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Custom Travel Solutions launches RouteStack for AI bookings

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Custom Travel Solutions opens RouteStack, giving AI assistants live hotel inventory and a direct path to bookings as it eyes wider travel categories.
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Study finds AI models develop distinct citation habits

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New research suggests leading AI models each develop distinct 'information personalities', favouring different sources in their cited answers.
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1Password debuts Unified Access to secure AI agents

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1Password unveils Unified Access to secure AI agents and machine credentials, promising endpoint-to-agent visibility for security teams.
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Why brand visibility is the most critical metric in today's AI-driven world

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As AI transforms search, traditional marketing metrics lose clout, making always-on brand visibility the new make-or-break advantage.
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saas.group tops USD $100m ARR as AI drives next phase

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saas.group surpasses USD $100m ARR as it doubles down on AI-led upgrades and fresh acquisitions across its 25-plus software brands.
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Plaid, Perplexity launch AI-powered portfolio tool

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Plaid and Perplexity debut Portfolio, an AI tool that links brokerage accounts for personalised, conversational investment insights.
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monday.com gives AI agents full user status on platform

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monday.com now lets AI agents sign up and work as full platform users, with direct workspace access, shared governance and unified pricing.
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monday.com opens workspace doors to external AI agents

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monday.com now lets external AI agents sign up, verify and work natively inside its platform, collaborating alongside human users.
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Q4 upgrades IR sites to boost visibility in AI search

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Q4 adds AI-focused optimisation to investor relations sites, helping listed firms surface verified disclosures in answer engines like ChatGPT.
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Samsung brings Perplexity to Galaxy with multi-agent AI

Wed, 25th Feb 2026
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Samsung is adding Perplexity as a system-level agent on upcoming Galaxy flagships, deepening its shift to a multi-assistant AI strategy.
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Gartner: LLMs to reshape PR budgets & staff chatbots

Wed, 18th Feb 2026
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Gartner predicts public LLMs will double PR budgets by 2027 as AI search reshapes discovery and employee chatbots replace intranets.
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Snapchat expands Family Centre with new teen controls

Wed, 28th Jan 2026
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Snapchat adds detailed screen-time and friend context tools to Family Centre, giving parents new teen safety insights without reading chats.
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BioCatch warns AI agents will supercharge online fraud

Fri, 16th Jan 2026
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BioCatch warns AI shopping agents will turbocharge online fraud, urging banks and retailers to distinguish helpful bots from criminal misuse.
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Babeltext unveils MC-ML-AI to turn chats into actions

Thu, 15th Jan 2026
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Babeltext debuts MC-ML-AI, a standard to turn multilingual, multichannel customer chats into completed bookings, transactions and cases.
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Cloudflare reveals AI surge & Internet 'bot wars' in 2025

Tue, 16th Dec 2025
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Cloudflare warns 2025 brings surging AI traffic, record DDoS attacks and escalating Internet 'bot wars' as civil groups face rising threats.
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Australians embrace AI & flexible payments for online sales

Tue, 25th Nov 2025
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Seventy percent of Australians plan to shop online this holiday season, with AI tools and Buy Now, Pay Later options driving a digital surge in sales.
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Why supplier content has become retail's biggest hidden cost in the AI era

Fri, 21st Nov 2025
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Supplier product content is now retail's largest hidden cost, with poor quality and duplication hurting AI-driven search and boosting operational expenses.
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Australian retailers warned on AI search as duplication soars

Thu, 20th Nov 2025
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Analysis shows 85% of Australian online retailers' product pages underperform in search, with 49% product description duplication hindering AI-driven discovery.
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Hidden API in Comet AI browser exposes users to device takeovers

Thu, 20th Nov 2025
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A hidden API in the Comet AI browser can let extensions execute commands and seize control of users' devices, raising serious security concerns.
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Optidan Core launches to Solve the Retail Product Data Crisis

Tue, 18th Nov 2025
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Optidan Core launches to tackle the retail product data crisis by providing structured, AI-ready content for better search visibility and customer trust.