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• [New] PwC's survey of global manufacturing leaders shows AI, automation, and advanced technologies moving rapidly from experimentation to scale, with tech enablement and automation set to more than double by 2030. PwC
• [New] As AI inference workloads become dominant in 2027, the GCC's low-latency connectivity to Europe, Asia, and Africa will become increasingly valuable. Data Centre Technology ConFex GCC 2026
• [New] 2027 will mark a turning point where AI permanently alters industry and daily life. Daily Star
• [New] According to the IBM IBV 2026 Tech Leader Study: Building the IT foundation for agentic AI at scale, by 2027, enterprises expect to deploy an average of 1,661 AI agents - a 38% increase. IBM Newsroom
• [New] 82% of business leaders globally expect to use digital labour (AI agents) within the next 12-18 months, and 46% of organizations are already using AI agents to automate workflows. MarkNtel Advisors
• [New] Greater access to scalable AI infrastructure will intensify competition and foster wider commercialization of enterprise AI agents globally. MarkNtel Advisors
• [New] Enterprise AI spend crossed $2.5 trillion globally this year, and Gartner expects 40% of enterprise applications to run task-specific AI agents by December, up from under 5% just twelve months ago. Easy Comm
• [New] Agentic AI is moving from pilots to production, with nearly 40% of enterprise apps expected to embed task-specific agents by end of 2026 but weak governance is the top reason projects get cancelled. Easy Comm
• [New] The World Economic Forum projects AI-augmented digital twins could represent over 40% of enterprise deployments by 2027, increasing from below 10% in 2023. Persistence Market Research
• [New] Pulse Custom Lineups self-serve will enter open beta in the US and Canada in Q3, allowing advertisers to build and book AI-powered Custom Lineups directly in TikTok Ads Manager. TikTok For Business
• [New] Organizations that continue investing in scalable AI technologies, responsible innovation, and digital learning ecosystems are expected to strengthen their competitive position as global education increasingly embraces intelligent transformation. SNS Insider
• [New] Amazon is focused on building infrastructure that will grow its core AWS business as well as expanding its AI business. tradingkey.com
• [New] Among the large AI infrastructure deals Amazon signed in the quarter were one with OpenAI to build approximately 2 gigawatts of Amazon Trainium capacity starting in 2027 and one with startup Anthropic, which wants to use up to 5 gigawatts of current and next-generation Trainium chips. tradingkey.com
• [New] The end devices with which future AI agents will mainly interact include about 6 billion smartphones, 2 billion AI wearables, 2 billion PCs, and 500 million connected cars, underscoring how vehicles are becoming a key gateway to AI services. DIGITIMES Inc.
• [New] Over 40% of agentic AI projects risk cancellation by 2027 without proper governance, mainly due to unclear ROI and weak risk controls. Easy Comm
• [New] The four largest hyperscalers will spend 77% more on AI infrastructure in 2026 than last. Spearhead
• By 2030, Pakistan aims to train more than 2 million AI professionals, develop 10,000 trainers and educators, introduce AI education from school to university, establish AI centers of excellence, create a national AI fund, and strengthen university-industry collaboration. United Nations
• The world will need $5.2 tn in AI-specific data center investment by 2030. IMD business school for management and leadership cours
• Researchers at NYU Grossman School of Medicine and NYU's Center for Data Science developed a multimodal artificial intelligence test that may predict breast cancer recurrence faster and more affordably than current genomic assays. NYU Langone News
• The awardees for the Maryland Lighthouse Industries Upskilling and Reskilling Program, a $1.2 3M investment that will help Marylanders build skills for careers in high-growth industries increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies. Maryland Department of Labor
• 40% of enterprise applications will embed task-specific AI agents by the end of 2026, up sharply from under 5% just a year earlier - an eightfold jump in a single year. NASSCOM | The Official Community of Indian IT Industry
• In 2026, best-in-class programs combine authoritative vulnerability data, exploit intelligence, automation, and validation-supported by tools that engineers trust and actually use. Penligent Security Blog - AI-Driven Hacking Tutorials,
• The rise of AI-generated content is expected to impact TikTok significantly. Enrich Labs

Last updated: 02 August 2026