
Krisp AI Note Taker expands its meeting suite by adding real-time accent conversion alongside its established noise cancellation. The voice‑AI platform now offers AI‑generated transcripts, summaries and action items while normalizing diverse accents, improving clarity for participants. To date, the service has transcribed more than 130 million calls and integrates with major conferencing, CRM and project‑management tools. Krisp’s enhancements aim to reduce post‑meeting review time and boost note reliability for enterprises.

Intellinetics, a NYSE American‑listed digital transformation solutions provider, announced Alison Forsythe as its new President and Chief Executive Officer effective February 17, 2026. Forsythe brings over 20 years of SaaS and enterprise software leadership, most recently as CEO of AI‑powered...

Clutch and Conductor’s 2026 State of Content Report shows content marketers are boosting investment as SEO expands into AI search. Eighty‑seven percent plan to increase budgets next year, and one‑quarter now write primarily for large language models. The survey of...

ScribeRyte AI introduced ClickNote, a free Chrome extension that automatically inserts AI‑generated SOAP notes into any browser‑based EMR. The tool leverages ambient speech technology, multilingual support, and HIPAA‑secure protocols to streamline documentation. ScribeRyte claims providers can reclaim up to ten...

Kipu Health announced Elevate 2026, a three‑day customer conference in Carlsbad, California, showcasing its AI‑native Kipu Helix Intelligent Operating System for behavioral health. The event gathers executives, operators and administrators to explore AI‑driven strategies, hands‑on programming and peer insights. Kipu...

Peptris, a Bengaluru‑based AI drug‑discovery startup, closed a Rs 70 crore ($7.7 million) Series A round co‑led by IAN Alpha Fund and Speciale Invest. The capital will accelerate its pipeline, moving novel chemical entities and repurposing programs toward clinical readiness within 24 months. Peptris’ platform...

TopQuadrant unveiled TQ Data Foundation, an enterprise context platform designed to close the AI "context gap" that keeps many large firms in pilot mode. The solution layers knowledge‑graph technology over existing data assets, delivering unified models, reference terms, metadata, and...

AWS introduced Agent Plugins, a framework that equips AI coding assistants with native AWS capabilities. The initial "deploy‑to‑AWS" plugin lets developers issue natural‑language prompts to generate architecture recommendations, cost estimates, and infrastructure‑as‑code templates. It currently integrates with Claude Code and...
Professor Mpho Primus, speaking at the ITWeb Data Insights Summit 2026, warned that Africa faces a choice between passively consuming foreign AI or shaping its own digital destiny through an Ubuntu‑centred governance model. She highlighted that the continent’s real data...
AI‑assisted coding is set to dominate enterprise development, with Gartner projecting 90% of engineers using AI assistants by 2028. As AI automates line‑level vulnerability detection, security teams face a surge in code volume and reduced review windows. This forces a...

Bolt Data unveiled Bolt Data Connect, a solution built on the ServiceNow AI Platform that streams live IoT data from industrial equipment into enterprise workflows. The offering automates field service actions, predicts maintenance needs, and provides real‑time visibility across asset...

SAP’s Customer Experience unit is pushing industry‑specific AI, tying CX tightly to ERP and supply‑chain data to deliver truly intelligent retail interactions. At NRF 2026 the company announced embedded AI for planning, fulfillment and commerce, and a partnership with N4XT for...

Fabless semiconductor startup Vervesemi announced a $10 million Series A round co‑led by Ashish Kacholia and Unicorn India Ventures, with participation from Roots Ventures, Caperize Fina, and MAIQ Growth Scheme. The funding will accelerate commercialization of its machine‑learning‑enhanced analog signal‑chain ICs, expand...
i-Genie.ai has been accepted into Microsoft’s invite‑only Pegasus Program, unlocking Azure AI credits, dedicated success managers, and marketplace listing. The partnership grants co‑selling rights, early access to Microsoft product updates, and high‑visibility promotion at events like NRF and MWC. Leveraging...

PlanAI, a large‑language‑model tool created by the UK Ministry of Housing’s Digital Planning team, has moved from a Cambridge pilot to stress‑testing in five additional planning authorities. The system slashes consultation summarisation from 18.5 hours to 16 minutes by automatically categorising feedback...

Arthur Hayes warns that Bitcoin’s recent decoupling from tech‑heavy Nasdaq signals an AI‑driven credit crunch that could force central banks to resume large‑scale money printing. He estimates a 20% cut in U.S. knowledge‑worker jobs could wipe out $557 billion of consumer‑credit...

