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Sensay unveils AI-powered government led by historical icons
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Sensay launches AI-led government on Sensay Island, governed by digital recreations of historic leaders to innovate transparent policymaking.
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Agents reshape work as guardian AI addresses new risks
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Agentic AI agents are transforming work, boosting productivity and privacy, while guardian AI tackles emerging risks in AI autonomy and security.
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AI agents reshape workplace roles, freeing employees for key tasks
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AI agents are transforming workplaces by automating routine tasks, freeing employees to focus on complex, strategic work across industries like recruitment and manufacturing.
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AI's impact on Australian software engineering industry
Wed, 16th Apr 2025
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Sabrina Farmer, Chief Technology Officer at GitLab, asserts that AI will transform Australian workplaces without eliminating software engineers' roles.
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UK employees lead Europe in AI workplace adoption
Fri, 29th Nov 2024
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UK employees lead Europe in workplace AI adoption, with 25% using AI daily and trust in the tools steadily rising.
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How to calculate your utilization: Professional Services 101
Mon, 18th Mar 2024
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Determining your consultancy's utilisation – involves assessing billable hours as a proportion of total hours worked, with automation offering time-saving calculation benefits.
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Can AI solve wage theft problems better than workplace regulators?
Fri, 8th Dec 2023
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The stigma around AI may also mean those employers are missing an opportunity to get ahead of the dramatic changes coming from the amendments.
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Embracing tech and AI: Nurturing optimism and mitigating concerns
Mon, 4th Dec 2023
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AI and technology in the workplace are no longer a distant vision but a present reality, reshaping the frontline.
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Salesforce launches next gen of its conversational AI assistant
Fri, 15th Sep 2023
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Einstein Copilot is a new generative AI-powered conversational assistant for every Salesforce application, baked seamlessly into the flow of work.
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Ready Towing partners Advanced for time-tracking and payroll
Thu, 14th Sep 2023
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Ready Towing will use Advanced's software to manage its workforce's schedule, track time, record absences, and automate repetitive manual tasks.
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How to combat burnout among payroll professionals
Wed, 6th Sep 2023
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In the face of escalating complications and the need to continuously adapt, payroll professionals are increasingly experiencing burnout.
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Ivanti adds greater automation capabilities to Enterprise Service Management portfolio
Wed, 19th Aug 2020
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Ivanti enhances its enterprise service management portfolio with biometric authentication and automation bots.
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AI adoption stalling despite huge industry growth
Fri, 28th Feb 2020
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Despite the APAC region's AI potential, trust issues, biases, and lack of transparency stall adoption, as revealed in an Ernst and Young poll.
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Are you ready for the hyperautomation wave?
Wed, 19th Feb 2020
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Hyperautomation, a top 2020 strategic tech trend per Gartner, integrates AI, RPA, and process mining to enhance workplace efficiency and elevate human roles.
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Humans to be working alongside robots in retail within 5 years - Gartner
Wed, 5th Feb 2020
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Retailers will embed robots into their workforce by 2025, with AI and automation transforming warehouse operations, says Gartner.
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Gartner: AI to replace 69% of a manager's workload
Fri, 24th Jan 2020
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A Gartner report foresees AI replacing 69% of managers' workloads, redistributing focus to learning, performance management, and goal setting within four years.
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Nintex adds raft of process templates for customers
Wed, 15th Jan 2020
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The gallery includes more than four dozen templates across business departments such as IT, operations, procurement, sales, marketing, HR and finance.
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Australian businesses struggling with robotic automation
Fri, 13th Sep 2019
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Despite praising robotic automation's effectiveness, Australian businesses lag in global deployment, citing challenges in bot implementation and maintenance.
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ANZ employees open to next-gen tech in the workplace
Wed, 24th Jul 2019
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45% of Australians and 49% of New Zealanders appreciated specific tools such as AI and bots, because they believe it enables them to focus on other things.
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Are we unprepared for the jobs of the future?
Tue, 9th Jul 2019
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Employees in the Asia Pacific region are concerned their employers won't support their future job requirements, according to a report by Skillsoft.