Australian stories
AI use helped the Australian car subscription provider more than double its fleet while lifting vehicle utilisation to 91%.
Streaming ads are being tied more closely to sales as Amazon links Prime Video's Elle to shoppable campaigns for L'Oréal Paris and Swisse.
Businesses and emergency services faced outages nationwide as a Telstra mobile failure exposed the risks of Australia's concentrated carrier market.
The new software is aimed at cutting manual follow-up in order, warehouse and transport operations as supply chain teams seek faster decisions.
The capital will help the Queensland company lift production, add jobs and push its autonomy software into more overseas markets.
Breaches are hitting lenders harder as AI adoption speeds up, with 98 per cent of affected firms saying the impact was material.
Most of the 41 promotions are in regional centres, as the firm seeks to strengthen local leadership amid a wider talent battle.
Recognition in the Propel-AIR 2026 final seven gives the Sydney robotics firm a platform as demand grows for robots that can handle fragile items.
Nearly half of Australian compliance teams said fragmented systems were their biggest weakness, hampering efforts to spot sanctions and scam risks.
Patients are gaining faster access to test results as default uploads lifted weekly sharing of pathology and imaging reports to more than 5 million.
The bank says the platform is already resolving more enquiries end to end, as it replaces legacy systems across 2 million monthly conversations.
Australian teachers could save hours on admin as a voice-based AI tool drafts lessons, emails and policies between classes.
People in rural Australia can now reach specialist anxiety care sooner, with secure video consultations replacing long trips and clinic waits.
Nearly two-thirds of UK employers say AI is reshaping hiring, with entry-level candidates now judged more on digital skills than experience.
Automating repayments could ease strain for borrowers juggling multiple debts, as the bank aims to cut admin and improve approval odds.
Australia's developers are contributing more widely abroad, with GitHub data showing a 16% quarterly rise in cross-border open-source collaboration.
As flex space grows, operators are turning their floors into recurring managed-network and security contracts for MSPs and integrators.
Smaller hotels can now automate check-in in tighter lobby spaces, as Vendfun adds payment, ID scanning and loyalty enrolment to one unit.
Half of Australians now use generative AI, giving brands less than two years to shape how systems describe them to customers.
Advice firms can now query consolidated client wealth data in plain language, as HeirWealth opens Atlas to MCP-compatible AI assistants.