Reddit’s community‑driven format can quickly amplify brand criticism, forcing fashion houses to confront negative narratives in real time. The article outlines a step‑by‑step playbook: set up listening tools, engage authentically, avoid corporate jargon, and leverage AMAs or moderated threads to...
Global Shop Solutions launched two AI‑driven modules—AI Accounts Payable Automation and AI Sales Order Entry—integrated into its ERP platform. The AP tool scans invoices, extracts key data and matches them to purchase orders, eliminating manual entry and reducing errors. The...
A recent Axiom survey shows that 96% of in‑house legal departments have tried AI, yet only 31% have moved past pilot projects to enterprise‑wide deployments. Two‑thirds remain in the testing phase, citing an overwhelming number of vendors, lengthy contracts, and...

Amsterdam‑based Orq.ai has launched its AI Router as a standalone product, turning the previously hidden routing layer into a strategic control point for enterprise AI. The move addresses growing complexity as firms run multiple large language models to balance cost,...
Infosys unveiled its AI‑first value framework, Topaz, aimed at capturing a $300‑$400 billion services opportunity by 2030. The platform is already embedded in 90 % of its top 200 clients, contributing 5.5 % of revenue, and supports new partnerships such as Infosys‑Cognition and...
The Tata Group launched the AI Sakhi Immersion Programme at the India AI Impact Summit 2026, training 1,553 women artisans and entrepreneurs from six states. Participants were divided into artisanal, basic digital, and advanced digital cohorts and received one‑on‑one mentorship...
Netweb Technologies India announced its ‘Make in India’ AI supercomputing portfolio, featuring the desktop‑sized Tyrone Camarero Spark and the larger GB200 system built on NVIDIA’s Blackwell‑Grace architecture. The Spark delivers 1 petaflop of AI performance with 128 GB unified memory, while the...
The India AI Impact Summit 2026 convened leaders from tech, finance, and creative sectors to showcase India’s push toward AI‑first commerce and culture. Cashfree, Mastercard and Swiggy announced AI‑native payment solutions that embed transactions directly into conversational interfaces. Thales highlighted...

Branch, a Columbus‑based insurer, has expanded its partnership with AI pricing firm Akur8 by adopting the company’s Discover tool. Discover converts unstructured U.S. regulatory documents into searchable data, giving Branch real‑time insight into pricing trends and compliance requirements. The new...

SlowMist has uncovered a wave of supply‑chain attacks targeting ClawHub, the official plugin repository for the OpenClaw AI agent framework. Over 340 malicious plugins were identified among roughly 3,000 listings, many embedding Base64‑encoded commands in the SKILL.md documentation that download...

DigitalOcean’s February 2026 Currents report shows that more than half of organisations deploying AI agents have observed productivity and time savings, with 53% reporting gains. Around a third (32%) say agents reduce the need for additional hires, while 44% note...
White House CTO Ethan Klein outlined a federal AI agenda that links government, industry, academia, and philanthropy around three pillars: U.S. leadership in emerging tech, revitalizing the science enterprise, and broad societal benefit. The plan calls for a national AI...
Tesla’s autonomous robotaxi fleet in Austin logged five additional crashes this month, pushing the crash rate to more than four times that of human drivers. In China, the company’s sales plunged over 45% amid negative media coverage. A viral video...
Fortanix, NTT DATA and NVIDIA have launched a joint service that lets Indian enterprises run AI Factories within hardware‑based secure enclaves. The offering combines Fortanix’s Confidential Computing platform, NVIDIA’s secure GPUs and NTT DATA’s full‑lifecycle managed services to protect data and models...

HR leaders are accelerating AI adoption, with 38% targeting administrative tasks and 35% focusing on employee self‑service, according to Conduent’s latest study. While AI promises efficiency, 86% of employees still view HR relationships as personal and crucial to loyalty. The...

