Artificial Intelligence

Toronto – October 15, 2026 -- PointClickCare has appointed Armughan Ahmad, former chief executive of AI data company Appen (ASX: APX), to its board of directors as the health tech company pushes an AI-first strategy, while Rob Eberle steps down after more than 11 years on the board.

Ahmad brings 25 years of enterprise technology leadership to the board

Ahmad has led multi-billion-dollar businesses through shifts from enterprise data centers to cloud computing to artificial intelligence. At Appen, he led a company serving leading AI labs, hyperscalers and large enterprises.

Before Appen, he was President and Managing Partner of Digital at KPMG, where he ran a digital business delivering services with software products. Earlier, as Senior Vice President and General Manager at Dell Technologies, he oversaw the Hybrid Cloud and High-Performance Computing solutions portfolio, including bringing AI systems to market with NVIDIA.

New York – October 15, 2026 -- Deloitte Tax LLP and AI-native contract lifecycle management (CLM) vendor Sirion have formed a US alliance to overhaul how enterprises manage contract obligations and supplier relationships, pairing Deloitte's Legal Business Services (LBS) transformation practice with Sirion's CLM platform.

Alliance links contract data to procurement, finance and ERP systems

The two companies are expanding their collaboration on integrated AI-powered solutions that give deeper visibility into commercial terms, supplier relationship data and contractual compliance across complex global supply chains. The alliance may also help connect contract data with procurement, finance and enterprise resource planning (ERP) platforms.

The companies say these capabilities are increasingly critical to a global organization's digital core, as CLM becomes a core consideration in ERP transformation projects.

Singapore – October 15, 2026 -- YYForce Inc. (NASDAQ: YFOR) has commercially launched Yolara AI, a workforce intelligence platform that it is rolling out through an existing regional network of more than 100,000 verified frontline workers and over 500 enterprise partner locations.

Those figures describe YYForce's existing network, not the number of active Yolara AI users or locations at launch, the company said.

Core platform is live in Singapore on web and mobile

The platform combines algorithmic matching, automated staffing workflows, digital attendance and operational analytics. It targets hospitality, food and beverage, retail, logistics, events and facilities management.

YYForce says it aims to cut repetitive administration and improve coordination between businesses and workers. It cautions that actual staffing outcomes depend on worker availability, qualification requirements and operating conditions.

Tokyo – October 15, 2026 -- transcosmos used its generative AI role-playing system trans-AI Tutor to let elementary school children try contact center work at Mini Sapporo 2026, held at Access Sapporo on October 3 and 4, 2026.

Mini Sapporo gives third- and fourth-graders a full work-and-spend cycle

Mini Sapporo is a work experience program for third- and fourth-grade pupils in Sapporo City and neighboring areas. It is built on the Sapporo City Convention on the Rights of the Child. Participants search for jobs, work, receive wages and pay taxes. They then spend their earnings on shopping and dining.

New York – October 15, 2026 -- CorelDRAW Graphics Suite's September 2026 Update makes its PowerTRACE bitmap-to-vector tool up to four times faster and adds Text-to-vector AI, a combination Better Business Advice has singled out for apparel and sign-making production workflows.

Text-to-vector AI generates editable graphics from prompts or existing artwork

The headline feature is available through the AI Generate docker or inspector. It creates editable, scalable vector graphics from text prompts or existing artwork, so the output is not a flattened image. Generated graphics can be refined inside CorelDRAW and placed into larger projects.

Three visual styles are named: Line art, Comic book and Icon. Results follow the document's color mode, which matters when artwork is prepared for specific production requirements.

Hamburg – October 15, 2026 -- Some 29% of European bank customers would rather discuss sensitive financial matters with AI than with a human employee, according to the EOS Banking AI Barometer published by EOS Group. Among 18-34-year-olds, the share rises to 38%.

46% of consumers report better bank communication through AI

Only 11% of respondents perceive a decline in service quality. Some 54% value AI for helping them find information, and 51% praise faster communication and round-the-clock availability.

Trust in AI's problem-solving ability stays at 35-36%

Only 35% to 36% of respondents trust AI to understand their needs, act with precision and solve problems effectively. Some 60% miss the human touch in AI communication.

EOS Group CEO Marwin Ramcke said the best banks use AI as a tool for better service, not as a replacement for relationships.

Dublin – October 15, 2026 -- Elsevier has pledged 4,000 complimentary AI product licenses and an estimated €1m a year in in-kind support and funding to the European Commission's AI in Science Enablers Initiative.

The commitment was announced at the AI in Science Summit in Dublin. More than 1,000 participants from the research, technology, business and policy communities attended the event, which launched the Commission's effort to mobilize private-sector and philanthropic support for European science.

Elsevier splits 4,000 licenses evenly across four AI and clinical products

Elsevier will provide 1,000 licenses each for four products to European researchers, healthcare professionals and students:

PARIS – – October 15, 2026 -- XPENG is opening its full in-house technology stack and engineering toolchains to global automotive partners under a new "XPENG AI Engineering" strategy, after Chairman and CEO He Xiaopeng became the first Chinese automaker chief to deliver a keynote at the Paris Automotive Summit.

XPENG offers vehicle platforms, batteries and AI chips to outside manufacturers

The offer covers vehicle platforms, E/E architecture, batteries, e-drives, the AI BOX, the Turing AI chip and the Turing physical world foundation model. He said no single manufacturer holds all the advantages needed for the next generation of smart mobility. Under the model, partners can co-develop differentiated products while building their own technology capabilities over time.

San Francisco – October 15, 2026 -- Revinate has launched what it calls hospitality's first data activation platform, built on 1.25 billion guest profiles, with the global release of Revinate Pathways, Revinate Vault and a new version of Revinate Chat. The company says 60% of its customers report an ROI of 20X or more on the platform.

The launch targets a gap between AI adoption and results. In h2c's AI Opportunity Study 2026, 91% of hotel chains said they use AI, but only 13% reported a measurable return so far. Revinate says the releases advance its move into the enterprise segment, where major hotel brands are already customers.

San Francisco – October 15, 2026 -- Medeo, the AI video platform built by One2X, has expanded into a Creative OS that covers four stages in one system: trend discovery, video creation, distribution and monetization through a built-in creator marketplace.

The company targets a fragmented production chain. Creators typically use separate products for research, generation or editing, social media management and publishing, and monetization. Each handoff adds time in a media environment where trends can lose relevance within days.

Four-stage workflow keeps video inside one platform

Medeo surfaces trends and cultural moments for discovery. Users then describe the video they want in natural conversation, and the AI video agent manages production stages from concept to final edit. Finished videos publish directly to social platforms without file exports to a separate tool. The creator marketplace connects creators with paid opportunities.