author use (at least partially) AI-generated text in replies to comments) YouTube videos At least one keynote speech from the CEO of a tech company Messages from coworkers Several personal messages from a friend News articles Press releases Tweets [3] Many subreddits, including, ironically, ones about getting LLMs to sound more human-like,
- 'I won’t provide instructions, tactics, or advice that could help someone commit a crime': ChatGPT claims it won't assist would-be felons, despite claims to the contrary from Florida AG
ChatGPT is being looked at by Florida's Attorney General as a co-conspirator in a crime, but is that even possible? ChatGPT says it's not
- College students' killings latest case to rely on ChatGPT as evidence
OpenAI boss Sam Altman recently apologized after a teen who went on to kill eight people was banned from ChatGPT for violent activities but police were never alerted.
- AI bot attacks increase 10-fold, report reveals
Around 40 per cent of web traffic is now made up of so-called bad bots, report reveals
- Managing Bots, Not People: The Shift in Workplace Hierarchy
Managing Bots, Not People: The Shift in Workplace Hierarchy Barron's
- ChatGPT finally knows how many ‘R’s are in ‘strawberry,’ but confident mistakes remain
Confident mistakes – or lies, if you will – are a common problem of large language models used in AI chatbots, with one common shortcoming of ChatGPT being that it would frequently miscount the number of times the letter “R” appeared in the word “strawberry.” As OpenAI tried to take a victory lap around this, though, plenty of other confident mistakes were pointed out in the replies. more…
- Oracle NetSuite announces AI coding skills for SuiteCloud developers
Oracle NetSuite is adding AI capabilities to SuiteCloud to help developers customize its ERP platform faster using natural language prompts. In a statement, the company said its NetSuite SuiteCloud Agent Skills “will make it easier for developers to create customized vertical and industry-specific applications by giving AI coding assistants a better understanding of the conventions, patterns, and best practices in SuiteCloud – NetSuite’s standards-based AI extensibility and customization platform.” The new skills give AI coding assistants NetSuite-specific development guidance, including UI framework references, permission codes, SuiteScript fields, documentation practices, OWASP security guidance, and tools to help migrate older SuiteScript 1.0 code to SuiteScript 2.1. This comes as developers increasingly use AI coding assistants in their daily work. Stack Overflow’s 2025 Developer Survey found that 84% of respondents were either using or planning to use AI tools in their development
- NetSuite Brings AI-Powered Speed and Precision to SuiteCloud Development
Oracle NetSuite today announced new NetSuite knowledge packages for AI coding agents that will help customers and partners accelerate and de-risk the creation of NetSuite applications and customizations. The new NetSuite SuiteCloud Agent Skills will make it easier for developers to create customized vertical and industry-specific applications by giving AI coding assistants a better understanding of […] The post NetSuite Brings AI-Powered Speed and Precision to SuiteCloud Development appeared first on CXOToday.com .
- Enterprises still chase incremental, not transformational, AI gains
Most enterprises have yet to tap into the transformative power of AI, focusing instead on incremental productivity and efficiency gains that don’t lead to competitive advantages, according to a report from research firm Forrester. Internal productivity gains from AI remain marginal, not material, as organizations haven’t figured out how to drive more meaningful gains through the technology, Forrester says in its recent Accelerate Your AI Voyage report. The evidence: 43% of AI decision-makers surveyed by the firm measure productivity improvements gained through AI, and 41% measure efficiency gains, but only 32% tie AI outcomes to profits or revenue. “Saving 10,000 employee hours might look good on paper, but it won’t cover the GPU bill, let alone drive reinvention,” Forrester analysts write in the report. “This incremental thinking forms the basis of a fundamental disconnect in the promise of AI’s transformative potential.” Only between 5% and 15% of organizations currently have an effe
- The scale layer nobody budgeted for: How AI agents unlock growth for Asian businesses
Here is a pattern I have seen repeat across every business I work with on scaling in Asian markets. The product works. The customers are real. The unit economics are defensible. Then growth stalls. Not because the market rejected them. Because the operating layer could not keep up. They needed to enter a second market. […] The post The scale layer nobody budgeted for: How AI agents unlock growth for Asian businesses appeared first on e27 .
