AI Ethics & Governance
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News
09 Oct 2026
Prompt: AI agents are running into the limits of access
As agents take on more work for users, companies are deciding whether to let outside AI systems act on their platforms. Continue Reading
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News
08 Oct 2026
Google’s workplace agent is out, but questions abound
The agent can use enterprise business context for knowledge work. However, challenges about cost and integration with other tools could be difficult for enterprises. Continue Reading
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News
08 Oct 2026
Western open-weight campaign could give enterprises more control over AI
New Western open-weight models could give enterprises an alternative to Chinese and proprietary AI, but greater control also brings new responsibilities. Continue Reading
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News
07 Oct 2026
AI teaching systems raise new questions for school districts
As AI moves into K-8 instruction, district technology leaders must weigh external evidence, data protection and results-based contracts before scaling these systems. Continue Reading
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News
07 Oct 2026
Governments prepare for the next wave of AI
AI adoption in the public sector is on the rise, but data, legacy systems and governance remain barriers to effectively scaling the tech. Continue Reading
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News
06 Oct 2026
The context factor for AI agents
Process Intelligence helps organizations provide AI agents with the right context and data needed to know how their businesses run. Continue Reading
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News
05 Oct 2026
Governance teams now emphasize data, AI enablement
In some organizations, data governance programs are now focusing more on enabling employees and AI systems to use data effectively than on controlling its use. Continue Reading
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Tip
05 Oct 2026
The risks of AI overreliance in software engineering
It's unquestionable whether generative AI provides productivity gains for software engineers. But developer overreliance on AI comes with its share of risks. Continue Reading
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Video
02 Oct 2026
AI kill switch: Can we really shut down artificial intelligence?
The internet doesn't have an off switch -- why would we assume that AI does? In this episode, Richard Livingston discusses the concept of AI kill switches, the legislative landscape, and the technical challenges of controlling autonomous AI agents. Continue Reading
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News
02 Oct 2026
Prompt: AI is removing rungs from the corporate career ladder
AI is doing more junior-level work, forcing organizations to rethink how employees gain the experience and judgment they need to move into senior roles. Continue Reading
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News
01 Oct 2026
Controlling agents a joint priority for data, AI governance teams
AI agents need context to carry out tasks and guardrails to stop them from going rogue. Data and AI governance teams must work together to ensure both are in place. Continue Reading
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News
01 Oct 2026
Nvidia agent safety push raises questions about who governs AI autonomy
The AI chipmaker’s new safety platform adds controls around AI agents, while enterprises remain responsible for defining their authority and setting boundaries. Continue Reading
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News
01 Oct 2026
Gemini 4 Argon is late, but Google’s expertise may be an advantage
As a top cloud provider, Google has deep experience integrating its infrastructure with the other Google products that enterprises use. Continue Reading
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News
01 Oct 2026
Meta expands Muse to small businesses
The move comes as agentic AI plays an increasingly big part in business operations, sparking oversight concerns. Continue Reading
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News
01 Oct 2026
Humanoid buildup overlooks the robots already running factories
Millions of robotic machines are already operating in factories worldwide, but oversight and safety standards risk falling behind. Continue Reading
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Podcast
30 Sep 2026
Anthropic plugs regulation, AI leaders meet with Trump, and open models
The AI world buzzes about stopping out-of-control agents. President Trump appears to slightly modify his anti-AI regulation stance. Open source AI could lose out. Or not. Continue Reading
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Opinion
30 Sep 2026
AI safety is a board decision -- and they need to start making it
AI poses serious risks to people and the systems they depend on. The executives who build and buy AI hold the controls. Boards and CEOs must use them and accept the cost. Continue Reading
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News
30 Sep 2026
AI is now ‘super intelligence,’ but federal oversight is still missing
President Trump calls AI by a new name and asserts the U.S. will not be slowing down AI development. Continue Reading
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News
30 Sep 2026
As AI agents take action, CIOs have to govern the outcome
As Oracle and Progress push AI agents deeper into business processes, CIOs need governance that measures outcomes and defines when humans intervene. Continue Reading
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News
30 Sep 2026
AI industry copes with out-of-control agents. Here’s OpenAI’s response
The generative AI vendor delayed the release of GPT-6.1 Astra after testing exposed new safety concerns, showing why AI models need continued evaluation and enterprise runtime controls. Continue Reading
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Feature
29 Sep 2026
Physical AI security threats and how to mitigate them
Malicious prompt injections, sensor manipulation, hardware tampering and vulnerable software take on greater urgency when robotic systems interact with humans and the real world. Continue Reading
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News
29 Sep 2026
While agents cause trouble, calls for AI regulation mount from Anthropic, lawmakers
It seems nearly everyone is calling for regulation. Chief among them is Anthropic, whose AI agents are also key troublemakers. Continue Reading
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Feature
29 Sep 2026
Physical AI in business gets smarter and more autonomous
Leaping from the computer screen into dynamic real-world environments, physical AI and embodied robotics take on increasingly more complex and dangerous tasks. Continue Reading
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Opinion
29 Sep 2026
Mind the gap, not the doom: An operational guide to AI pacing
Business leaders should focus on near-term AI risks and capabilities gaps rather than existential debates to survive coming disruptions. Continue Reading
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News
29 Sep 2026
meshIQ's AgentIQ puts AI agent runtime controls to the test
Runtime controls can intervene before an AI agent takes action, but their effectiveness depends on where enforcement sits in the execution path. Continue Reading
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News
28 Sep 2026
Nvidia launches AI safety platform after agent security breaches
The vendor's new system is designed to contain rogue AI agents as companies race to secure increasingly autonomous systems. But it has not been proven yet. Continue Reading
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Opinion
28 Sep 2026
AI apocalypse warnings: Safety concern or market strategy?
