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Why Most Enterprise Agent Pilots Never Reach Deployment
Deloitte’s 2026 technology trends research puts the pilot-to-production failure rate for AI agents at 89%.…
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AI Weekly Issue #530: Applied AI This Week
Companies are giving AI specific jobs: checking security cameras, helping farmers understand their records, searching…
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Anthropic CEO Calls for Slower, Monitored AI Development as Rivals Voice Support
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published an essay calling for AI development to proceed at a…
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City Rail Link finally opens: A century in the making, a fire on day one
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Rotorua council seeks views on parking overhaul as businesses say it hurt trade
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Elevenlabs makes Music v2.5 available via app and API with free and pro tier options
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Vecna Robotics Raises $31M in Funding to Expand Warehouse Automation
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Love, actually, at 53: ‘I resent the fact that he’s playing video games while I work two jobs’
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Police search North Shore after firearm allegedly pulled in Birkenhead fight
A Browns Bay resident said he saw armed police blocking his street.