2025

The retail industry is among the leaders in generative AI adoption, but a new report highlights the security costs that accompany it.According to cybersecurity firm Netskope, the retail sector has all but universally adopted the technology, with 95% of organisations now using generative AI applications. That’s a huge jump from 73% just a year ago, showing just how fast retailers are scrambling to avoid...

OpenAI and Nvidia have signed a letter of intent for a $100B partnership that could reshape how AI systems are trained and deployed. The plan calls for at least 10 gigawatts of Nvidia hardware to support OpenAI’s next-generation AI infrastructure, which will train and run future models aimed at superintelligence.To support the rollout, Nvidia intends to invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI as the systems...

Author: Rodrigo Coutinho, Co-Founder and AI Product Manager at OutSystemsAI has moved beyond pilot projects and future promises. Today, it’s embedded in industries, with more than three-quarters of organisations (78%) now using AI in at least one business function. The next leap, however, is agentic AI: systems that don’t just provide insights or automate narrow tasks but operate as autonomous agents,...

As companies race to implement AI, many are finding that project success hinges directly on the quality of their data. This dependency is causing many ambitious initiatives to stall, never making it beyond the experimental proof-of-concept stage.So, what’s the secret to turning these experiments into real revenue generators? AI News caught up with Martin Frederik, regional leader for the Netherlands,...

While politicians tout AI’s promise of growth and efficiency, a new report reveals a public trust deficit in the technology. Many are deeply sceptical, creating a major headache for governments’ plans.A deep dive by the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (TBI) and Ipsos has put some hard numbers on this feeling of unease. It turns out that a lack of trust is the biggest single reason people are...

Agentic AI is, in the opinion of McKinsey, the way to ‘break out of the gen AI paradox.’  Nearly four in five companies are using generative AI, according to the consultancy giant’s research, but comparatively few are getting any bottom-line value from it.The answer to the question of value, therefore, may be in orchestration. As a CIO.com article from July postulates, some experts see the...

On 24–25 September 2025, the RAI in Amsterdam will host TechEx Europe, an event that brings together 8,000+ participants and 250+ speakers in five co-located events: AI & Big Data Expo, Cyber Security & Cloud Expo, IoT Tech Expo, Digital Transformation Week, and Data Centre Expo.The event offers opportunities to engage with peer executives and practitioners involved in AI operations and agentic...

US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that AI was “taking over the world,” and joked that he hoped tech executives understood it better than he did.The comment came as Trump and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer hosted a gathering of business and technology leaders in London during the president’s second state visit to Britain. Among those present was Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, whose company has...

Dell Technologies is betting on AI as companies move from small pilots to full-scale deployments, with the focus now on how organisations can turn AI into measurable results. But scaling AI is not easy. It demands strong infrastructure, reliable data management, and the ability to deploy models quickly in different workflows.Dell has positioned itself to help companies make the leap. Its AI Factory, Data...

Chinese technology giant Huawei announced its plans for the next generations of its Ascend chip line at the Huawei Connect 2025 event in Shanghai this week.In his keynote to the conference, deputy chair of the Huawei board, Eric Xu, said that 2025 had been a “memorable year,” and noted the debut of DeepSeek-R1 in January as a turning point for the company. He also acknowledged that China is likely to...