Recent AI extinction warnings from industry leaders may be less about safety and more about business strategy. Continue Reading
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News
28 Sep 2026
Microsoft’s Copilot redesign provides an experimental opportunity
The revamp transforms Copilot from a simple AI assistant into a content workspace, providing knowledge workers with advanced developer tools. Continue Reading
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News
28 Sep 2026
AI safety is falling behind the pace of development
Businesses need continuous monitoring, stronger guardrails and human oversight to keep increasingly capable AI systems under control. Continue Reading
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Guide
28 Sep 2026
Enterprise AI accelerates as calls for a slowdown grow
Follow TechTarget News coverage of the AI slowdown debate, current advances in AI technology and new approaches to monitoring and governing autonomous AI. Continue Reading
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Feature
25 Sep 2026
Supply chain AI agents: Where should autonomy begin and end?
AI agents can scan emails, audit invoices, flag billing issues, develop transactional data and negotiate contracts along the supply chain -- but they can't execute the deal (yet). Continue Reading
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Feature
25 Sep 2026
AI could forever change the human psyche, experts say
Generative AI takes on more tasks while asking less of us and agreeing more often, a combination that's weakening our judgment, debugging skills and ability to work independently. Continue Reading
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News
25 Sep 2026
AI agents can act. It's unclear if enterprises can stop them.
As AI agents gain more authority to act on their own, recent incidents are exposing gaps in how enterprises monitor, control and intervene when agents cross established boundaries. Continue Reading
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Feature
24 Sep 2026
AI extinction talk: IT leaders weigh in
Security and IT leaders say the AI extinction headlines are reshaping the conversation more than the controls. Continue Reading
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News
24 Sep 2026
AI agents know what to do -- but should they have authority to do it?
AI agents are gaining access to enterprise systems, but moving from reading data to making changes requires new rules about authority, permissions and human oversight. Continue Reading
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News
23 Sep 2026
OpenAI takes AI price war to next level with GPT-6 Sol, Luna pricing
The vendor is reacting to U.S. rivals Google and Anthropic, as well as the growing popularity of open source models. Continue Reading
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News
22 Sep 2026
Anthropic unveils Opus 5.5: powerful performance, still premium price
The AI lab still lags in the price war with rivals. Continue Reading
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Feature
22 Sep 2026
The automated workforce: Physical AI's labor impact
Humanoid robots, autonomous vehicles and other machines will augment some jobs, replace others and create new roles. Emerging use cases include logistics and worker safety. Continue Reading
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Podcast
22 Sep 2026
Lack of training data stifling humanoid bot development
AI models train on information available on the internet. Robots can’t do that. Continue Reading
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Feature
21 Sep 2026
Can Nvidia's physical AI strategy replicate its AI dominance?
Nvidia is building a broad physical AI ecosystem across training, simulation and deployment, but in a fragmented market, the chipmaker will need to coexist before it can dominate. Continue Reading
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Video
21 Sep 2026
Global, tech leaders weigh in on AI development debate
In this episode of Tech News this Week, Esther Shittu explains the AI development debate, the arguments against a slowdown in AI advancement, and how business leaders can respond. Continue Reading
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Tip
21 Sep 2026
How to control agentic AI access to enterprise data
AI agents stand in for users and reach multiple systems. Governing their access requires distinct identities, scoped authority and records that show who authorized each action. Continue Reading
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News
21 Sep 2026
Accelerating AI adoption and governance amid an AI slowdown
While many organizations are accelerating their use of AI, they need to focus on governance and invest in trust, security and alignment. Continue Reading
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Feature
18 Sep 2026
AI extinction: What IT leaders need to know -- and do -- now
AI extinction concerns are growing among experts, but for enterprises, the focus should be on governance, accountability and risk management to prevent operational failures. Continue Reading
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News
18 Sep 2026
AI agent autonomy puts CIO controls to the test
As AI leaders warn capabilities are advancing faster than safeguards, CIOs face a more immediate question: how much authority to give enterprise agents. Continue Reading
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Feature
18 Sep 2026
Colossus data center buildouts: Can they ever be duplicated?
