AI Cannot Fix a Broken Data Foundation — and Most Services Firms Have One
Professional services firms are hitting AI roadblocks because their data foundations are fragmented, a problem Gartner estimates costs an average of $12.9 million per year. The article labels this issue "fragmentation debt," which leads to unreliable insights and wasted AI investments. It outlines three architectural paths—data lakehouses, data federation, and platform consolidation—and argues that a unified platform offers the most actionable AI potential. Finally, it recommends three operational shifts: moving from chat‑based AI to autonomous agents, prioritizing architecture over point‑to‑point integration, and adopting deterministic, rule‑bound models.
AI-Assisted Development Multiplies Human Error: What’s Your AI Governance and Risk Management Strategy?
Enterprises are rapidly embedding agentic AI into software development, turning AI models into co‑pilots that generate code at unprecedented speed. While productivity surges, the technology often injects insecure patterns, expanding the attack surface as developers accept AI suggestions without thorough...
Investing in Part of the Workforce Creates an AI Skills Gap, Finds Report
Forrester’s AIQ 2.0 report reveals a widening AI skills gap as only half of organisations provide AI training to non‑technical staff. Training on core capabilities such as prompt engineering barely rose from 19% to 23% between 2024 and 2025. Meanwhile,...
SKT Develops Its Own AI Inference Tech
SK Telecom has teamed with UK chip designer Arm and Korean AI‑chip startup Rebellions to build AI inference server solutions that pair Arm’s newly announced AGI‑class CPU with Rebellions’ RebelCard accelerator. The joint offering targets inference workloads, promising higher performance...
LLMs Crush Coding and Math but Choke on Casual Questions, and That's Not a Contradiction
Andrej Karpathy notes a stark split in large language model performance: free‑tier ChatGPT often falters on trivial everyday queries, while premium models such as OpenAI's GPT‑5.4 Thinking and Claude Opus 4.6 excel at complex coding and math tasks, even autonomously restructuring...
8 Free AI Courses From Anthropic’s Claude Platform with Certificates
Anthropic has launched a free, self‑paced learning portal on its Claude platform, offering eight AI courses that span fundamentals, prompt engineering, API integration, and advanced model context protocol. Each course includes quizzes, hands‑on assessments, and a certificate of completion. The...
European Banking Jobs Face AI Reset ‘Not Mass Job Losses – for Now’
European banks are poised for a modest hiring surge as AI reshapes their workforces, with Bloomberg Intelligence forecasting a 4% average headcount increase across top lenders. The growth stems from a trade‑off: routine middle‑office roles are being trimmed while demand...
Browser Extensions Are the New AI Consumption Channel That No One Is Talking About
LayerX’s new report reveals that AI-powered browser extensions are an overlooked yet high‑risk attack vector for enterprises. While 99% of corporate users run at least one extension, AI extensions are 60% more likely to contain vulnerabilities, have three times more...
Is Schoolwork Optional Now?
AI agentic tools are moving from essay‑writing assistants to full‑course automation, exemplified by the Einstein bot that logged into Canvas, watched lectures, completed quizzes and earned a perfect score in an online statistics class. The tool sparked a backlash from...
Tune Protect Malaysia Selects Akur8 to Enhance P&C Pricing
Tune Protect Malaysia, the general insurance arm of Tune Protect Group, has partnered with Akur8 to deploy its AI‑driven actuarial pricing platform across its property‑and‑casualty portfolio. The solution leverages machine‑learning models to accelerate model development, provide transparent, explainable outputs, and...
Is AI a Scapegoat for Destroying Education and Learning?
Recent debates question whether AI is destroying education, but scholars Hitoshi Nishimura, Ranmaru Kishitani and Yudai Sakamoto argue AI is a scapegoat, not the cause. The core issue is using AI merely to speed task completion, which disrupts the teaching‑learning...
SKT Forges Alliance with Arm and Rebellions to Develop AI Servers for Data Centers
SK Telecom (SKT) has signed a strategic MoU with chip designer Arm and AI‑accelerator startup Rebellions to build AI inference servers for next‑generation data centers. The collaboration will fuse Arm’s new AGI CPU with Rebellions’ RebelCard accelerator, targeting higher power‑efficiency...
