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Azerion promotes Roxanne Harley to new strategy and growth role. Omnichannel advertising platform Azerion has appointed Roxanne Harley as VP Strategy and Growth, expanding her remit to integrate creative, insight, and campaign analytics as the company deepens its data-led advertising offering.
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Oracle could cut up to 30,000 roles amid AI expansion. TD Cowen’s estimate follows broader reports of impending layoffs as the software company redirects cash toward data-centre capacity and prepares to report third-quarter results.
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OpenAI delays ChatGPT adult mode to prioritise core improvements. The company aims to enhance intelligence, personalisation, and user experience, postponing adult mode to focus on broader user benefits and regulatory compliance.
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Yann LeCun’s new startup AMI raises $1.03bn for alternative AI. The company is developing world-model systems designed to reason about real-world environments rather than generate text alone, targeting sectors such as manufacturing, healthcare and aerospace.
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Insights launches Microsoft Teams personality insights meeting integration tool today. New Teams app embeds Insights Discovery personality intelligence into everyday workplace meetings.
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Peers urge ministers to reject opt-out AI copyright rules now. A Lords committee says licensed, transparent training data would better support creators, investment, and responsible model development, while warning that weaker copyright protections could stall UK licensing markets and deepen reliance on opaque overseas systems.
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Washington may tie AI chip exports to investment at home. The proposed framework would extend export-control scrutiny to allies, raising fresh questions for companies planning data centre buildouts, sovereign AI capacity, and long-term access to advanced compute.
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UK startup Memorify raises £420k as investors back memory technology. A pre-seed round led by private investors exceeded its original £200,000 target, supporting development of a platform designed to organise digital memories into structured personal narratives.
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Morgan Stanley cuts 2,500 roles as revenues hit record highs. The 3% reduction spans banking, trading, wealth, and investment management, excluding financial advisors. The bank has touted internal GPT-4 tools that automate research and meeting notes, raising questions about how productivity gains are reshaping staffing.
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CloudPay launches new global payroll control platform for enterprise teams. The company says CloudPay Navigator gives payroll teams a unified operating environment with real-time oversight of global payroll and payments, replacing fragmented batch-processing systems with automation and AI-driven insights.