ERP programmes
Birmingham estimated £20m for its Oracle system. It is set to cost £144m.
Birmingham City Council, Europe's largest local authority, will go at least one more year without auditors vouching for its accounts, The Register reported.
Friday, 25 September 2026
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AI at work
Blue Cross says hospital AI tools added $942 million to insurers' payouts.
Google will send AI chips to orbit on 1 October. Data centres come next.
Walmart sold out a $4,299 Nvidia card. 10,000 shoppers had it in their carts.
BNP Paribas plans AI agents for its loan reports. Google signed a five-year deal.
Amazon cut over 30,000 jobs. Now recruiters want former staff back for AI.
Bank of America plans to double its AI budget. Staff shrank 4,000 without layoffs.
Microsoft dropped its Copilot Plus PC name. The AI label lasted 2.5 years.
Qualcomm said its phone chip can run 30 billion parameter models locally.
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OpenAI connected ChatGPT Voice to email, calendar and Slack. You just talk.
Google came down to $750,000, Khosla said. Excite still said no.
OpenAI's board fired Sam Altman. Over 730 staff said they may quit.
Meta moved its VR computer onto your belt. The glasses weigh about 100 grams.
AMD showed its 72-chip AI rack. Nvidia's rival ships later this year.
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