Extel, a provider of market sentiment data in capital markets, has appointed three senior sales professionals following investment from Triple Private Equity. The company is expanding its global sales team to address growing client demand across the Americas, Europe, and Asia Pacific. Ursula Kizy returns to Extel as Sales Director, having previously led Corporate Research for the Americas. Based in Michigan, she will work with corporate and sell-side clients. Liam Knox joins as Account Director from Netskope and LSEG/Refinitiv, responsible for managing relationships with sell-side firms across Europe and the Americas. Eldar Gainutdinov, formerly with Gartner, becomes Sales Director for Asia Pacific. Based in Hong Kong, he will focus on expanding Extel's presence across the region. Managing Director Steve Carroll described the hires as reflecting the pace at which the company is building capabilities with new data sets, analytics, partnerships, and AI.

Yiwen Wu, an artist-innovator combining generative AI with 3D visual arts, has unveiled two proprietary technology systems and an academic paper aimed at transforming 3D content production across film, gaming, virtual reality, and digital marketing. The Deep Learning-Based 3D Digital Art Generation and Intelligent Rendering System uses deep-learning models to convert creative inputs into production-ready 3D assets. The AI-Based Automatic 3D Visual Content Generation and Interactive Design Platform enables real-time human-AI co-creation, allowing artists to interactively refine automated content. Wu's systems integrate neural radiance fields, 3D Gaussian splatting, and diffusion-based generation into end-to-end workflows. Her accompanying paper, *Creative Innovation Research on the Integration of Artificial Intelligence Technology and 3D Visual Art*, examines how AI is reshaping creative work. Wu emphasises augmentation over replacement, stating: "AI is not here to replace artists; it's here to amplify their capabilities.

LinkedIn has flagged over one million AI-generated posts through its new "seems like AI slop" button in just two weeks since launch. The feature allows users to report suspected AI content, resulting in a 40% reduction in views for flagged posts. Chief Product Officer Hari Srinivasan acknowledged more work is needed to maintain authentic content on the platform. Research shows LinkedIn faces particular challenges with AI content. Startup Pangram found over 40% of LinkedIn's longform posts were completely AI-generated, making it "the most AI-saturated platform" among text-based social media sites. The issue extends across the internet. Cloudflare reported that AI web traffic has surpassed human users for the first time, with bots now accounting for 61.9% of search requests. A Pew Research Centre study found 10% of webpages showed significant signs of AI authorship in July 2026. LinkedIn will expand verification features and remove its AI post enhancement tool.