PharmaOpinionRoche Wants Tissue Images to Do More in Drug Development
Roche’s latest PathAI update connects laboratory workflows with biomarker research and clinical trials, building on its May acquisition agreement.
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PharmaOpinionIncyte’s AI Scientist Prepares Drug Target Reviews in a Day
“Kosmos produced in a morning what would have taken me 3 months of work to complete,” said Pichai Raman, senior director, computational biology at Incyte.
PharmaOpinionGoogle’s AI Agent Runs a Lung Cancer Drug Design Round in an Hour
Google is offering 10,000 selected scientists its highest usage tier free for six months, subject to eligibility and capacity.
ManufacturingOpinionGXO’s Humanoid Robots Are Getting More Warehouse Work
The warehouse operator plans to extend Digit’s commercial deployment in early 2027, starting with the current robot before migrating to its next generation.
RetailOpinionA Restaurant Owner Built Her Own AI Finance Tool. Here’s What It Caught.
"I couldn't justify the time or the cost."
RetailOpinionTaco Bell's Voice AI Is Now in 900 Drive-Throughs
"Our AI pipeline is focused on shifting from AI testing to adoption and then to scaling impact."
BankingOpinionFiserv’s AI Agents Cut Fraud Reviews by Two-Thirds. 200 Banks Want In.
"A return on token costs of 5 to 10 times, and no negative impact on customer NPS."
RetailOpinionAI Orders on Shopify Grew 3.3x. Now Agents Are Completing the Purchase.
"Orders are growing even faster at 3.3x."
PharmaOpinionSeema Verma on Putting Larry Ellison’s Healthcare Vision to Work
“Most cancers will be gone in five years, and certainly in 10, they’re going to be gone,” says Oracle’s executive chairman and chief technology officer, Larry Ellison.
PharmaOpinionAstraZeneca’s Next AI Test Is Spotting Early Signs of Drug Harm
Tremont AI’s research collaboration with AstraZeneca will develop and evaluate foundation models for preclinical toxicologic pathology, where rare tissue changes can be difficult to distinguish from normal variation.
BankingOpinionWells Fargo Just Made Customers Liable for Their AI Agents
"Customers are solely responsible for supervising their authorized representatives and delegates, along with those parties' AI agents."
ManufacturingOpinionHD Hyundai Robotics Cuts Troubleshooting to 8 Days With Palantir
AI agents are helping engineers resolve robot-related problems in 7.9 days, down from 21.5 days. The company is now targeting a programming-cost reduction of more than 50%.
RetailOpinionMarriott Says AI Platforms Want Ad Money, Not Booking Commissions.
"Right now, our view is that AI is largely reshaping travel discovery."
BankingOpinionLloyds Is on Track for More Than £100 Million in AI Benefits This Year
"The platform gives our fraud specialists the information they need in one place."
ManufacturingOpinionDHL Supply Chain Is Keeping Its AI Agent Team Small on Purpose
An early procurement-requisition agent was built in an afternoon by a functional consultant who had never used the tool before.
PharmaOpinionPharma’s AI Is Paying Off in the Factory, Not the Clinic. Only 17% Have Full Governance.
Measurable AI results in pharma manufacturing nearly doubled to 53%.
RetailOpinionChoice Hotels Says Visits from AI Chatbots Grew Tenfold. Now let's AI Agents Book Rooms.
Choice reported Q3 2026 adjusted EBITDA of about $193 million, up 1% year over year.
PharmaOpinionAlexion Is Hiring Its Own Head of AI Inside an AstraZeneca That Already Has One
Alexion, AstraZeneca's rare disease unit, is hiring a Head of AI in Boston to set enterprise AI strategy across research, regulatory, operations and commercial. AstraZeneca already runs a central Enterprise AI unit under a chief digital, data and AI officer that covers the same functions. The question is whether rare disease needs its own AI leader, or whether the parent risks building two AI agendas.
ManufacturingHayward Is Putting Its AI Strategy Inside Enterprise Architecture
Pool-equipment maker Hayward Holdings is hiring a VP of Enterprise Architecture & AI Innovation in Charlotte who will own architecture standards, the AI strategy, governance and the innovation roadmap in one job. Most manufacturers give AI to a data team or a business-led office. Hayward is betting that a mid-cap with plants on four continents and a connected-product line needs AI built into its architecture from the start.
RetailOpinionWalmart Asked 1.7 Million Associates About AI, and the Store Floor Answer Is Still Missing
Walmart has published what nearly 1.7 million associates told it about AI, the largest employer-run study of AI at work so far. Office staff are excited and frontline workers are confident with digital tools, but the two groups were measured on different questions, so the comparison that matters most for retail's biggest workforce is not in the report.
