Let them try, fail, reflect, and try again.” Leadership development should swap scripted workshops for simulations that let managers practise.

OpenAI is rolling out GIF creation and editing in ChatGPT with Images 2.6, plus two new API models. It says users now make over 4 billion images a week.

Apple has cut some engineers' daily AI budgets from $300 to $200 and may go to $100, Bloomberg reports, as new CEO John Ternus pushes for a leaner company.

AI text detection startup Pangram launched Image 1.0 and Image Flash 1.0 to spot AI images and video. It says they beat rivals, but its tests are its own.

When agents move money, someone still has to be licensed, auditable and liable,” says Seaya Nova as Pliant raises an $80M Series C.

Phaze, from the founders of Parsec, raised an $8.75M seed round led by a16z to let staff and AI agents share powerful remote workstations.

Google plans to spend $15B on data centres, water, power and training in Malaysia in 2027 and 2028, with new campuses in Selangor and Negeri Sembilan.

Expanded access to such features will be available for a fee,” Apple says, as it opens Siri AI to every app developer in the iOS 27.3 beta.

Canva will cut jobs, change roles or relocate 1,271 staff. Leavers get six months’ pay, their MacBooks and US$10,000 grants.

Industrial robotics startup Aformic raised a $6.95M seed round led by Veteran Ventures Capital. It says it has $34M in orders and robots at Toyota and 3M.

Galantas CEO Mario Stifano explains why AI data centres depend on copper and power, and why new mines take almost 18 years to come online.

Brava Security raised $15M from F2 and Pitango for AI that generates the telemetry an attack would produce, to show which threats defences miss.