DeepSeek has been dealt a huge blow in the US, even as it continues to innovate and keep pace with, or in some cases outperform, rival models from American labs. The US Secretary of Homeland Security has issued an order banning all DeepSeek products and services from federal agencies. Government organizations must purge their IT…
When UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Chief Data Officer Jessica Rusu gave a speech on Monday advocating that UK companies be required to report “significant AI failures and near-misses,” she added to the drumbeat of demands for some kind of regulatory control over enterprise AI deployments. But her speech also highlighted regulator frustration over futile…
As organizations incorporate AI into their environments, they’re hyper-focused on the AI model. Many executives I talk to spend a lot of time considering what model they should purchase from which vendor. They’re also concerned about which use case they should implement first. Yet the reality is that AI models are swappable components. The vast…
If AI is to deliver for businesses over the long term, then CIOs need to look beyond running large-language models in the cloud and instead consider deploying fine-tuned models that run locally on endpoints. Running AI on user devices also helps solve the other challenges associated with cloud-centric AI: Data sovereignty Performance and responsiveness Optimised…
The legal disputes between Germany’s largest software company, SAP, and the Munich-based process mining specialist Celonis took another turn last week. After the German Federal Cartel Office most recently dismissed a complaint filed by Celonis in July, the Munich I Regional Court ruled entirely in favor of Celonis in a case regarding the infringement of…
Artificial intelligence is forcing CIOs to reconsider the economics of enterprise technology. While application development costs are falling, autonomous systems are complicating governance as traditional productivity measures struggle to capture returns on transformation investments for C-suite executives and boards of directors who are interested in documenting tangible business gains from agentic deployments. These were among…
Enterprise AI is racing toward a consequential shift in how businesses operate. As agents take on work that used to consume the week, projects once dismissed as ‘we don’t have the capacity’ become worth another look. That raises a question worth bringing into the next planning meeting: What would we pursue if our teams had…
IT leaders seeking promising AI use cases may be overlooking a potential goldmine: deploying the technology to assist with major IT modernization and digital transformation initiatives. Leading CIOs at a handful of large enterprises have leveraged generative AI and related tools to rewrite code, redesign workflows, and migrate databases during major digital transformation efforts, a…
The emerging challenge with AI agents isn’t simply preventing attacks from external rogue AI agents; it’s accounting for what your own agents are doing on the inside. AI agents are already rewiring how organizations operate, and we’re only in the first inning. Recent incidents, however, have exposed the risk for individuals and enterprises alike. This…
In Meta commercial terms changes slated to kick in on October 30, the company will shift the liability for any mistakes made by its AI models to its enterprise customers. The new language also makes those IT executives responsible for anything done by a partner or contractor. The changes also finally put a stake into…