Chatbots stories

SAS has unveiled AI Navigator, a governance service that gives organisations a single view of AI models and agents as scrutiny intensifies.

Lebesgue data from 35,000 eCommerce brands suggests AI-driven visits arrive with stronger purchase intent than standard search traffic.

Amplitude brings AI support into digital products with Assistant, aiming to guide users in context, cut ticket volume and flag friction points.

Parloa study finds many global firms bury support details, while most chatbots fail to solve issues and phone menus remain frustrating.

Google's Gemini enterprise suite is live in retail at Bunnings, uniting search, service and sales with AI agents and UCP support.

Google Cloud folds Vertex AI into Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, adding governance and production tools as firms race to deploy secure AI agents.

American University of Antigua partners with Druid AI to deploy agentic software that chases documents, logs enquiries and flags struggling students.

Half of US consumers now expect AI to help manage money, as Plaid says finance apps must offer more guidance, transparency and human oversight.

AI adoption among small business leaders is delivering measurable time savings, with Tech.co finding one in five save six to 10 hours a week.

LangWatch releases open-source AI red-teaming framework to expose hidden vulnerabilities in production agents through multi-turn attack simulations.

Conductor unveils AgentStack to help enterprises track, shape and optimise brand visibility across AI search services and chatbots.

Adobe expands Experience Manager with AI visibility tools as businesses race to control brand truth across chat services and AI-driven shopping.

Xero unveils AI-native finance platform and JAX assistant to cut admin for small firms, with accountants and bookkeepers also in line for gains.

Wayvia rolls out Shoppable Next Generation to link ad campaigns with confirmed retail sales and Meta purchase signals for brands.

Study finds AI now shapes investment research for 78.3% of users, with strongest enthusiasm in the Middle East and Latin America.

AI testing lags as more than half of organisations ship features, with 52% saying fewer than half of projects reach full production.

Cloudflare and Wiz team up to map shadow AI risks across cloud estates and protect sensitive data as firms race to secure chatbot deployments.

Denodo survey finds real-time data, security and context are the main barriers as firms struggle to trust agentic AI at scale.

8x8 unveils AI Studio to let customer experience teams build agents with natural language, aiming to cut integration delays and costs.

SiteMinder extends hotel distribution into AI chat tools, aiming to keep 53,000 hotels bookable as travellers increasingly start searches there.