- S. Korea, Qatar to push for deeper cooperation in manufacturing AI, semiconductor, biohealth
Trade ministers of South Korea and Qatar agreed Wednesday to expand the two countries' cooperation in advanced industries, including artificial intelligence (AI) transformation of the manufacturing sector, semiconductor and biohealth, a Seoul ministry said. Trade Minister Yeo Han-koo met with his Qatar counterpart, Ahmed bin Mohammed Al-Sayed, in Seoul to discuss ways to expand economic and investment cooperation between the two nations, according to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources
- SAS makes AI governance the centerpiece of its agent strategy
Enterprises are quickly moving from AI experimentation to deployment, however, when agentic AI begins making more decisions, invoking more tools, and operating across fragmented data environments, there can be an erosion of visibility, governance, and trust. SAS laid out its answer to that problem at its annual conference, SAS Innovate , introducing a new family of copilots, agent frameworks, Model Context Protocol (MCP) plugins, and management tools to help enterprises operationalize AI without losing control of it. “What we’re seeing here is really a shift from AI that forms to AI that acts,” Marinela Profi , the company’s global AI and generative AI market strategy lead, said at the event. “This is a significant leap, because it introduces new requirements around trust, around governance, around accountability.” Interacting with agents more intuitively To begin with, SAS today announced SAS Viya Copilot, a human-governed, conversational AI assistant embedded into its Viya platform.
- SAS Launches AI Governance Tools to Tame Agentic AI in the Enterprise
SAS expands Viya with governed AI agents, copilots, and new governance tools aimed at helping enterprises manage shadow AI and build trust in automation. The post SAS Launches AI Governance Tools to Tame Agentic AI in the Enterprise appeared first on TechRepublic .
- Bloomberg: China pauses AV permits after Baidu disruption
Baidu’s robotaxi operations in Wuhan have been suspended, sources tell the publication. Read more: Bloomberg: China pauses AV permits after Baidu disruption
- Gartner flags rising AI agent sprawl, outlines six-step governance framework
As enterprises accelerate their adoption of AI agents, Gartner has warned of a looming “agent sprawl” that could introduce significant operational and security risks. The firm predicts that by 2028, […] The post Gartner flags rising AI agent sprawl, outlines six-step governance framework appeared first on Express Computer .
- Flux Multilingual Technical Deep Dive: Multilingual Speech-to-Text Without the Routing Mess
How Deepgram Flux Multilingual and its new `language_hint` parameter collapse multilingual voice infrastructure into a single real-time streaming connection.
- Deepgram expands Flux to 10 languages with mid-call switching for voice agents
Real-time voice artificial intelligence startup Deepgram Inc. today announced the general availability of Flux Multilingual, an extension of its Flux conversational speech recognition model to 10 languages with real-time language detection and the ability to switch languages mid-call. The extended model is being pitched by the company as the first multilingual conversational speech recognition model, a category it […] The post Deepgram expands Flux to 10 languages with mid-call switching for voice agents appeared first on SiliconANGLE .
- An experimental cafe run by AI opens in Stockholm
The avocado toasts and baristas making foamy lattes make it look like any other café, except at this one, located in a Stockholm residential neighborhood, artificial intelligence (AI) is running the place.
- AI spots pancreatic cancer years before it shows up: US study
AI spots pancreatic cancer years before it shows up: US study The Straits Times
- AI spots pancreatic cancer years before it shows up: Study
AI spots pancreatic cancer years before it shows up: Study The Straits Times
- AI spots pancreatic cancer years before it shows up: US study
AI spots pancreatic cancer years before it shows up: US study The Straits Times
- How AI Is Spotting Pancreatic Cancer Signals That Most Doctors Miss
A model developed at the Mayo Clinic identified early signs of pancreatic cancer in routine scans more than a year before diagnosis.
