The AI boom is creating a new infrastructure paradox: the same technology driving a surge in data center electricity demand is increasingly being used to help utilities manage the resulting strain. A new survey from National Grid Partners finds that utilities are deploying AI to handle rising interconnection demand, improve grid reliability and control operating…
AI is moving beyond software development and office workflows into highly specialized engineering disciplines. Endra, an AI platform for mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) engineering, has launched Endra Power Studio, an agentic platform designed to automate electrical engineering workflows, while acquiring Swiss AI lab Planlabs to accelerate its expansion into mechanical engineering. The construction industry…
Enterprise adoption of autonomous AI agents is advancing, but moving those systems from pilots into production remains difficult. A new Harris Poll survey commissioned by Collibra found that nine in 10 surveyed organizations are actively deploying autonomous AI agents, while 76% reported critical roadblocks when attempting to move AI-agent initiatives into full production during the…
Arcfra has released Neutree 1.2, an update to its enterprise AI platform that broadens model support beyond large language models and adds new tools for GPU planning, model governance and API operations. The release introduces the company’s Flex Engine for non-LLM models including MinerU and PaddleOCR, while giving enterprises a unified way to deploy and…
DTEN is expanding the role of AI in hybrid meeting rooms with the 55-inch D7X AI Board, a Microsoft Teams Rooms-certified device that processes room intelligence on-device. The all-in-one system combines cameras, microphones, speakers, computing and a 4K touch display to improve participant framing, voice capture and the quality of meeting signals available to Microsoft…
HCLTech is creating a dedicated business unit for a segment of enterprises that increasingly wants to move from AI experimentation to broader deployment. Called HCLTech Pulse, the new unit will target companies with annual revenue of $500 million to $5 billion, combining AI, data, cloud, cybersecurity, engineering and modernization services under a single transformation model….
OpenText and Cohere are combining enterprise information management with agentic AI in a partnership aimed at governments and highly regulated industries. The planned solution will connect OpenText’s data and context layer with Cohere’s North agentic AI platform and enterprise models, giving organizations more options over how AI agents access data, execute workflows, and where those…
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has significantly expanded the role of artificial intelligence in the requirements governing its Managed Service Provider (MSP) ecosystem. The newly published MSP Validation Checklist (VCL) 8.0 introduces 24 new controls covering areas such as agentic AI governance, Responsible AI, AI observability and operational automation, while updating another 27 existing controls to…
TestMu AI, formerly LambdaTest, is expanding its agentic software testing platform with an Assurance Lifecycle for Kane CLI, shifting the tool from AI-assisted browser test creation toward requirement-driven quality engineering. The new workflow turns product specifications into traceable acceptance criteria and runnable tests, records execution evidence, measures proven versus missing coverage, and flags tests as…
