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Audion has appointed Liora Fox to accelerate EMEA revenue growth. The new role supports the company’s push to scale AI-led performance audio advertising.
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Sainsbury’s is expanding facial recognition across stores before Christmas now. The rollout raises operational, privacy, customer trust, and staff safety questions for UK retail.
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Optimizely research shows AI is adding work for marketing teams. Its global survey found widespread editing, fact-checking, off-brand output, and a sharp gap between executive expectations and operational reality.
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Cequence has rebuilt API security around AI-native workflows and control. Platform 9.0 adds an AI Assistant, open MCP architecture, compliance-ready risk rules, and a rebuilt engine for large enterprise API estates.
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Securonix appoints Toby Weiss to lead its AI security push. The former Fiery chief executive will oversee the company’s next phase as SOCs move from alert management towards AI-powered execution.
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Europe’s AI progress is accelerating, but adoption remains unevenly distributed. Accenture’s AI Progress Barometer shows large companies closing the gap with North America while smaller European businesses fall further behind.
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Consumers are wary of AI shopping agents handling money online. ACI Worldwide research found 60% of UK consumers would stop using an AI shopping agent after one mistake.
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BAT cuts jobs as AI reshapes global tobacco operating model. The Fit2Win transformation programme is expected to reduce about 5,500 roles globally and move a further 3,500 roles to strategic partners.
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The UK skills gap is widening as workplaces change faster. Arden University research and Acas dispute data point to a labour market under pressure from technology, retraining gaps, and weak conflict-resolution capability.
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Central banks have warned that market resilience is becoming thinner. The BIS says AI investment, fragile bond-market liquidity, inflation risks, and strained public finances are creating a tougher policy environment for governments, investors, and companies.