- SG's FORMAS.AI secures $3.98m funding and other SE Asia deals
SG's FORMAS.AI secures $3.98m funding and other SE Asia deals DealStreetAsia
- Data scientists say the AI boom won’t deliver without them
The post Data scientists say the AI boom won’t deliver without them appeared first on The Logic .
- Families of Tumbler Ridge shooting victims sue OpenAI
Sam Altman apologized for not notifying local authorities last week.
- Tumbler Ridge families are suing OpenAI
OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, are being accused of negligence and launching GPT-4o with a ‘defective’ design.
- Tumbler Ridge families likely to seek US$1 billion in lawsuit against OpenAI: lawyer
Tumbler Ridge families likely to seek US$1 billion in lawsuit against OpenAI: lawyer Toronto Star
- Sage Deepens Collaboration with AWS to Fast-Track Agentic AI for Small and Mid-Sized Businesses
Sage Deepens Collaboration with AWS to Fast-Track Agentic AI for Small and Mid-Sized Businesses Toronto Star
- CareerHub Launches AI-Powered Platform That Matches Job Seekers to Roles Using Their Resume Instead of Keywords
CareerHub Launches AI-Powered Platform That Matches Job Seekers to Roles Using Their Resume Instead of Keywords Toronto Star
- Introducing Blomma, the AI App Bringing Career Coaching Beyond the C-Suite
Introducing Blomma, the AI App Bringing Career Coaching Beyond the C-Suite USA Today
- Bell converting plant on Winnipeg's outskirts into AI data centre
Bell converting plant on Winnipeg's outskirts into AI data centre CBC
- Should B.C. ban or regulate social media and AI for youth?
Should B.C. ban or regulate social media and AI for youth? CBC
- OpenAI Hit With Barrage of Lawsuits Over Failure to Report School Shooter Before Massacre
"The 'safeguards' OpenAI pointed to after the attack did not fail; they did not exist." The post OpenAI Hit With Barrage of Lawsuits Over Failure to Report School Shooter Before Massacre appeared first on Futurism .
- Lawsuits Claim OpenAI Employees Warned Leaders of Potential Shooter Months Before Tragedy
Families of the victims claim OpenAI identified a ‘credible and specific’ threat but failed to alert authorities, raising new questions about AI companies’ responsibility.
- Nvidia exec says AI is more expensive than actual workers — yet some companies don't see the extra costs as a negative
As advanced LLMs do more and more for modern businesses, the outlays to cover all those tokens can cost more than worker salaries alone. But some companies don't see the added costs as a negative as they look toward a more automated future.
- I Like ChatGPT's New AI Image Generator, But Nano Banana Pro Still Wins
I Like ChatGPT's New AI Image Generator, But Nano Banana Pro Still Wins PCMag
- Arm launches Performix toolkit for AI workload optimisation
Arm launches Performix toolkit for AI workload optimisation verdict.co.uk
- AI is coming to Ubuntu: Canonical exec teases future AI features and agentic workflow capabilities for version 26.10 — but on a ‘strictly opt-in basis’
AI is coming to Ubuntu: Canonical exec teases future AI features and agentic workflow capabilities for version 26.10 — but on a ‘strictly opt-in basis’ IT Pro
- California Adopts Rules Allowing Testing And Deployment of Heavy-Duty AVs
The California Department of Motor Vehicles on Tuesday adopted new regulations for autonomous vehicles, allowing manufacturers to test and deploy heavy-duty driverless vehicle technology on the state’s roads. Related: Tesla Avoids California Sales Halt Over Autopilot Marketing The new regulations …
- You can now get Gemini to generate downloadable files directly in chat
Gemini’s new file export trick could make your workflow a lot smoother.
- Apple Reportedly Plans Major Camera AI Overhaul in iOS 27
Another update may help iPhone users switch quickly between photo, video and portrait modes.
- Apple may integrate visual AI directly into camera app with iOS 27
Apple may bring Siri-powered AI directly into the camera app with iOS 27, making it easier to identify objects, search information, and interact with surroundings in real time.