How AI Is Transforming Cloud-Native Identity and Access Management
AI is reshaping cloud‑native identity and access management (IAM) by replacing static rule sets with adaptive, real‑time security controls. Research shows 40% of enterprises suffered identity‑related breaches in 2024, prompting a shift toward behavioral analytics, automated least‑privilege provisioning, and zero‑trust...
OpenAI's Chief Scientist Says AI Is Getting Close to Being as Good as a Human Research Intern
OpenAI chief scientist Jakub Pachocki announced that the company is on track to develop an "AI research intern" by September 2026 and a fully autonomous researcher by March 2028. He highlighted recent breakthroughs in coding agents, math reasoning, and physics...
DropsyneX Announces Global Expansion and Debut of New AI-Powered E-Commerce System
DropsyneX, a decade‑old B2B cross‑border e‑commerce provider, announced the launch of its integrated AI‑powered commerce system, marking its first public media release. The platform unifies global warehousing, smart inventory management, international logistics and an AI‑driven livestream sales engine into a...
The Definitive Guide to Perplexity Computer 🖥️
Perplexity launched Perplexity Computer, a cloud‑based AI agent that orchestrates 19 frontier models from a single prompt. The $200‑per‑month service includes 10,000 credits and promises 15‑20 hours of monthly productivity savings for founders and investors. Within weeks of its Feb 25, 2026...
Oracle Taps Lucinity Tech to Enhance AI-Driven Compliance Tools
Oracle is integrating Lucinity’s AI‑native investigation technology into its Financial Crime and Compliance Management (FCCM) platform, embedding AI agents into the Oracle AI Investigator tool. The partnership aims to automate manual investigation tasks, surface relevant context, and guide decision‑making for...
In This Critical Part of Audits, the Accountant’s Role Is Shrinking Fast
Accounting giants are rapidly shifting routine audit testing—payroll, expense vouching, and contract verification—to AI agents. KPMG will launch a summer pilot and aim for full deployment of orchestration agents by next year, while EY, PwC, and Deloitte experiment with similar...
Autonomous Retail Concept Scales up at Circa Resort
VenHub Global Inc. is teaming with Las Vegas‑based Circa Resort & Casino to debut what the partners call the world’s most advanced autonomous smart‑store. The 66‑foot, three‑unit installation will launch this spring, offering 24/7, staff‑free retail powered by AI‑driven robotics...
Wipe Out a 'Civilization'? Minor Stuff Compared with What Just Happened in AI
Anthropic announced it will not launch Claude Mythos, its most powerful AI model, after internal tests showed the system could autonomously exploit a decades‑old operating‑system flaw and gain control of any server. The company discovered a 17‑year‑old vulnerability in a widely...
More Consumers Tapping AI when Looking for a Deal
Nearly 70% of shoppers now turn to AI tools such as ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude to locate discounts, according to the 2026 Shopper Study by XCCommerce and SmartBrief. An even larger 83% say savings and rewards drive loyalty to a...
The Company’s AI Agent Refused to Do Math, So I Had It Close My Account Instead
A Fortune 500 company’s AI chat agent could not perform a simple addition, leading the author to terminate the account after a frustrating 15‑minute exchange. The incident occurred while the author tried to verify a spending requirement for a bonus, only...
U.S. Firm Develops Interceptor Drone with AI Sound Targeting
Talon Avionics of Boise unveiled SECTR, an autonomous counter‑drone platform that combines AI‑driven acoustic sensing with radar to detect, classify and engage hostile drones in under one second. The modular station can launch up to 100 lightweight interceptors, each weighing...
Re: Machine Learning Based Screening of Potential Paper Mill Publications in Cancer Research: Methodological and Cross Sectional Study
In a rapid response to a BMJ study, Professor Min Dai argues that the machine‑learning model used to flag potential paper‑mill articles in cancer research suffers from serious methodological flaws. The training set, drawn largely from the Retraction Watch database,...
Meta Pulls Internal AI Leaderboard After Data-Leak Concerns
Meta quietly retired its internal AI usage leaderboard, dubbed “Claudeonomics,” after internal metrics about employee token consumption began circulating and raised data‑leak concerns. The tool ranked staff by the amount of data processed through generative‑AI models, awarding badges to top...