Honda and DriveOhio completed a two‑year pilot of a Proactive Roadway Maintenance System in Ohio, using test vehicles equipped with vision and LiDAR sensors to scan roughly 5,000 km of roads. The system achieved 99% accuracy detecting damaged or obstructed signs,...
NTT Data and the University of Melbourne have signed a memorandum of understanding to create an innovation ecosystem that blends the university’s research strengths with NTT Data’s global technical expertise. The partnership will focus on three pillars: cultivating digital talent,...
INOVAIT announced the 2025/26 award winners at its Ottawa meeting, honoring Altis Labs with the Maple Leaf Award for AI imaging collaborations, Nova Scotia Health with the Aurora Borealis Award for industry‑academic synergy, and Profound Medical with the Mount Logan...
JFB Construction Holdings will merge with defense‑software firm XTEND in an all‑stock deal, creating a Nasdaq‑listed AI‑driven autonomous defense robotics company named XTEND AI Robotics. XTEND shareholders will own roughly 70% of the new entity while JFB shareholders retain about...
Moody's Corp reported a record $7.7 billion total revenue for 2025, up 9% year‑over‑year, with equal growth in its Ratings and Analytics segments. Adjusted operating margin expanded to 51.1%, a 300‑basis‑point increase, while adjusted diluted EPS rose 20% to $14.94, marking...
Red Hat has rebranded its Insights service as Red Hat Lightspeed, keeping core advisor, vulnerability and compliance capabilities while emphasizing AI‑driven speed. New Image Builder integrations now auto‑register RHEL images to Red Hat Satellite and Ansible Automation Platform, and allow compliance profiles...
Red Hat and SoftBank have integrated the open‑source llm‑d framework into SoftBank’s AI‑RAN orchestrator, AITRAS, to dynamically distribute large language model inference across edge radio access network hardware. llm‑d extends vLLM’s single‑GPU performance to multi‑node Kubernetes clusters, enabling hardware‑aware routing...

CoStar Group launched Homes AI, a conversational search tool on Homes.com that uses Microsoft Azure AI to let users find listings via voice or text, integrating 3‑D tours, school data and market insights. SkySlope introduced Ayce, an iOS app that...
Samsung unveiled a teaser for a new AI‑driven image editor that will debut on its forthcoming Galaxy S26 lineup, consolidating photo capture and editing into a single app. The tool leverages Google Gemini, regarded as a leading generative‑AI photo engine,...

Hong Kong released its Cybersecurity Outlook 2026, revealing that nearly 30% of local firms lack dedicated security staff and only 26% of SMEs have such roles compared with 59% of large enterprises. To address the talent gap, the government, HKPC...
Australian firms are pouring money into AI, yet many projects stall in pilot mode, not because of the technology but due to weak experience design, unclear ownership, and poor integration into customer journeys. Cognizant’s AI‑native agency, Cognizant Moment, was launched...
Cadence Design Systems reported a fourth‑quarter revenue of $1.44 billion, up 6.2% year‑over‑year, and adjusted earnings of $1.99 per share, both beating analyst forecasts. Strong demand for AI‑linked processors drove higher sales of its chip‑design software, while a record $7.8 billion contract...

Meta announced a multi‑year commitment to purchase millions of Nvidia chips, including Grace CPUs, Blackwell GPUs and future Vera Rubin systems, for its expanding U.S. data‑center portfolio. The deal makes Meta the first major tech company to buy Nvidia’s standalone...
Konkrd, a digital broker founded by former iSelect executives, completed Australia’s first fully autonomous health‑insurance sale using its agentic AI platform. The end‑to‑end process guided a real customer through a needs analysis, policy recommendation, and final purchase without manual intervention,...

The International Federation of Robotics (IFR) published a position paper outlining how artificial intelligence is reshaping robotics, from enhanced vision and navigation to generative code creation. It highlights rapid advances in physical AI, deep‑learning perception, reinforcement learning, and natural‑language interfaces...
Researchers at IIT Gandhinagar have merged scanning electron microscopy (SEM) with artificial intelligence to automate pollen grain identification. Using a dataset of 28 medicinal plant species, they built a computer‑vision pipeline that segments pollen via YOLOv11n and classifies it with...
CompTIA unveiled SecAI+, its first Expansion Series certification, aimed at securing AI systems and leveraging AI tools within cybersecurity operations. The credential builds on foundational certifications such as Security+, CySA+ and PenTest+, requiring three to four years of IT experience...

A log‑poisoning flaw was discovered in OpenClaw’s gateway server, affecting versions up to 2026.2.12. The vulnerability arises from unsanitized WebSocket headers—such as Origin and User‑Agent—being written directly to structured logs when a handshake is aborted. An unauthenticated attacker could inject...

An AI factory is an operational model that industrializes artificial‑intelligence development by linking high‑performance compute, data pipelines, orchestration, governance and deployment into a continuous production system. The concept, popularized by NVIDIA, moves AI from isolated experiments to repeatable, scalable outputs....