Billable Hours Are Dead, AI Killed Them, Here's How To Survive
A new VoxComm report shows agency profit margins have collapsed from a historic 30% to roughly 10% as AI accelerates production and erodes the value of billable‑hour models. The authors argue that agencies must abandon effort‑based pricing and adopt solution‑based monetization anchored to outcomes, subscriptions or performance fees. Four strategic shifts—defining, designing, delivering, and capturing value—are outlined to create a "distinctly scalable" business. Early adopters such as FIG, 72andSunny and Monks already demonstrate the financial upside of this transition.
MedDream to Present AWS-Powered Imaging Viewer at HIMSS
MedDream will demonstrate its cloud‑native, AI‑ready universal DICOM viewer, built on AWS HealthImaging, at HIMSS 2026 in Las Vegas. The solution leverages AWS’s HTJ2K transfer syntax to stream large imaging datasets quickly and securely. It supports radiology, cardiology, ophthalmology, dental...
Builderius WordPress Page Builder Integrates Claude AI via @Sejournal, @Martinibuster
Builderius launched an experimental integration that connects Anthropic’s Claude AI to live WordPress projects via the Model Context Protocol. The AI can read the full JSON‑based template, CSS, GraphQL schema and element tree, then apply structural edits, style changes, and...
Pivot Point Consulting Partners With Microsoft Rural Health Resiliency Program for Dragon Copilot Deployment
Pivot Point Consulting has teamed with Microsoft’s Rural Health Resiliency Program to roll out the Dragon Copilot AI assistant to financially strained rural hospitals. Microsoft is providing a 60% discount off the standard price, while Pivot Point offers free readiness...
EuroShop 2026: How AI Is Taking the “Smartification” Of Stores to the Next Level
At EuroShop 2026, AI dominated the showcase, with vendors presenting solutions ranging from fraud‑detecting self‑scan systems to smart shopping carts and connected shelf labels. Vusion secured a European contract to turn Carrefour stores into data hubs and micro‑fulfilment centers, while...
Brownsville’s Edge AI Experiment Reimagines the Economics of the Connected City
Brownsville, Texas has launched an in‑city edge AI platform that runs on private 5G and fiber, turning low‑cost IoT sensor data into real‑time public‑safety insights. NTT Data’s Shahid Ahmed highlighted that traditional GPU‑heavy AI would break IoT economics, prompting a...
From Prompt to Pill: Researchers Propose AI-Driven Path To ‘Pharmaceutical Superintelligence’
A team of researchers proposes "pharmaceutical superintelligence," an AI‑driven pipeline that can turn a plain‑language request into a preclinical drug candidate and even outline clinical trial plans. The framework stitches together generative chemistry models, multi‑agent reasoning, and robotic labs into...
TapClicks Expands Unified Marketing Intelligence with AudioGO and Instacart Instant-On Connectors
TapClicks announced two new Instant‑On connectors—AudioGO for streaming audio and Instacart Ads for retail media—expanding its AI‑powered Smart Marketing Cloud. The additions let agencies and brands pull audio and grocery‑shopping campaign data into a single platform for unified reporting and...
Bayesian Learning Uncovers Schistosomiasis Multimorbidity Risks
Researchers applied Bayesian machine‑learning to uncover risk factors for hepatosplenic multimorbidity in schistosomiasis. By fusing clinical records, environmental exposure data, and host genetic markers, the model pinpointed predictors such as specific immune‑gene variants and poor sanitation. Its capacity to continuously...
DarcyIQ Integrates with Epic and Athenahealth to Slash Admin Time
DarcyIQ, an AI‑powered revenue acceleration platform from Innovative Solutions, has launched native, HIPAA‑aligned integrations with Epic and athenahealth’s athenaOne using Model Context Protocol. The conversational layer lets clinicians and revenue teams interact with EHR data via natural language, eliminating platform...
Launch HN: Cekura (YC F24) – Testing and Monitoring for Voice and Chat AI Agents
Cekura, a YC F24 startup, launches a simulation platform that lets developers test voice and chat AI agents at scale. The service creates synthetic user conversations, imports real production dialogs, and uses a mock‑tool environment to evaluate agent behavior without hitting...
MWC 2026: Tech Mahindra and NVIDIA Launch AI-Powered Telco Network Operations Reasoning Agent to Accelerate L4+ Autonomous Networks
Tech Mahindra and NVIDIA unveiled an AI‑powered Telco Network Operations Reasoning Agent at MWC 2026, aimed at accelerating the shift to Level 4+ autonomous networks. The solution runs on Tech Mahindra’s Orion platform and leverages NVIDIA AI Enterprise, NeMo, and NIM...
