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The Complex Costs of AI No One Is Budgeting For
Ann Dunkin breaks down AI's true costs: trillions in infrastructure spending, soaring energy and water use straining the grid, and job disruption from AI investment and layoffs. Hidden costs, she argues, are unmanaged costs.

'Harvest Now, Decrypt Later': The Quantum Threat CISOs Can't Wait Out
Quantum computers will break the encryption protecting banking and government secrets—and "harvest now, decrypt later" attacks are already underway. Why CIOs and CISOs must act now.
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Orchestration Is Key To Crossing The AI Trust Chasm: Report
Only 9% of business have fully deployed agentic AI, according to the recent “From the Edge to the Core: Bringing Agentic AI to the Heart of the Enterprise” report.

A Hitachi Vantara report found enterprises are wasting an estimated $108 billion annually on AI because poor data infrastructure undermines their return on investment.

The European Commission launched formal proceedings to compel Google to share its AI and search data with competitors under the Digital Markets Act.

A new report from Pearson finds that AI could add $6.6 trillion to the U.S. economy by 2034 if businesses invest in upskilling their workforce.

A new survey reveals widespread use of unvetted "shadow AI" by healthcare workers, creating significant risks for patient safety and data privacy.

The European Commission launched formal proceedings to compel Google to share its AI and search data with competitors under the Digital Markets Act.

A new report from Pearson finds that AI could add $6.6 trillion to the U.S. economy by 2034 if businesses invest in upskilling their workforce.

A new survey reveals widespread use of unvetted "shadow AI" by healthcare workers, creating significant risks for patient safety and data privacy.
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Only 9% of business have fully deployed agentic AI, according to the recent “From the Edge to the Core: Bringing Agentic AI to the Heart of the Enterprise” report.

Amazon Web Services is investing up to $50 billion to build a dedicated AI and supercomputing infrastructure for the U.S. government.

A recent Gartner report warned CIOs that unaddressed risks in generative AI strategies, including shadow AI, could lead to widespread project failures.

The UK government launched a new AI strategy, committing £100 million to purchase hardware from British startups and a £500 million growth fund.

AWS has open-sourced Agent SOPs, an open-source framework designed to make AI agents more reliable using structured, natural language instructions.

A new report from talent insight firm SHL revealed only about a quarter of U.S. employees fully trust their companies to use AI responsibly.

Klarna claims its customer service AI now performs the work of 853 full-time agents, saving the company an estimated $60 million.

The global market for data center energy storage is projected to grow to $2.5 billion by 2030, driven by the increasing energy demands of AI and cloud computing.

The enterprise race to adopt autonomous AI agents is creating a significant IT infrastructure and security crisis, according to a new S&P Global report.


