AI is moving at a running pace this week
— pay attention.
Scotiabank deploys 'Scotia Intelligence' knowledge agents to 71,000 employees as part of enterprise AI scaling, reported by FF News as a named-customer deployment. Deployment drove most of the signal at 6.5/10
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↘ Trend: easing, driven by Deployment
Splits — what moved
Labor
4.2
↓ well below normal
Deploy
6.5
— on pace
Reg
3.6
↓ well below normal
Markets
6.0
— on pace
Capability
4.8
↓ slightly below
Pace history — last 12 weeks
What drove this week
Week of Aug 3, 2026
Deploy Scotiabank Scales Enterprise AI with New 'Scotia Intelligence' Knowledge Agents for 71,000 Employees [1]high
Markets Goldman Sachs Raises Global AI Investment Forecast to Over $1 Trillion [1][2]high
Capability OpenAI releases major ChatGPT upgrades for free and paid users [1][2][3]high
Labor Visa's AI Push Leads to Significant Job Cuts in Bengaluru and Globally [1]high
Reg EU AI Act transparency rules take effect for chatbots, deepfakes and AI content [1][2][3]high
Deploy IKEA Redeploys 8,500 Call Centre Staff After AI Rollout [1]high
New capabilities
Week of Aug 3, 2026
Google launches Gemini in Classroom for all students [1]high
Google shutting down Google Assistant, replacing with Gemini on Android and Wear OS [1][2]high
Adobe integrates ChatGPT into Adobe Creative Suite [1]high
OpenAI releases major ChatGPT upgrades for free and paid users [1][2][3]high
Amex GBT unveils AI assistant for business travel booking [1]medium