News•Jan 28, 2026
Mastercard Showcases Agentic Payments in Australia with CBA and Westpac Onboard
Mastercard has rolled out its Agent Pay technology in Australia, following a US launch last year. The first Australian transactions used a Commonwealth Bank debit card to buy cinema tickets and a Westpac credit card to book Thredbo accommodation, both completed via an AI‑driven agent. Each payment was fully authorized with cardholder consent, and all parties in the payment chain could see the agent’s involvement. The transactions were powered by Maincode’s sovereign large‑language model, Matilda, underscoring a new trust‑focused payment paradigm.
By Finextra
News•Jan 28, 2026
Emojis in PureRAT’s Code Point to AI-Generated Malware Campaign
Researchers at Symantec and Carbon Black have uncovered a PureRAT trojan campaign that is being authored with artificial‑intelligence tools. The malware is distributed through phishing emails masquerading as job offers and contains code comments and emojis typical of AI‑generated scripts....
By Infosecurity Magazine
News•Jan 28, 2026
Visible2 Launches as Independent AI Visibility Consultancy Focused on AI-Driven Search and Discovery
Visible2 has launched as an independent AI visibility consultancy helping businesses understand how artificial‑intelligence systems interpret, trust, and recommend websites in AI‑driven search. The firm moves beyond traditional SEO, focusing on structural and semantic signals that influence AI recommendation engines....
By AiThority
News•Jan 28, 2026
From Triage to Threat Hunts: How AI Accelerates SecOps
AI‑driven SOC agents are moving from hype to practical augmentation, handling every alert with human‑level accuracy. By automatically correlating telemetry from EDR, identity, cloud and network sources, they eliminate the triage bottleneck and achieve near‑zero dwell time. The continuous investigation...
By The Hacker News
News•Jan 28, 2026
Pace Raises $10m to Automate Insurance Operations
Agentic AI startup Pace announced a $10 million Series A round led by Sequoia Capital to accelerate automation of insurance operations. The funding will be used to replace traditional business process outsourcing with AI systems that handle submissions, claims processing and other...
By Fintech Global
News•Jan 28, 2026
Government Offers UK Adults Free AI Training for Work
The UK government has launched a suite of free and subsidised AI training courses aimed at upskilling the adult workforce. Designed with input from Amazon, Google and Microsoft, the programme offers 14 modules that culminate in a virtual badge. The...
By BBC – Technology (sitewide)
News•Jan 28, 2026
AI Security Threats Loom as Enterprise Usage Jumps 91%
Zscaler’s ThreatLabz 2026 AI Security Report reveals a 91% surge in enterprise AI usage, encompassing 989.3 billion transactions across more than 3,400 applications in 2025. Despite this rapid adoption, every AI system examined harbored critical vulnerabilities, with 90% compromised within 90...
By Infosecurity Magazine
News•Jan 28, 2026
Robbyant Open-Sources LingBot-VLA as a “Universal Brain” For Robots
Ant Group’s embodied‑AI unit Robbyant has open‑sourced LingBot‑VLA, a vision‑language‑action model designed as a universal brain for robots. The model, trained on over 20,000 hours of real‑world interaction data, can be adapted to diverse platforms—including Galaxea Dynamics and AgileX robots—with...
By The AI Insider
News•Jan 28, 2026
Mplify Advances Carrier Ethernet Certifications to Meet Accelerating Demands of Business and AI-Era Networking
Mplify has launched an enhanced Carrier Ethernet certification suite, rebranding the existing MEF 3.0 program as Carrier Ethernet for Business and introducing a new Carrier Ethernet for AI certification slated for Q2 2026. The AI‑focused certification aims to validate transport performance for...
By AiThority
News•Jan 28, 2026
AMIQ EDA Gives AI Agents Access to Essential Design and Verification Data
AMIQ EDA launched the Design and Verification Tools (DVT) MCP Server, a new product that exposes a compiled database of semiconductor design and verification data to AI agents. The server connects AI assistants to project‑specific context, supporting Verilog, SystemVerilog, VHDL...
