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UK banking giant Barclays has announced plans to cut around 5,000 jobs during 2026, about 5% of its workforce. AI-driven efficiency gains are beginning to affect a core management decision: workforce planning. Here’s what the numbers reveal.

Microsoft said a hacking group linked to the Chinese government, “Storm-0940,” used the Chinese AI tool ARTEX to carry out cyberattacks. Here’s what this case confirms about AI being used as an attack tool, and what it means for corporate defenses.

Two days after U.S. government agencies were ordered to remove DeepSeek technology, the company was reported to have raised about $15 billion. We examine how regulation and investment capital are moving in tandem, alongside DeepSeek’s previous fundraising and developments at other Chinese AI companies.

Combined September revenue at 19 major Taiwanese IT companies rose 45.9% year over year to NT$2.7683 trillion. Revenue has increased for 31 consecutive months, although the growth rate slowed from August. Here’s how to interpret the figures.

It has been reported that Walmart announced tools for AI agents that shop on customers’ behalf. How will the relationship between retailers and consumers change as AI becomes the gateway to shopping? This article lays out the issues based on what can be confirmed.

Three models, including OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra, have been added to Google Cloud’s Model Garden. Here’s a look at how they differ from API access and what companies need to know about data handling.

In results announced on the 21st, U.S. company Meta reported revenue of $64.601 billion for the three months through September, up 26% from a year earlier. The company is expected to continue massive investment in areas including AI. We look at what these two facts—revenue growth and continued investment—tell us about growth in the AI era.

AI startup Inception has announced Mercury 3, a diffusion language model that it says can generate 1,068 tokens per second and ranks first in 8 of 12 categories. Results vary by use case. Here's a look at how speed can change the user experience.

Claude’s official account announced a research preview of Claude Duet, an agent app designed to act proactively. This article examines what the next generation of AI apps might look like through four elements of its design: surfacing matters requiring attention, carrying out requested tasks, continuing work while users are away, and seeking confirmation before acting on their behalf.

U.S. company SpaceX has reported results for the July–September quarter of 2026. Revenue rose 2.6 times from a year earlier to $14.575 billion, and the company swung to a net profit of $4.4 billion. Most of the AI division that supported revenue growth came from equipment rentals. We examine the results alongside the investment burden behind that growth.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman reportedly laid out three possible end states for AI safety during an internal talk. This article examines the differences among the three proposals—an international oversight body, a merger of leading labs, and one lab pulling ahead—through the lens of governance choices.

Higuchi Seisakusho Co., Ltd., a long-established press-processing manufacturer based in Kakamigahara, Gifu Prefecture, has achieved autonomous patrols by a quadruped robot at its headquarters factory. Here’s a look at how it creates 3D maps using LiDAR, the current state of corridor navigation, and the next phase: anomaly detection.