Ultisim Launches Data Fusion Plane, Bringing Optimal AI Infrastructure to Mid-Market Enterprise and Government Market
UltiSim unveiled its Data Fusion Plane, a sovereign AI operating system aimed at mid‑size enterprises and government agencies. The platform lets organizations connect, transform, and query siloed data without ever moving it outside the firewall, avoiding vendor lock‑in and eliminating...
Clarivate Names Mitsubishi Electric to AI50 List
Mitsubishi Electric has been named a Clarivate AI50 2026 organization, recognizing its leadership in AI‑related inventions. The award, based on Clarivate’s four‑factor invention‑strength model, places Mitsubishi among six Japanese firms in the top 50 AI patent holders. This follows Mitsubishi’s...
PeakMetrics Raises Series A to Bring AI-Powered Narrative Intelligence to Organizations Worldwide
PeakMetrics announced a $6 million Series A round led by Moneta Ventures, bringing its total capital to $16.3 million. The company reported a three‑fold year‑over‑year revenue increase as demand spikes for tools that can identify AI‑generated and manipulated online narratives. Its AI‑driven platform...
New Bid to Scale AI-Driven Cotton Programme
US agricultural data platform FarmRaise has partnered with AI‑powered crop developer Avalo, Inc. to expand Avalo’s AI‑driven cotton innovation programme. The collaboration will deliver structured field‑level data capture, streamlined grower workflows, and real‑time visibility across US cotton operations. By standardizing...
Tether Launches QVAC SDK as the AI Universal Building Block that Runs, Trains, and Evolves Intelligence Across Any Device and...
Tether unveiled the QVAC SDK, an open‑source, cross‑platform toolkit that lets developers run, fine‑tune, and evolve AI models directly on any device—from smartphones to industrial servers. Built on a fork of llama.cpp and integrating Whisper, Parakeet, and Bergamot, the SDK...
Meta's Muse Spark Sent Its AI App Soaring up the App Store Rankings
Meta’s new Muse Spark model, the first release from its Superintelligence Labs, sparked a dramatic surge in downloads of the company’s AI app. Sensor Tower reports an 87% day‑over‑day increase in the US, lifting the app to No. 6 among free iOS...
Agentic AI Assistants Set to Be Judge and Jury for Brands
The CX Horizons 2026 report identifies agentic AI assistants as a transformative force in customer experience, shifting brand evaluation from marketing metrics to operational performance. Over 340 global practitioners highlighted AI agents that can negotiate, rebook and purchase on behalf...
Silex, Edge Impulse Team on Edge AI Development
Silex Technology and Edge Impulse have teamed up to integrate Edge Impulse’s end‑to‑end AI development platform with Silex’s EP‑200Q system‑on‑module, which runs on Qualcomm’s Dragonwing QCS6490 processor. The joint solution bundles a Wi‑Fi 7 driver and AI acceleration to simplify the...
Efficient Optimization of Large Language Models via Parameter-Efficient Tuning and Adaptive Inference
The paper introduces a unified framework that merges data‑centric learning, parameter‑efficient fine‑tuning, and adaptive inference to streamline large language model (LLM) optimization. By targeting scalability and computational cost, the method trims memory footprints and accelerates inference without sacrificing accuracy. Experimental...
.NEXT 2026 - AI Cost Management and FinOps Top of Mind for Digital Leaders
At Nutanix NEXT 2026, digital leaders highlighted the rising cost pressures of enterprise AI, especially token‑driven models, and advocated Cloud FinOps as the preferred framework for managing those expenses. Executives cited examples such as a developer consuming 55,000 tokens and generating...
Digital Bank Revolut Introduces AI Tools to Streamline Money Management
Revolut has rolled out an AI-powered assistant called AI by Revolut (AIR) to UK customers, embedding spending insights, portfolio checks, subscription control and travel budgeting into its app. The feature, launched on April 9, 2026, uses natural‑language conversation to act as a...
OpenAI Is Building a Cybersecurity Product for a Select Group of Companies
OpenAI is developing a cybersecurity product that will be offered only to a select group of companies through its Trusted Access for Cyber pilot. The offering, tied to the GPT‑5.3‑Codex model, provides highly capable AI tools for defensive security tasks...
