Meta launches Business Artificial Intelligence for customer purchase inquiries
Meta introduced Business Artificial Intelligence, a digital agent that answers shopper questions and guides purchases across its apps, alongside new creative and creator tools for advertisers. The rollout builds on Advantage+ and arrives ahead of Advertising Week.
TSMC, Samsung, and Intel escalate foundry race for Artificial Intelligence chips
Demand for advanced Artificial Intelligence accelerators is transforming the foundry market as TSMC, Samsung, and Intel sprint on nodes, packaging, and capacity. Geopolitics, supply chains, and sustainability now shape who supplies the brains of modern computing.
Z.ai launches GLM-4.6 with expanded context and stronger coding
Z.ai unveiled GLM-4.6 with a larger 200K-token context window, strengthened reasoning, and measurable gains in real-world coding. The model is live on Z.ai Chat and the Z.ai API platform and is open-sourced under the MIT license.
Creative video content creation trends
Video creation is shifting toward automation, interactivity, and authenticity as Artificial Intelligence streamlines production and audiences favor short, vertical, and immersive formats. Brands that pair new tools with sustainable, data-led practices are better positioned to grow engagement and loyalty.
Enterprises reassess VMware amid licensing shifts and modernization plans
Concerns over VMware licensing and support costs are pushing enterprises to revisit their virtualization strategies. Analysts report widespread uncertainty, with many organizations weighing migration as a path to modernization.
Avalara unveils agentic tax and compliance platform with artificial intelligence agents
Avalara introduced Agentic Tax and Compliance, a platform of artificial intelligence agents that initiate and execute end-to-end tax and regulatory workflows. Built on the ALFA framework, it pairs private and domain-specific language models with multi-cloud scale and deep integrations.
Harnessing artificial intelligence for good
USC Dornsife outlines a universitywide effort to shape the development of Artificial Intelligence, pairing ethics and foundational science with applications in health, neuroscience and education.
Reputation in the age of Artificial Intelligence: what business schools must teach future leaders
Algorithms now shape what students, employers, and consumers believe about institutions. Business schools need to make their reputations legible to machines as well as humans.
OpenAI’s artificial intelligence SaaS push rattles software stocks in Amazon-style selloff
OpenAI unveiled new internal artificial intelligence software tools, spooking investors who fear the company could eventually compete directly with key SaaS vendors. The reaction echoes the old Amazon effect, with market value erased across multiple rivals.
UK business news roundup: confidence sinks and Artificial Intelligence gains
Late September to early October 2025 brought record-low business confidence, persistent inflation pressures and calls for tax and rates reform, alongside wider adoption of Artificial Intelligence. The period also featured debate over the so-called tourist tax and fresh data on housing transaction failures.