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AI & Data · Week of Oct 26, 2026

AI guardrails, governed data and sovereign compute: the week in AI

Oracle, Norton and Freedom Holding put AI to work on data governance, consumer protection and sovereign compute, alongside deals and recognitions.

· Endless Tech newsroom

Several releases this week centered on keeping AI under control. Oracle says its Autonomous AI Lakehouse now includes a business semantic layer that grounds AI agents in business context and governs data across the enterprise. Norton says its new Safe AI protections in Norton 360 let users decide what AI can see and do. On the infrastructure side, Freedom Holding Corp. says it is developing a $2 billion Sovereign AI Hub in Kazakhstan, with a first public GPU cloud planned for 2027.

Outside the AI build-out, S&P Dow Jones Indices and Kalshi announced a collaboration to bring S&P DJI index contracts to prediction markets. DarioHealth expanded a contract with a regional grocery retailer to add women's health services. The rest of the week brought an executive appointment at Avantor and two recognitions: Jack Henry was named to a Forbes trust list, and Consumer365 named Nicely Network an LLM visibility agency.

  1. Oracle

    Oracle Advances Autonomous AI Lakehouse with Business Semantic Layer and Expanded Support for Iceberg Data

    Oracle announced new capabilities for its Autonomous AI Lakehouse at Oracle AI World, including a business semantic layer and expanded support for Iceberg data. The company says the additions ground AI agents in business context, enable multidimensional simulations and govern data consistently across the enterprise data estate without costly data movement.

  2. DarioHealth Corp.

    Dario Expands Contract with a Leading Regional Grocery Retailer, Adding Women's Digital Health and Clinical Care Program

    DarioHealth Corp. says a regional grocery retailer has extended its contract to add Dario's women's digital health and clinical care program, following benefits from its cardiometabolic program and employee demand for perimenopause support. The company says nearly 45% of its current book of business is women over age 40 who could potentially benefit from Dario Women.

  3. Norton

    Norton Launches Safe AI to Help You Use AI Without Giving Up Control

    Norton, a consumer Cyber Safety brand of Gen (NASDAQ: GEN), announced Safe AI, a new set of protections inside Norton 360. The company says the features block unwanted actions and let users decide what AI can see and do.

  4. S&P Dow Jones Indices

    S&P Dow Jones Indices and Kalshi Announce Collaboration to Bring the World's Most Trusted Benchmarks to Prediction Markets

    S&P Dow Jones Indices and Kalshi announced a strategic collaboration that makes Kalshi a preferred prediction market platform for S&P DJI index contracts. Under the agreement, S&P DJI becomes a preferred index provider for Kalshi event contract data, bringing benchmark indices into prediction markets.

  5. Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.

    Forbes Names Jack Henry One of America's Most Trusted Companies

    Jack Henry (Nasdaq: JKHY) says it has been named to Forbes' Most Trusted Companies in America 2027 list. It ranks No. 113 among U.S. public companies with more than 5,000 employees, recognized for trust among employees, clients and investors.

  6. Freedom Holding Corp.

    Freedom Holding Corp. Advances AI Infrastructure Development in Kazakhstan

    Freedom Holding Corp. (Nasdaq: FRHC) says it is advancing AI infrastructure plans in Kazakhstan, including a $2 billion Sovereign AI Hub. The company says it plans to launch its first public GPU cloud in 2027.

  7. Avantor and Financial News

    Avantor appoints new Chief Information Officer

    Avantor, Inc. (NYSE: AVTR), a provider of products and services to the life sciences and advanced technology industries, has appointed Mikey Santiago as Chief Information Officer. The appointment places new leadership over the company's information technology function.

  8. Consumer365.org

    Best LLM Visibility Agency for Businesses & Brands (2026): Nicely Network Named Top Agency for AI Search by Consumer365

    Consumer365 named Nicely Network the Best LLM Visibility Agency for Businesses & Brands in 2026. Consumer365 says the recognition reflects the agency's approach to helping businesses improve brand mentions, citations and recommendations across large language models.

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