Employees in Asia Pacific are adopting generative AI (GenAI) tools faster and more enthusiastically than their global peers, but they are also more likely to fear that these technologies could put their jobs at risk. These findings come from a new Boston Consulting Group (BCG) report, AI at Work: Is Asia Pacific Leading the Way?, based on a July 2025 survey of over 4,500 employees across nine APAC markets and a global control group.
Deloitte on AI agents in pharma: Patient services to clinical trials
AI agents are transforming life sciences without the hype-cycle crash. Deloitte and Salesforce partner on patient services, trials and drug discovery ROI
AI is a toolkit; creation will always be human-driven: Adobe’s Louise Pentland
Adobe has doubled down on its Content Credentials initiative, embedding digital provenance as a signature of transparency| Business News
Tech giants Meta, Microsoft and Alphabet test investors’ patience with huge AI spending spree
AI spending by the three behemoths soared 89 per cent to some US$78 billion last quarter. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Alphabet’s AI push pays off as search beats and Gemini tops 650 million users
UOsaka breatkthrough: World’s fastest and most accurate self-evolving edge AI for real-time forecasting
Researchers from SANKEN at The University of Osaka have successfully developed a groundbreaking “self-evolving” edge AI technology that enables real-time learning and forecasting capabilities directly within compact devices. This innovation, termed MicroAdapt, achieves unprecedented speed and accuracy. It processes data up to 100,000 times faster and achieves up to 60% higher accuracy compared to conventional state-of-the-art deep learning methods. This achievement represents a major advance toward next-generation real-time AI applications across manufacturing, automotive IoT, and medical wearables, addressing critical limitations of existing cloud-dependent AI.
Samsung reports 32% rise in operating profit and predicts continued AI-related growth
Samsung Electronics has reported a 32.5% increase in operating profit for the third quarter The result was driven by rebounding demand for Samsung’s computer memory chips, which the company expects will continue to grow on the back of artificial intelligence.
Samsung reports 32% rise in operating profit, predicts continued AI-related growth
Samsung Electronics has reported a 32.5% increase in operating profit for the third quarter The result was driven by rebounding demand for Samsung’s computer memory chips, which the company expects will continue to grow on the back of artificial intelligence
NVIDIA (NVDA) Shares Surge 3% Today: Why One Picture Drove $400 Billion In Stock Gains
NVIDIA (Nasdaq: NVDA) shares closed the day up 2.99% on Wednesday. That’s especially notable because NVIDIA saw 4.98% gains the day before. I would say these levels of gains are unprecedented for a $5 trillion company, but the idea of a $5 trillion company itself is unprecedented. NVIDIA surged today despite terrible market breadth. Consumer Staples were down … NVIDIA (NVDA) Shares Surge 3% Today: Why One Picture Drove $400 Billion In Stock Gains
Meta, Google, and Microsoft Triple Down on AI Spending
Three of the biggest US tech companies reported record profits and record infrastructure spending on Wednesday, fueling speculation about a possible AI market bubble.