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Devart adds AI Assistant & wider support in dbForge 2025.3

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Devart’s dbForge 2025.3 brings an AI Assistant to SQL Complete in SSMS, alongside Visual Studio 2026 and latest database engine support.
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Adobe adds AI tools to Acrobat for slides & podcasts

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Adobe folds new generative AI into Acrobat Studio, auto-making slide decks, chat-edited PDFs and podcast-style summaries from documents.
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BMC adds AI copilots, events & guidance to Control-M

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BMC injects generative AI into Control-M and AMI, adding NLP workflow design, event-driven orchestration and embedded mainframe guidance.
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Walmart shopping to launch directly inside Google Gemini

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Walmart to embed shopping in Google’s Gemini app, letting users browse and buy Walmart and Sam’s Club items directly via AI chats.
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Google debuts Disco to test AI-powered GenTabs apps

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Google has unveiled Disco, a Labs testbed debuting GenTabs, an AI tool that turns browsing activity and prompts into web apps.
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Nozomi unveils Vantage IQ for OT & IoT cyber defence

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Nozomi launches Vantage IQ, a private, company-trained AI assistant to help OT and IoT security teams tackle soaring critical infrastructure threats.
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Foyer unveils Thine, an ambient AI for in-person chat

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Foyer has launched Thine, an iOS “ambient AI” that quietly learns from in-person chats to nudge users on decisions and priorities.
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Sage adds Copilot AI to Operations for supply chains

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Sage has embedded its Copilot generative AI into Sage Operations to surface supply chain risks earlier and cut manual fulfilment checks.
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Agnes AI tops 5m users, launches open-source SEA LLM

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Singapore’s Agnes AI hits 5m users in six months and open-sources its SEA-focused 8B-language model to cut reliance on foreign tech stacks.
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Salesforce launches AI Slackbot as workplace agent

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Salesforce rolls out upgraded Slackbot, turning the chat app into an AI-powered workplace agent for Business+ and Enterprise+ users.
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Aveva adds AI assistants to boost Unified Engineering

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Aveva adds four AI assistants to Unified Engineering, promising faster generative and predictive design and smoother point cloud workflows.
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Hexnode XDR launch unites endpoint security & UEM

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Hexnode unveils Hexnode XDR, unifying endpoint security and UEM in a single console as Indian firms face surging cyber threats.
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xAI raises USD $20 billion to expand Grok AI platform

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Elon Musk’s xAI raises USD $20 billion, turbocharging Grok model training and GPU build-out as rivalry in frontier AI heats up.
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Nottingham Malaysia launches AI agent for student recruitment

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University of Nottingham Malaysia debuts NOVA AI assistant to give round-the-clock course and admissions guidance to global applicants.
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Samsung unveils AI-led premium TV roadmap to 2026

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Samsung has mapped a TV roadmap to 2026, banking on AI, ultra-large premium screens and Micro RGB to deepen its connected home lead.
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VOSS adds AI, security & DEM to workplace platform

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VOSS launches v25.3 of its workplace platform, boosting AI assistant Wingman, Microsoft 365 security, Teams insights and DEM capabilities.
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Snowflake and Anthropic sign USD $200m AI agents deal

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Snowflake and Anthropic deepen their Claude tie-up with a USD $200m deal to power regulated, enterprise-ready AI agents worldwide.
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LG unveils CLOiD home robot for ‘Zero Labour’ living

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LG has unveiled CLOiD, a humanoid home robot at CES 2026, to orchestrate “Zero Labour” living by managing chores across smart appliances.
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Meta buys Manus to boost general-purpose AI agents

Tue, 30th Dec 2025
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Meta has bought Singapore AI start-up Manus, aiming to embed its autonomous general-purpose agent across consumer and business products.
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SquadStack.ai unveils in-app voice AI to cut drop-offs

Sat, 27th Dec 2025
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SquadStack.ai launches in-app voice AI assistant to guide users in real time, aiming to curb high-intent drop-offs across key digital journeys.