The Integration of AI in Modern Forex Automation
Artificial intelligence is reshaping foreign‑exchange trading, with the global AI market projected to reach $2.48 trillion by 2034 and AI‑driven forex platforms expected to grow to $631.9 million by 2035. Modern AI forex automation software can ingest massive data streams and execute...
Anterior Integrates Clinical AI Into HealthEdge GuidingCare for Utilization Management
Anterior has embedded its clinician‑led AI reasoning engine into HealthEdge’s GuidingCare platform, which serves more than 70 health plans and 30 million members. The integration places AI directly inside utilization management workflows, eliminating the need for separate tools. Early production data...
Dstillery, Keynes, and The Trade Desk Partner to Advance Agentic Advertising
Dstillery unveiled its DS-1 agentic advertising platform, partnering with CTV technology firm Keynes and major DSP The Trade Desk. The platform connects directly to Keynes’ Slack workspace via the Model Context Protocol, compressing audience discovery and custom modeling from days...
Sign Customiser Tops $75M as Sign Shops Ditch Spreadsheet Quotes for Online Ordering with AI Quote Automation
Sign Customiser, an Adelaide‑based quoting platform, has processed more than $75 million in merchant sales across 100 countries over the past four years. The solution replaces spreadsheet‑based pricing with an embeddable AI‑driven customiser widget that lets customers design, price, and pay...
DeepKeep Launches AI Agent Attack Surface Scanner to Map Enterprise Risk
DeepKeep Ltd. unveiled its AI Agent Scanner, a tool that maps the attack surface of generative AI agents within enterprise workflows. The solution provides instant visibility into agents' tool and data access, visual risk maps, and identifies potential vulnerabilities. It...
Alkira Launches Partner Program to Boost Services Revenue and AI Infrastructure Wins
Alkira announced its Connect Partner Program, a partner‑first platform designed to help global systems integrators, managed service providers, cloud service providers and AI‑focused firms deliver complex networking and AI infrastructure solutions faster and more profitably. The program introduces Connect Services...
Krisp Launches Listener-Side, Real-Time Accent Conversion
Krisp Technologies introduced a listener‑side, real‑time accent conversion feature that adapts incoming speech for individual listeners without changing the speaker’s voice. The system runs locally on the user’s device, delivering sub‑200 ms latency and preserving privacy by storing no raw audio....
'The Attack Requires No Exploit, No User Clicks, and No Explicit Request Forsensitive Actions': Experts Say Perplexity's AI Comet Browser...
Security researchers at Zenity have disclosed a zero‑click prompt‑injection vulnerability, dubbed “PleaseFix,” in Perplexity AI’s Comet browser. The flaw lets attackers embed malicious prompts in seemingly benign calendar invites, causing the AI to read local files and exfiltrate passwords without...
RecordPoint Expands AI Governance Capabilities with New MCP Server Integration
RecordPoint has launched its Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server, a standardized gateway that lets any AI agent securely access governed enterprise data. The server provides permissioned, auditable access to sources such as SharePoint, Google Drive, and file shares without custom...
Coforge Advances Data Cosmos, a Next-Gen AI-Enabled, Cloud-Native Data and Analytics Platform Designed to Accelerate Enterprise Transformation
Coforge has launched Data Cosmos, an AI‑enabled, cloud‑native data engineering and analytics platform designed to unify fragmented enterprise data. The solution is organized into five portfolios—Supernova, Nebula, Hypernova, Pulsar, and Quasar—that address modernization, governance, DataOps, and GenAI adoption across the...
Teramind Launches the First AI Governance Platform for the Agentic Enterprise
Teramind unveiled AI Governance, the first platform that extends enterprise‑grade oversight to every AI tool and autonomous agent used by employees, from ChatGPT to shadow AI. Internal research shows over 80% of workers use unsanctioned AI, with 49% hiding this...
Cendyn Unveils New Meta Hotel Ads to Drive Bookings Across Digital Platforms, Impacting Hotels in North America and Europe
Cendyn has added Meta Hotel Ads to its Digital Marketing Platform, enabling hotels to run AI‑driven, real‑time ads on Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and Audience Network. The ads display live pricing and availability, targeting high‑intent travelers based on behavior. Integrated with...
