Companies worldwide are facing an escalating wave of cyberattacks as artificial intelligence makes hacking activities faster, more sophisticated and harder to prevent. Recent incidents, including attacks on supermarket refrigeration systems across Europe and a massive cryptocurrency theft involving Binance, have highlighted the growing risks. Nearly 37,000 software and
Deutsche Bank is using artificial intelligence to speed up corporate lending decisions, reducing processing times for some smaller businesses from weeks to just minutes. The technology, launched during the summer, has also shortened lending decisions for multinational corporations from months to weeks, according to Marie-Jeanne Deverdun, the bank’s technology chief.
Germany-based SAP, Europe’s largest technology company, reported quarterly revenue exceeding €10 billion for the first time, raising its 2026 revenue outlook to the upper end of its forecast range. The company’s third-quarter performance was supported by strong cloud demand, with cloud revenue increasing 26% to €6.67 billion and its cloud backlog rising 26% to €24.14 […]
Canadian artificial intelligence company Cohere has signed a letter of intent to acquire AISLE, a San Francisco-based cybersecurity startup that uses AI to identify software vulnerabilities. The proposed acquisition would expand Cohere’s capabilities in cybersecurity and threat detection, particularly for enterprise and public sector clients. The deal would strengthen
Russia has fined a woman 15,000 roubles ($178) after an AI-generated image of a bear created as a prank went viral and sparked fear among residents. The woman, from Magdagachi in the Amur region, used ChatGPT to create an image of a large brown bear walking along a local street and sent it to a […]
French AI startup Mistral has unveiled Mistral Large 4, a new AI model that the company says outperforms several rival open-weight models, including some from China. CEO Artur Mensch said the model performs better than Chinese models in certain areas, including cybersecurity, while arguing that Europe can compete in the global AI race. The three-year-old […]
French author Thélyson Orélien is facing allegations that artificial intelligence was used extensively to write his award-winning debut novel, C’était ça ou mourir. The 38-year-old Canadian-Haitian writer recently won the Prix du Roman Fnac and is also a finalist for the Goncourt and Renaudot literary prizes. A group called Balance ton Claude claimed that tests […]
Tech companies are betting on smart glasses, AI pins and other wearable devices as potential successors to smartphones, but growing privacy concerns could slow their adoption. Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses have faced particular scrutiny over the possibility of people being recorded without their knowledge, with some UK venues restricting their use. Companies are exploring
France-based defence technology company Thales has called for an international framework to govern the development of artificial intelligence. CEO Patrice Caine said AI can be kept under control through technical safeguards backed by government oversight. The comments come amid a wider debate over how quickly AI should develop and what regulatory guardrails should be
Canada’s Cohere and Germany’s Aleph Alpha have signed a definitive merger agreement to combine their businesses and expand their presence in the enterprise artificial intelligence market. The combined company will operate under the Cohere name, with headquarters in Toronto and Berlin, while Aleph Alpha’s Heidelberg office will focus on research. Aleph Alpha co-chief Ilhan