By MarTech Series
News•Jan 28, 2026
B-Next and Behavox Join Forces to Advance Capital Markets Compliance
b-next, a capital‑markets surveillance specialist, has partnered with AI‑focused Behavox to embed advanced analytics into its compliance suite. The deal grants b-next a license to Behavox’s artificial‑intelligence engine, enhancing trade surveillance, best‑execution monitoring, conflicts‑of‑interest controls, and personal‑account dealing solutions. Behavox...
By Fintech Global
News•Jan 28, 2026
Endee.io Open Sources Its High-Performance Vector Database for Scalable AI
Endee.io has launched Endee, an open‑source high‑performance vector database aimed at AI‑driven semantic search, retrieval‑augmented generation, and recommendation workloads. The platform promises high recall, sub‑millisecond latency, and markedly lower infrastructure costs by optimizing memory and compute usage. Endee is positioned...
By MarTech Series
News•Jan 28, 2026
MIND Launches DLP for Agentic AI to Secure Data Used by Autonomous Systems
Data security firm MIND Security launched DLP for Agentic AI, a data‑centric solution that safeguards sensitive information used by autonomous AI agents across enterprise applications. The service provides visibility into active AI agents, real‑time risk detection, and automated remediation, shifting...
By SiliconANGLE
News•Jan 28, 2026
Waabi Raises $1B and Expands Into Robotaxis with Uber
Waabi announced a $1 billion financing round, including a $750 million Series C led by Khosla Ventures and G2 Venture Partners and $250 million milestone‑based capital from Uber. The funding fuels a partnership that will place more than 25,000 Waabi‑powered robotaxis on Uber’s ride‑hailing...
By TechCrunch AI
News•Jan 28, 2026
MedeAnalytics Appoints David Figueredo as Chief Innovation Officer
MedeAnalytics announced the appointment of David Figueredo as Chief Innovation Officer, bringing over two decades of healthcare technology and AI expertise. Figueredo previously led innovation at Experian and held senior roles at WaveHDC and Change Healthcare, where he drove AI‑powered...
By AI-TechPark
News•Jan 28, 2026
Google Deepmind Gives Gemini 3 Flash the Ability to Actively Explore Images Through Code
Google DeepMind has introduced “Agentic Vision” to its Gemini 3 Flash model, enabling the system to actively explore images by generating and executing Python code. The model follows a think‑act‑observe loop—analyzing a request, planning actions, running code to zoom, crop or annotate,...
By THE DECODER
News•Jan 28, 2026
Google Exploring Ways To Allow Sites To Opt Out Of AI Overviews & AI Mode
Google announced it is exploring new controls that would let website owners opt out of having their content used in Search’s generative AI features, such as AI Overviews and AI Mode. The move follows the UK Competition and Markets Authority’s...
By Search Engine Roundtable
News•Jan 28, 2026
Copyrighted Art, Mobile Phones, Greenland: Welcome to Our Age of Shameless Theft | Jonathan Liew
Jonathan Liew argues that today’s digital ecosystem normalises petty theft, from copied articles to AI models trained on scraped copyrighted material. He links this cultural shift to broader power imbalances, noting how platforms and political actors profit while creators receive...
By The Guardian AI
News•Jan 28, 2026
N8n Adds Chat Hub to Centralize AI Access Inside Automation Workflows
n8n launched Chat Hub, a built‑in chat interface that lets users query large language models and trigger workflow agents without exposing workflow logic or credentials. The feature introduces a dedicated Chat role, centralizes model and credential management, and supports both...
By Help Net Security
News•Jan 28, 2026
12 Alternative Search Engines to Try (Instead of Google)
The article lists twelve search‑engine alternatives to Google, emphasizing how each can serve different user needs. It highlights Bing as a standout option, noting its AI‑powered Copilot chat, integrated result sources, and a rewards program that grants points for queries....
