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Google Cloud rolls out three AI agents for SecOps to automate detection engineering, threat hunting and context gathering as it eyes autonomous SOCs.

Ulta Beauty rolls out Google-powered AI shopping across Search and Gemini, while building its own assistant for personalised browsing and checkout.

Google Cloud deepens AI infrastructure partnership with Thinking Machines Lab, giving the start-up early access to NVIDIA GB300 systems and faster training.

Merck deepens Google Cloud tie-up with USD $1 billion AI rollout across research, manufacturing and commercial operations.

Mars broadens Google Cloud tie-up, making Gemini Enterprise the core AI layer for employees as it pushes unified search, custom agents and faster workflows.

WPP expands Google partnership with Earth AI to sharpen local ad planning using weather, traffic and neighbourhood data across its marketing platform.

Vodafone and Google Cloud widen their SMB push with new Gemini-based concierge and managed cyber defences, starting in Germany and Greece.

Valeo will equip 100,000 staff with Gemini for Workspace as the automotive supplier deepens its Google Cloud partnership and expands agentic AI in engineering.

Commvault expands its cyber resilience platform to Google Cloud Marketplace, giving customers new ways to protect BigQuery, GKE and Workspace workloads.

Elastic and Google add AI-driven threat detection to air-gapped cloud systems as defence and government customers seek tighter data sovereignty.

EcoVadis expands workplace AI rollout with Google Cloud, using Gemini Enterprise to automate internal tasks and train staff to build custom agents.

Citi Wealth rolls out AI-powered assistant for US clients, with Google DeepMind avatar tech set to support advisors on wealth platforms.

Citi Wealth rolls out AI assistant Citi Sky for US clients, aiming to blend adviser support with Google-powered voice and video features.

Alteryx brings governed AI answers to Gemini Enterprise on Google Cloud Marketplace, aiming to improve accuracy, auditability and enterprise control.

Anthropic and OpenAI take rival paths on AI cyber tools, as one keeps access tightly restricted while the other widens vetted user access.

Cognizant deepens Google Cloud tie-up with embedded engineers, new Marketplace offers and a North American telecoms AI win.

Foxit's new ChatGPT PDF Editor aims to cut the gap between AI drafting and finished documents, letting users convert, compare and share files in chat.

Bentley Systems and Blue Cloud Softech Solutions say AI data centres must share more of the burden as power demand tests ageing grids.

Google expands Media CDN with flexible shielding, bigger segments and savings plans to help broadcasters cut latency and costs for major live streams.

Quantium joins Google Cloud's Gemini Enterprise push with a new AI practice aimed at moving enterprise agents from pilots into production.