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Parents facing school emails, letters and chat messages can now turn them into child-specific reminders as the new term begins.
Small businesses can now keep client chats separate from internal discussions as Balsio adds shared workspaces and WhatsApp interoperability.
New subscription limits could leave Kiwi owner-operators paying up to NZD $883 a month to keep posting links to customers.
The new software aims to help marketing teams automate customer outreach and campaign checks, reducing reliance on technical staff or manual testing.
The compact desktop is aimed at businesses and developers wanting faster, private on-device AI, while reducing reliance on cloud services.
Marketers will gain more automated personalisation and compliance checks as the software maker deepens its ties with AWS.
Regulated firms face recordkeeping gaps as WhatsApp and Slack chats join email under one governance and discovery framework.
Support response times have fallen as the sports technology company lets AI triage routine queries for teams across 139 countries.
It could cut the cost and delay of bringing AI agents to regulated data by letting firms use live SQL systems without migration.
Routine parcel-status checks are shifting to WhatsApp, easing pressure on support teams as Overseas Express cuts enquiries by more than 60%.
Small firms could gain cheaper access to websites and automation as Trinetra Labs bundles AI builders, experts and a marketplace into BlueHands.ai.
With December bookings under pressure, hospitality venues are turning to AI-driven SMS and WhatsApp campaigns to reach customers fast and cheaply.
The shift is reshaping how people find information online, with web traffic down more than 10 per cent since ChatGPT launched and social use climbing.
Crypto scam losses in Singapore fell 43% as police and Coinbase teamed up to identify more than 720 potential victims and stop S$18.9 million in losses.
Budget-conscious households are embracing AI for practical holiday tasks, with confidence rising fastest among the eight markets surveyed by Sinch.
Australian workers are losing more than 75 million hours a year to scattered messages, eroding productivity and adding to business costs.
Banks and insurers in India may cut transcription errors on EMI amounts and policy numbers as a multilingual model targets noisy calls.
Five Indian financial firms will get free support to shift AI pilots into live customer-service systems under a new Blue Machines AI programme.
The plan faces an uncertain path in Parliament, with coalition partners ACT and New Zealand First refusing support for the under-16s ban.
AI is moving from side project to core strategy for consumer brands as founders seek sharper margins, faster sales and better operations.