By Semrush Blog
News•Jan 28, 2026
ERM Taps Auquan to Adopt Agentic AI to Assess ESG Risks
ERM, the world’s largest sustainability consultancy, announced a partnership with Auquan to integrate its agentic AI platform into ESG risk assessments for financial institutions. The collaboration will deploy autonomous AI agents that scan global news, regulatory filings, and stakeholder reports...
By Finextra
News•Jan 28, 2026
Hype vs Responsibility in Building Fintech Products with AI
I work in fintech product, and I’ve been working on AI implementation for a while. One thing keeps
By Finextra
News•Jan 28, 2026
Why Yann LeCun Left Meta, and What It Means for AI’s Next Frontier
Yann LeCun, a Turing‑Award‑winning AI pioneer, announced his departure from Meta after more than a decade leading FAIR, the company’s flagship research lab. His exit underscores a deep philosophical split at Meta between scaling massive language models and pursuing AI that...
By Fast Company AI
News•Jan 28, 2026
Google Pitches Gemini to Students Studying for India’s Most Competitive College Entrance Exam
Google has integrated full‑length Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) practice tests into its Gemini AI chatbot, partnering with Indian education firms PhysicsWallah and Careers360 for vetted content. The new feature delivers instant feedback, explains answers, and generates customized study plans after...
By TechCrunch AI
News•Jan 28, 2026
Inside Standard Chartered’s Approach to Running AI Under Privacy Rules
Standard Chartered has placed data‑privacy teams at the forefront of its AI strategy, making privacy requirements the starting point for model design, approval, and monitoring. The bank must navigate divergent data‑sovereignty laws, often deploying AI locally or using anonymised data...
By Artificial Intelligence News
News•Jan 28, 2026
How K-12 Schools Are Left on Their Own to Develop AI Policies
K‑12 schools are navigating generative AI without clear state mandates, leaving policy development to individual districts. A 2025 survey of the National Association of State Boards of Education shows most states only offer guidance, while ethical worries—student safety, data privacy,...
By Fast Company AI
News•Jan 28, 2026
Cloudbrink Adds AI Innovations to Its Platform to Protect Agents, Apps, and Data
Cloudbrink announced new AI‑focused security features that extend its secure connectivity platform to protect AI agents, browser‑based AI services, and custom large language models. The enhancements include a Safe AI BrinkAgent that detects data leaks, a continuously updated definitions database...
By Help Net Security
News•Jan 28, 2026
Bell Integration Expands AI Center of Excellence to Strengthen Enterprise AI Skills Development Across the UK
Bell Integration has expanded its AI Center of Excellence across the UK, adding a comprehensive Starburst Data & Analytics training suite to its portfolio. The new programs deliver hybrid, role‑specific AI and data engineering courses to enterprises in London, regional...
By MarTech Series
News•Jan 28, 2026
Boards Double Down on Scenario Planning, but 90% Lack AI Tools to Keep Pace
A new Diligent‑Corporate Board Member survey finds that 84% of public‑company directors have overhauled their scenario‑planning processes, yet only 10% employ AI tools to handle the resulting data complexity. While 66% report some AI use in the boardroom, merely 3%...
By AI-TechPark
News•Jan 28, 2026
New Report Finds Communication Teams Unprepared for AI, Despite High Urgency and Organizational Pressure
A Breuklander Communications study reveals communication teams view AI as urgent (7.4/10) and valuable (8.1/10) but lack confidence, scoring only 4.2/10 in self‑assessment. Internal confidence gaps of four to nine points within the same team are identified as the greatest...
By MarTech Series
News•Jan 28, 2026
Terillium Launches Oracle AI Strategy Workshop to Help Organizations Turn AI Vision Into Business Value
Terillium has introduced an Oracle AI Strategy Workshop designed to help enterprises uncover, prioritize, and operationalize artificial‑intelligence use cases within Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications. The hands‑on engagement delivers a detailed AI Assessment Readout, outlining business value propositions, efficiency gains, cost‑reduction...
