AI

Ryan Cohen's eBay Gambit: AI Stock Award Off Table
GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen has requested the removal of a proposed $35bn performance-based stock award, shifting focus to the company's acquisition bid for eBay.

L'Oréal's AI Strategy Signals Deep Enterprise AI Integration
L'Oréal's AI strategy, encompassing consumer tools like Maybelline virtual try-on in ChatGPT and deep R&D, demonstrates a comprehensive AI adoption model for large enterprises.

Prefab component-based Python interface powers dashboard strategy
Prefab component-based Python interface enables building interactive dashboards with reactive state and static HTML export.

Waymo Blocked in NYC by Politics, Not Tech
Waymo faces political headwinds in New York City, with Mayor Mamdani and the taxi lobby preventing its entry into the lucrative market.

SAP and Google Cloud Deploy Agentic Commerce Architecture
SAP and Google Cloud are deploying a new agentic commerce architecture to automate multi-agent marketing and retail operations.

Perplexity Brain Signals a Shift in AI Memory
Perplexity Brain redefines AI memory by focusing on agent performance and work-based context graphs rather than user data.

Tesco VMware Move: What It Means for You
Tesco is migrating 40,000 server workloads away from VMware after citing 'abusive conduct' regarding pricing and support changes.

Microsoft-Oracle Deal Collapse Exposes Compliance Friction
A reported multi-billion dollar cloud infrastructure deal between Microsoft and Oracle collapsed due to US government security framework requirements, highlighting compliance friction as a major factor in AI build-outs.

Microsoft Copilot Vulnerability Signals AI Gullibility
A critical vulnerability in Microsoft Copilot, named SearchLeak, allowed hackers to extract sensitive data, including 2FA codes, by exploiting the AI's inability to distinguish user commands from malicious instructions.

Accenture AI shopping agents win consumer trust in new study
Accenture AI shopping agents earn consumer trust: 74% of consumers trust them more than friends for purchases, per 2026 Consumer Pulse Research.

Google Gemini-SQL2 Achieves 80.04% on BIRD Text-to-SQL Benchmark
Google Research's Gemini-SQL2, powered by Gemini 3.1 Pro, has achieved 80.04% execution accuracy on the BIRD Text-to-SQL Leaderboard.