Brick Marketing Develops System for Balancing SEO, AI Search, and Content Marketing
Brick Marketing unveiled a structured system that unites traditional SEO, Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) for AI‑driven search, content marketing, and coordinated social media promotion. The framework aims to keep brands visible in classic search while also positioning them within AI‑generated...
ZohoDay 2026 - How Newcross Healthcare Builds AI Apps on a Governed Platform - While Keeping AI Hype at Bay
At ZohoDay 2026, Newcross Healthcare showcased how it built a mission‑critical care‑management application on Zoho’s governed platform, unifying CRM, finance, workforce and analytics. By leveraging Zoho Creator, the team delivered a fully integrated solution in six months, cutting licensing costs...
HAOXI HEALTH TECHNOLOGY and Eaglepoint AI Forge Strategic Partnership to Enter AI-Powered Health Management Track
HAOXI Health Technology and Eaglepoint AI have signed a three‑year strategic cooperation agreement to launch an AI‑powered health management platform in China. The partnership will combine HAOXI's extensive marketing network and user reach with Eaglepoint's Aquila data engine and multimodal...
MVTec Presents New MERLIC Version: New Features for Easier Integration and Use of Machine Vision
MVTec Software released MERLIC 26.03 on March 26 2026, adding unlimited camera connectivity, a Frontend Observability feature, and a new Beckhoff TwinCAT ADS plug‑in. The version adopts a YY.MM naming scheme and offers two licensing packages—MERLIC and MERLIC Professional—with optional deep‑learning and custom‑tool...
Automation Anywhere and EvolutIA Deliver Next-Generation AI Agents that Reason and Decide for Enterprises
Automation Anywhere announced a strategic partnership with AI‑automation consultancy EvolutIA, leveraging its Agentic Process Automation (APA) platform and Process Reasoning Engine to create autonomous agents that can understand context, make decisions, and act without continuous human input. EvolutIA will use...
Three AI Moves Retailers Should Prioritise Ahead of Mother’s Day
Retailers eye Mother’s Day as a catalyst for AI adoption, focusing on demand forecasting, pricing optimization, and autonomous AI agents. AI models can ingest real‑time sales, inventory and regional data to accurately predict stock needs across stores and online channels....
Dstillery Has A New Agentic AI Interface For Refining Audiences Faster
Dstillery unveiled DS-1, an agentic AI interface that lets advertisers create and refine custom audience segments in minutes instead of days. Built on the Model Context Protocol, DS-1 integrates with Slack, Microsoft Teams, browsers and pushes audiences directly to The...
Dstillery Has A New Agentic AI Interface For Refining Audiences Faster
Dstillery unveiled DS‑1, an agentic AI interface that lets advertisers build and refine custom audience segments in minutes instead of days, integrating directly with Slack, Teams, browsers and pushing audiences to The Trade Desk. The tool, built on the Model...
How “Deep Industry Research Agents” Can Change Your Organization
Corporate AI investments often chase new products, but immediate gains lie in service‑productivity. Deep Industry Research Agents (DIRAs) are domain‑specific, end‑to‑end AI analysts that diagnose and resolve exception cases, as demonstrated with asset manager PIMCO. Over eight months the agents...
Peer Influence Can Make or Break Your AI Rollout
Microsoft researchers surveyed 557 U.S. information workers on AI usage. They found that peer influence is the strongest driver of heavy generative AI adoption, increasing the likelihood of daily use by 8.9 percentage points, surpassing formal training and leader messaging....
Let’s Get Practical About AI – AI@Media International, March 24th
Publishing Perspectives and Digital Publishing Report are hosting a virtual half‑day conference, AI@media International, on March 24, 2026, to showcase practical AI applications in publishing. A recent BISG survey revealed that under half of North American publishers use AI, primarily...
Magellan AI Integrates Nielsen DMA® Data to Bring Local Market Measurement to Podcast Attribution
Magellan AI has licensed Nielsen’s proprietary DMA® data, adding local‑market measurement to its podcast attribution platform. The integration maps podcast performance onto Nielsen’s 210 standardized U.S. media markets, enabling advertisers to evaluate impact at the geographic level. This capability aligns...
AI for 3D Digital Twins in Cultural Heritage: Stakeholder Forum
On 23 March 2026 the EU‑backed 3D‑4CH Competence Centre will host an online Stakeholder Forum on AI for 3D digital twins in cultural heritage. The event, part of the European Commission’s Apply AI Strategy, will showcase projects that accelerate 3D capture, enrich models...