By MarTech Series
News•Jan 28, 2026
AI that Talks to Itself Learns Faster and Smarter
Researchers at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology demonstrated that AI systems equipped with an internal "self‑talk" module and enhanced working memory learn faster and generalize better across tasks. By training models to engage in quiet internal speech while...
By Science Daily AI
News•Jan 28, 2026
IXAfrica Data Centres Collaborates with Oracle to Deliver Kenya’s First Public Cloud Region
iXAfrica Data Centre Limited has partnered with Oracle to host the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) public cloud region in Nairobi, marking Kenya’s first locally‑hosted public cloud. The collaboration, announced by President William Ruto, leverages iXAfrica’s hyperscale, carrier‑neutral, AI‑ready facility to...
By AiThority
News•Jan 28, 2026
UserTesting Unveils UserTesting for Figma, Embedding AI-Powered Customer Insights Directly Into Design Workflows
UserTesting announced a new Figma plugin that lets designers generate AI‑driven test plans and launch live user tests directly from their prototypes. The tool creates complete scripts—including tasks, instructions, and follow‑up questions—in under a minute and streams success metrics, behavioral...
By MarTech Series
News•Jan 28, 2026
PubMatic Expands Commercial Leadership Team to Accelerate Buy-Side and Publisher Growth
PubMatic announced a major expansion of its commercial leadership, appointing Joseph Dressler as SVP of Advertiser Solutions (Brands) and Bill McLaughlin as SVP of Advertiser Solutions (Agencies). The new team will accelerate adoption of PubMatic’s AI‑driven AgenticOS and Agentic Accelerator...
By MarTech Series
News•Jan 28, 2026
AiThority Interview With Claire Southey, Chief AI Officer at Rokt
Claire Southey, Rokt’s Chief AI Officer, outlines how the company embeds AI across product development, decision‑making, and culture. She describes Rokt’s AI‑driven recommendation engine, the $300 million acquisition of mParticle, and advanced modelling techniques like multi‑task learning. Southey predicts AI will...
By AiThority
News•Jan 28, 2026
Standard Bots Selects Cognibotics’ Calibration for Next-Generation AI Cobots
Standard Bots, an AI‑driven robotics firm, has chosen Cognibotics’ CogniCal calibration for its next‑generation cobot platform. The technology delivers world‑class accuracy, reducing geometric and payload‑induced deviations across robot units. By tightening precision, AI‑based task training becomes more efficient and transferable,...
By Robotics & Automation News
News•Jan 28, 2026
Qlik Joins Snowflake & Industry Leaders to Support Data and AI Interoperability Across the Ecosystem Through the Open Semantic Interchange
Qlik announced its participation in the Open Semantic Interchange (OSI), an open‑source effort led by Snowflake to create a vendor‑neutral specification for semantic metadata. OSI aims to harmonize data definitions across business intelligence, data engineering, and AI tools, reducing metric...
By MarTech Series
News•Jan 28, 2026
Calabrio’s “Voice of the Agent” Report Finds the Modern Contact Center Balancing Empathy and AI in a Time of Transition
Calabrio’s 2025 "Voice of the Agent" report, based on over 500 contact‑center professionals in Europe and North America, shows the industry is shifting toward a blend of human empathy and AI‑driven tools. Agents report higher pride and purpose, with 75%...
By MarTech Series
News•Jan 28, 2026
Pallma AI Closes $1.6M Pre-Seed Round for AI Agent Security
London‑based Pallma AI announced a $1.6 million pre‑seed round led by Marathon Venture Capital, with participation from tech leaders at AWS, Meta, and Google. The startup offers an AI‑native security platform that monitors, detects, and mitigates risks such as prompt injection...