Can Universities Adopt AI and Remain in Control?
Universities confront a 92% student adoption rate of AI tools such as ChatGPT, Copilot and Gemini, raising alarms over plagiarism, hallucinations and data security. Edward Müller of Mint Group argues that institutions should move from restriction to building in‑house, governed AI...
What AI CEOs Still Don't Get About Washington
AI CEOs, led by OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Anthropic’s Dario Amodei, are championing sweeping governance proposals ranging from tax reform to model transparency. OpenAI’s new industrial‑policy paper likens AI’s impact to the Industrial Revolution, while Anthropic pushes internal audits, export...
Watch: As AI Makes More Health Coverage Decisions, the Risks to Patients Grow
Health insurers are touting artificial intelligence as a cost‑saving tool for coverage decisions, a claim echoed in recent earnings calls. The Trump administration has launched a pilot using AI to streamline Medicare prior‑authorization, signaling federal support for algorithmic triage. However,...
HR AI Is Becoming a Change Management Story
AI is reshaping HR software by automating repetitive tasks such as survey analysis, training recommendations, and routine employee queries. The real breakthrough, however, is the shift from a pure technology story to a change‑management challenge once AI is embedded in...
DOL’s Workplace AI Strategy Follows Historical Approach to Technology
The U.S. Department of Labor is adopting a historically consistent, guidance‑first strategy for AI, emphasizing workforce readiness before regulation. In February 2026 it issued an AI Literacy Framework to teach workers how to generate and evaluate AI outputs. The agency...
Rethinking Professional Development in the Age of AI with Allison Rodman – Bonus Episode with Jotform
In a bonus Jotform podcast, educator Allison Rodman explains how artificial intelligence can transform professional development (PD) from a one‑size‑fits‑all model to a personalized experience. She argues that pre‑session surveys combined with AI‑driven data analysis enable facilitators to tailor content to...
AI Agents Aren’t Failing. The Coordination Layer Is Failing
Enterprises deploying multiple AI agents often see impressive isolated performance, but production systems quickly degrade as agents compete for resources. Direct point‑to‑point calls cause quadratic growth in connections, leading to race conditions, stale context, and cascading failures. The author proposes...
The Data Problem Holding Back Wealth Management
Artificial intelligence is touted as the next wave of wealth‑management modernization, but its impact is throttled by fragmented, inconsistently defined data across custodians and internal systems. A 2025 Swiss survey shows only 17% of institutions have deployed AI and just...
Smartphones as Micro Data Centers: A Creative Edge Solution?
Researchers propose linking ordinary smartphones into a pooled cluster that functions as a miniature data center, aggregating CPU, memory and storage. The concept targets edge workloads, especially AI inference, by leveraging the locational flexibility and low cost of repurposed devices....
New AI Femtech Competition in Portugal Aims to Fast-Track Women’s Health Innovation
Portugal is launching its first AI‑focused femtech competition, inviting both local and international teams to submit projects that apply imaging or time‑series data to women’s health challenges. The open call runs until 28 April 2026, with submissions due at midnight CET, and...
AI Process Mapper 5.0 with Generative AI Delivers Extensive New Features Including Process Analysis, SOP Generation, Web-Based Editor, and More
The Efficiency Group launched AI Process Mapper 5.0, a generative‑AI‑powered BPMN platform that creates, edits, and documents business workflows from simple prompts or source documents. New capabilities include a web‑based graphical editor, AI‑driven process analysis with impact scores, and automated...
How to Use AI without Harming People and Planet, with Nikoline Arns and James Gauci
The Good Experts podcast debuted with hosts Anna Patton and Matt Haworth discussing how social enterprises can harness artificial intelligence responsibly. Guests Simon Glenister of Noise Solution and Gina Romero of Mettamatch share practical steps to align AI with mission,...
US Summons Bank Bosses over Cyber Risks From Anthropic’s Latest AI Model
The U.S. Treasury summoned CEOs of major banks, including Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, to discuss the cyber risks associated with Anthropic’s newly released Claude Mythos AI model. Anthropic warns the model poses unprecedented cybersecurity threats, such as generating sophisticated phishing...