Truncated: latest AI news

Friday 6 November

Rightmove, Scout24 Seek AI Boost Against Subdued Housing Markets

AI-generated summary Property platforms Rightmove and Scout24 both raised their outlooks, stating that artificial intelligence-powered products are helping them navigate subdued housing markets. Rightmove upgraded its 2026 earnings per share guidance to at least 7 percent growth on Friday after increasing its investment in artificial intelligence tools for estate agents.

Work IQ: SharePoint Tools

AI-generated summary Microsoft announces the preview of the SharePoint MCP endpoint for Work IQ, providing coverage for lists, libraries, files, folders, search, approvals, rules, Quick Steps, the recycle bin, and versioning. Microsoft states that the new SharePoint provider aligns with the WorkIQ.Read and WorkIQ.Act permission scopes, ensuring agents operate under the signed-in caller's SharePoint identity.

The new CFO: From reporting the past to shaping the future

AI-generated summary According to EY Israel co-CEO Noam Canetti, artificial intelligence is opening up new possibilities for the chief financial officer role and expanding the influence of the finance function on businesses. Canetti states that the fourth technological generation is emerging, powered by artificial intelligence and autonomous agents that can connect information, recommend responses, and begin to execute.

Box Unveils All-New Box for Industries to Securely Deliver Enterprise Context to AI and Transform Critical Workflows

AI-generated summary Box announces an all-new portfolio of industry-specific solutions called Box for Industries designed to help organizations securely manage content and apply artificial intelligence. The initial launch includes Box for Banking, Box for Public Sector, and Box Media and Entertainment, which are showcased at BoxWorks 2026.

Chainalysis Breach Exposes All Users' Credentials, Forces Shutdown of Key Services

AI-generated summary Blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis revealed that an ongoing investigation into an agentic cyber attack exposed names, usernames, password hashes, and live tokens for all users. Chainalysis stated that it took the Know Your Transaction user interface, API, and login page offline while locking impacted accounts and implementing additional monitoring systems.

Why edge-cloud AI inference pipelines are key

AI-generated summary InfoWorld reports that enterprise artificial intelligence strategies often fail because organizations focus on models and cloud services instead of deciding where inference should happen. An edge-cloud artificial intelligence inference architecture splits workloads across devices, edge locations, and centralized cloud platforms to balance latency, privacy, bandwidth, and resilience.