By Tech.eu
News•Jan 28, 2026
Siemens Introduces Digital Twin Composer for Large-Scale Digital Twin Environments
Siemens announced Digital Twin Composer, a platform that creates large‑scale, photorealistic industrial metaverse environments by merging 2D/3D digital‑twin data with real‑time physical information via Nvidia Omniverse. The solution, part of the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio, lets manufacturers simulate products, processes and...
By Robotics & Automation News
News•Jan 28, 2026
SelfAudit Launches Partner Program to Speed CMMC Readiness
SelfAudit AI introduced a Partner Program aimed at MSPs, MSSPs, and compliance professionals to accelerate Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) readiness. The initiative offers a standardized, AI‑driven workflow that streamlines gap analysis, remediation, and audit‑ready documentation. By integrating partners into...
By AI-TechPark
News•Jan 28, 2026
Delegation Is a Risk Decision Every Leader Makes, Not an Ops Choice
Leaders increasingly delegate decision‑making authority to software, turning routine operational choices into enterprise‑level risk decisions. When systems automatically issue credits, payments, or pricing adjustments, the underlying authority often lacks explicit ownership, exposing organizations to financial, legal, and reputational fallout. Security...
By CSO Online
News•Jan 28, 2026
Opportify Gains Early Adoption for Email Insights to Stop Sign-Up Fraud
Opportify has launched its Email Insights solution, a risk‑based intelligence platform designed to stop fraudulent sign‑ups at the point of entry. Unlike traditional validators that rely on simple syntax or MX checks, Email Insights scores each address on domain stability,...
By AI-TechPark
News•Jan 28, 2026
Kairos: AI Interns for Everyone
AI startup Kairos launches an AI‑powered personal intern that can log into applications, navigate websites, and execute complex multi‑step tasks without human oversight. The platform includes a dedicated browser, native integrations with over 20 tools such as Gmail, Notion, and...
By Hacker News
News•Jan 28, 2026
Oversonic Robotics Launches Humanoid Robot RoBee in US Market
Italian robotics firm Oversonic Robotics introduced its latest cognitive humanoid, RoBee, to the United States this month, aiming to broaden its footprint in healthcare and advanced manufacturing. The launch coincided with a strategic North American partnership targeting medical and aerospace...
By Robotics & Automation News
News•Jan 28, 2026
Tencent Hunyuan Releases HPC-Ops: A High Performance LLM Inference Operator Library
Tencent Hunyuan has open‑sourced HPC‑Ops, a CUDA‑based operator library that accelerates large language model inference on NVIDIA GPUs. The library provides high‑performance kernels for Attention, Grouped GEMM and fused MoE, supporting bf16 and fp8 precisions via a compact C++/Python API....
By MarkTechPost
News•Jan 28, 2026
XGSynBot Unveils Dual-Arm Mobile Robot at CES Showcase in Las Vegas
XGSynBot showcased an AI‑powered dual‑arm mobile robot at a private CES event in Las Vegas. The platform merges force‑controlled manipulators, an omni‑directional chassis and a multi‑sensor vision system to serve industrial and commercial tasks. Marketed as a universal, cross‑scenario solution, it...
By Robotics & Automation News
News•Jan 28, 2026
Grammarly and QuillBot Are Among Widely Used Chrome Extensions Facing Serious Privacy Questions
Incogni’s 2026 privacy risk report examined 442 AI‑powered Chrome extensions and found that over half collect user data, often with deep‑level permissions. The study highlighted that scripting and activeTab permissions let extensions read and modify any web page, exposing emails,...
By Help Net Security
News•Jan 28, 2026
Audits for AI Systems that Keep Changing
ETSI released TS 104 008, a continuous‑auditing based conformity assessment (CABCA) specification for AI systems. It shifts assurance from periodic reviews to ongoing cycles that automatically collect evidence from logs, model parameters, and data samples. The framework operationalizes regulatory requirements into machine‑readable...
By Help Net Security