With Teens Comfortable Confiding in AI, Should Schools Embrace It for Mental Health Care?
Middle schools are turning to AI‑enabled therapy platforms like Alongside to fill mental‑health staffing gaps, with counselors receiving automated alerts when students type concerning language. In Putnam County, Florida, a severe alert led a counselor to intervene and prevent a...
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Balancing the Role of Physicians and AI [Video]
At the ViVE conference, Smarter Technologies’ chief medical officer Ruben Amarasingham highlighted the firm’s AI strategy aimed at improving data accuracy while easing physicians’ documentation load. He cited positive customer feedback that the platform reduces administrative burden and delivers clear...
McMillan–Legora Leaders on Bringing Generative AI Into Daily Legal Practice
McMillan LLP has partnered with Legora to embed the firm’s generative‑AI platform across its Canadian practice. The rollout targets core legal work such as litigation, transactional drafting and contract analysis, with built‑in security and data‑privacy safeguards. Firm leaders discussed how...
AI Doubled Auto Industry Cyberattacks: Upstream
Upstream’s 2026 Global Automotive and Smart Mobility Cybersecurity Report shows that cyberattacks on the auto sector more than doubled in 2025, driven by AI‑enabled vehicle architectures and expanding API exposure. Ransomware accounted for 44% of incidents, the fastest‑growing threat, while...
Kroger Taps Inventory Drones for Cold Chain Distribution Operations
Kroger has begun using Corvus Robotics’ Corvus One drones to automate inventory scanning in its ambient and sub‑freezing distribution centers. The drones autonomously locate and scan pallets, delivering weekly, facility‑wide visibility without requiring Wi‑Fi, markers, or warehouse modifications. Capable of...
Google, Meta, Amazon: The Companies Making AI Use a Job Requirement
Major tech firms such as Google, Meta and Amazon are moving beyond encouraging AI experimentation to making it a formal job requirement. They now track employee AI tool adoption, embed usage metrics into performance reviews, and in some cases reject...
Bybit Claims New Fraud System Stopped $300M of Risky Withdrawals in Q4 2025
Bybit rolled out an AI‑assisted risk monitoring system that flagged about $500 million in withdrawal requests during Q4 2025, ultimately blocking $300 million in suspected scam‑related withdrawals. The platform protected more than 4,000 users with real‑time alerts and identified 350 high‑risk fraud addresses,...
India Adopting Pragmatic Approach to Regulate AI: IAIRO
India is charting a pragmatic AI regulatory path that steers between the United States' loosely‑controlled environment and the European Union's stringent compliance regime. IAIRO founder Amit Sheth says the framework will nurture innovation while protecting users, focusing on high‑value, sector‑specific AI...
AI Expertise Transfer Platform Aims to Solve the Shipping Talent Crisis
Dolgo has launched an AI‑enabled expertise transfer platform to help maritime firms retain critical know‑how as an aging workforce retires. The system captures formal SOPs and informal troubleshooting dialogues, then delivers just‑in‑time guidance while rewarding the original knowledge contributors. Early...
Nvidia-Backed Cassava Wants to Fix Africa’s Network Downtime with AI
Cassava Technologies, backed by Nvidia, has launched the Cassava Autonomous Network, an AI‑driven system that monitors and optimises Radio Access Networks across Africa. The platform replaces manual RAN adjustments with autonomous optimisation, claiming up to 75% efficiency gains and reducing...
Architecting for AI-Driven Growth
New York Life Group Benefit Solutions (GBS) frames AI as a strategic lever rather than a quick fix, emphasizing that sustainable growth stems from modernizing data, applications, and infrastructure first. A decade‑long investment in these foundations now enables the insurer...
Interview: Wolf & Badger CEO George Graham on Getting ‘Hands-On’ with AI
Wolf & Badger CEO George Graham is getting hands‑on with artificial intelligence, co‑creating internal AI agents and overseeing AI‑driven discovery and personalization projects. The London‑based marketplace reported $500 m cumulative sales, $100 m annual revenue in 2024, and £3.2 m of incremental sales...
SoftBank’s $30 Billion OpenAI Bet Spurs S&P Credit Outlook Cut
SoftBank Group announced an additional $30 billion investment in OpenAI, raising its stake to about 13 percent. S&P Global responded by moving SoftBank’s credit outlook from stable to negative, though the BB+ long‑term rating remains unchanged. The agency warned that the larger...