IndustryFounders of Thinking Machines Return to OpenAI as the Lab Fails to Ship a Flagship ModelSeveral founders of Thinking Machines Lab, launched in 2024 by Mira Murati after she left OpenAI, have left the startup and some have rejoined OpenAI.2 min read
IndustryAI adoption can give Hungarian SMEs a short-term competitive edgeArtificial intelligence tools are increasingly accessible to Hungarian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), promising efficiencies in administration, customer service and sales while helping ease labour shortages.4 min read
IndustryMeta says large language models speed up launching new appsMeta told investors on its recent second-quarter earnings call that large language models (LLMs) are accelerating product development and enabling faster rollouts of standalone apps.3 min read
IndustryParking systems that learn from attendants boost capacity utilizationModern parking management systems emulate the local knowledge of traditional parking attendants by using historical entry and exit data, licence-plate recognition and prediction algorithms.3 min read
IndustryDemand for Forward-Deployed Engineers Skyrockets as Firms Hunt for AI ROIA study by executive search firm Christian & Timbers finds a severe shortage of elite forward-deployed engineers (FDEs) in the U.S., estimating only about 2,000 with the right mix of sector expertise and applied-AI experience to reliably drive enterprise ROI.4 min read
IndustryEnterprise AI Shifts from Pilot to Production but Data and Governance Limit Full ValueThe SAP Value of AI Report 2026, produced with Oxford Economics from a survey of 2,600 business leaders in 13 countries, finds AI now supports about 30% of tasks in the average organization and ROI expectations for agentic AI rose to 17%.5 min read
IndustryEU launches AI gigafactory programme; Hungary commits up to €500mThe European Commission has opened a competition to fund large-scale AI “gigafactories” across the EU, with public support up to €10 billion expected to mobilise at least €20 billion in private investment.3 min read
IndustryAI escalates corporate cyber risk; firms have 12–18 months to close visibility gapsRapid advances in artificial intelligence are enabling more sophisticated cyberattacks that increasingly exploit poorly protected entry points rather than only high‑value systems, EY’s 2026 Global Cybersecurity Leadership Insights Study warns.3 min read
Industryavatarin and Yamada Denki deploy GPT‑Realtime for 24/7 multilingual voice shopping assistantavatarin, spun out of ANA Holdings, collaborated with Yamada Holdings to create the Kurashi‑Marugoto AI Agent, a multilingual, voice‑enabled shopping assistant built on OpenAI’s GPT‑Realtime.4 min read
IndustryProgram to broaden access to frontier artificial intelligence for researchersAccording to the announcement of a new program, the organizers want the benefits of frontier artificial intelligence not to be concentrated at a small number of companies and well-funded labs; the…1 min read
IndustryTarget: competitive edge comes from systems around AI models, not the models themselvesSiobhán Mc Feeney, Senior Vice President at Target, told VB Transform 2026 that the company’s advantage lies in the systems, governance and architecture built around AI models rather than the models alone.4 min read
IndustryDebt Collection Trends 2026: regulation, AI and market shifts in focusThe eleventh annual Követeléskezelési Trendek conference will take place on 15 September 2026 at the Radisson Blu Béke Hotel, organised by Portfolio and EOS.3 min read
