Productivity stories
Strong cash generation and steady water and energy demand left Veolia on track to meet its 2026 targets after first-quarter sales rose 1.0%.
The move could cut repetitive work in finance teams while giving Chief Financial Officers tighter control over AI spending and risk.
Higher AI returns appear to hinge on redesigning jobs and skills, as Gartner found layoffs alone did not boost investment performance.
It aims to cut outage investigation time for engineers by combining live telemetry with incident history, changes and service context.
The tie-up could cut downtime for enterprises by letting AI detect incidents, generate playbooks and trigger fixes across hybrid estates.
Brands can now automate subtitles, metadata and chapter markers in MediaFlows, reducing the post-production work needed to publish video globally.
A shortage of AI implementation talent is pushing mid-sized companies to seek help embedding Claude into operations, as Anthropic and backers launch a new venture.
Staff at FMG can now update leave and pay details in one place after the insurer replaced legacy HR systems with Workday.
Most Australian firms expect AI agents to outrun security controls within a year, as only 22 per cent say they can fully see them.
The spending will add 60 jobs in regional Victoria and bolster local supply chains as Mars expands Australian pet food production by 2027.
Most Australians would adopt AI sooner if tougher safeguards were in place, yet only 1% say they completely trust the technology.
Merchants are set to gain faster checkout, broader payment options and AI shopping tools as Commerce expands its platform updates.
Hybrid work is leaving many New Zealand offices underused, with businesses risking about NZD $270,000 a year from poor space planning.
The donation will fund at least 15 extra bursaries a year for students facing financial barriers to science and technology studies.
Rising missed card payments are straining UK collections teams, as FICO says AI could help lenders manage cases more efficiently and fairly.
The hire signals a push to scale AutoRek’s platform for larger international clients as it adds AI and automation to its financial controls software.
The overhaul helped the mining freight operator win bigger contracts, as manual compliance gaps had been slowing growth and exposing safety risks.
Australian sole traders are using AI to cut admin time and boost output, with daily or weekly use now at 41 per cent, Hnry found.
Residents and emergency services are left with weak coverage as repeated planning requests push mobile tower approvals back by hundreds of days.
Rising demand for warehouse software is boosting Infios, which has again been ranked by Gartner as a Leader and Customers' Choice.
