A White House paper titled “Artificial Intelligence and the Great Divergence” sets out parallels between the effects of the industrial revolution in the 18th and 19th centuries and the current times, with artificial intelligence positioned as guiding the way the world’s economies will be shaped. Artificial intelligence now sits at the centre of US economic

2026 will see forward-thinking organisations building out their squads of AI agents across roles and functions. But amid the rush, there is another aspect to consider. One of IDC’s enterprise technology predictions for the coming five years, published in October, was fascinating. “By 2030, up to 20% of organisations will have faced lawsuits,

Scaling enterprise AI requires overcoming architectural oversights that often stall pilots before production, a challenge that goes far beyond model selection. While generative AI prototypes are easy to spin up, turning them into reliable business assets involves solving the difficult problems of data engineering and governance. Ahead of AI & Big Data Global 2026 in

A new report from Deloitte has warned that businesses are deploying AI agents faster than their safety protocols and safeguards can keep up. Therefore, serious concerns around security, data privacy, and accountability are spreading. According to the survey, agentic systems are moving from pilot to production so quickly that traditional risk controls, which were designed

The traditional video surveillance model is reactive by design. Companies treat it like an insurance policy, installing cameras and paying for monitoring in the hope they’ll never be needed. When problems do arise, security teams spend hours reviewing footage to understand what already occurred. That model is starting to break, and ironically, not because organizations

New research shows phishing and fraud are shifting away from obvious impersonation toward search results, paid ads, business workflows, and marketplaces Bolster AI, a leading brand protection platform, revealed a fundamental shift in how phishing and online scams are created, distributed, and monetized in its 2026 Fraud Trends and Predictions report. According to the report, today’s most effective scams are no

What Directors Think Report Exposes Growing Divide Between Risk Complexity and Board Preparedness According to Diligent and Corporate Board Member America’s boardrooms are racing to overhaul their scenario planning processes, but most are under-prepared to deal with the complexity. A new survey of public company directors exposes a widening 2026 readiness gap: while 84% of

Navidence, a technology company focused on defining health data and supporting researchers in study design, today announced it has completed its Series Seed preferred funding round, co-led by Grand Ventures (Grand Rapids, Michigan) and Nina Capital (Barcelona, Spain). The life sciences industry is increasingly embracing ethically obtained health data, or real-world data (RWD), but determining

MedeAnalytics, a healthcare enterprise data enrichment platform and analytics software-as-a-service (SaaS) leader, announced the appointment of David Figueredo as Chief Innovation Officer. With over 20 years of experience spanning healthcare technology, operations, and innovation, David Figueredo, or “Fig” as he is often called, brings a unique ability to translate complex challenges into actionable, AI-driven strategies

Afiniti, a leader and expert in driving AI-powered measurable outcomes for contact centers, today announced Outcome Orchestration, a new category of enterprise AI. Outcome Orchestration addresses contact center operators’ disappointment with the wide and persistent gap between today’s narrowly focused and bespoke AI products, and the hard, measurable outcomes businesses truly need. The rapid adoption of