Audion has raised fresh capital to fund its US expansion. The Series B will support its American launch, new hires, and further development of Audion AI for performance-focused audio advertising.

NTU formalises Thailand partnership around entrepreneurship, AI, and workforce skills. The new agreement expands joint programmes with Thailand’s higher education ministry and Chiang Mai University across venture building, mentoring, and applied AI training.

ANS creates leadership role to speed internal agentic AI adoption. The Manchester technology business says the post will support its Customer Zero model and expand practical AI deployment across internal teams and customer projects.

HBHR has launched software that acts inside HR platforms directly. The release lands as new research links payroll errors to financial strain, lower trust, and retention risk, just after HMRC’s latest payroll changes took effect on 6 April.

Scality has rehired Greg DiFraia to lead AI alliances. The former Inlayer chief executive returns as senior vice president of AI alliances and partnerships, with responsibility for ecosystem strategy, partnerships, and go-to-market activity for enterprise AI workloads.

RWS says AI content gains are creating costly localisation rework. New research from the company points to rising output volumes, lower confidence in cultural accuracy, and heavier burdens on global content teams.

People act more rationally when they think AI is involved. New research found participants were more likely to accept unfair offers when they believed AI made them.

GoodData launches Agent Builder for governed enterprise AI deployment today. The new product is designed to help organisations configure, manage, and scale analytics agents across teams and customer environments.

AI is cutting manual work while raising IT oversight demands. SolarWinds’ latest survey found that productivity gains are being offset by more checking, trust issues, and operational pressure.