SpaceX's fast pace, energy capacity and crafty permitting in building the Colossus 1 and 2 data centers provide some worthy lessons that can be emulated -- and others that can't. Continue Reading
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News
17 Sep 2026
Gartner warns traditional IT controls won't keep up with AI
Autonomous AI agents have outpaced traditional IT controls. CIOs must strengthen access and accountability and build controls to stop agents before they cause damage. Continue Reading
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News
17 Sep 2026
Calls for AI slowdown raise new challenges for open-weight models
Regulating frontier AI could sideline smaller open source developers and push enterprises to take on more of the safety and governance burden themselves. Continue Reading
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News
16 Sep 2026
Agility unveils Digit 5, a safety-conscious humanoid
The robot maker says its latest humanoid is designed to work alongside people, but analysts warn that industrywide safety standards remain underdeveloped. Continue Reading
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News
16 Sep 2026
Humanoid robot boom boosts cobot supply
Cobot shipments to humanoid manufacturers are expected to jump this year, as robot makers increasingly outsource hardware. Continue Reading
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News
15 Sep 2026
Physical AI's challenge: Making humanoid robots work in the real world
The next stage of physical AI will depend on improving human-robot interactions. Continue Reading
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Opinion
15 Sep 2026
Why enterprise AI fails at the org chart, not the model layer
AI models are easy to access. Organizational authority is not. David Linthicum explains why the org chart -- not the model layer -- keeps enterprise AI from delivering. Continue Reading
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News
14 Sep 2026
Enterprises in shaky spot amid calls for an AI slowdown
Calls for an AI slowdown come as enterprise demand is building for cheaper and unregulated open source models from China. Continue Reading
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Tip
11 Sep 2026
Physical AI deployment challenges and how to address them
Physical AI can conjure up unique but solvable issues surrounding unpredictability, data quality, safety and cost overruns. Avoid business disruptions with these best practices. Continue Reading
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News
11 Sep 2026
The AI safety crunch and how enterprises should deal with it
The competitive landscape, particularly the geopolitical clash between the U.S. and China, complicates the AI safety dilemma. Continue Reading
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Tip
11 Sep 2026
Key guardrails to defend against rogue AI agents
AI agents go rogue for many reasons. Businesses must establish defense mechanisms and guardrails that counter the potential damage from an agent's rogue actions. Continue Reading
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News
11 Sep 2026
Prompt: AI governance enters its verification phase
California's new AI auditing laws point to a shift from companies making their own safety claims to proving those claims in independent review. Continue Reading
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Feature
09 Sep 2026
Key enterprise strategies for AI agent observability
Monitoring AI agents encompasses three pillars: agent intent, method and outcome. Explore all three, along with best practices for AI agent observability. Continue Reading
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Feature
03 Sep 2026
PayPal exec maps a path to adopting shift-left data governance
Moving data governance upstream can help build trusted data for users and AI. PayPal governance leader Brandy O'Shields explains how to adopt a shift-left approach. Continue Reading
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Feature
03 Sep 2026
What businesses really need from an AI off switch
Turning off an AI feature doesn't necessarily stop AI processing. Businesses need meaningful controls over AI features, data access, third parties and software updates. Continue Reading
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Tip
01 Sep 2026
AI cybersecurity vs. AI cyberattacks: Who's winning?
To stay ahead in the AI vs. AI cybersecurity race, businesses must incorporate the technology into detection, investigation, vulnerability management and response. Continue Reading
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Feature
31 Aug 2026
Ethical AI surveillance balances oversight and transparency
AI-powered employee surveillance gives employers new visibility into workers while raising concerns about privacy, bias and trust. Learn how enterprises can deploy it responsibly. Continue Reading
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Feature
28 Aug 2026
Shift-left governance brings data controls upstream for AI
AI systems move too fast for data governance that waits until the end. Enterprises are replacing outdated review methods with earlier oversight and automated controls. Continue Reading
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News
27 Aug 2026
When AI agents go rogue: What enterprise leaders need to know
A recent wave of AI agents breaching test sandboxes and outside company systems is raising new governance and security questions for enterprise IT leaders deploying autonomous AI. Continue Reading
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Feature
26 Aug 2026
New governance challenges arise as AI enters UC workflows
AI agents are now acting in UC and CX workflows. Governance policies must provide visibility, define accountability and support ongoing evaluation. Continue Reading
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Guest Post
25 Aug 2026
Beyond discovery: The real shadow AI challenge
IT teams can now identify shadow AI tools, but remediation doesn't scale. Managing hundreds of niche AI tools requires faster approvals and distributed governance. Continue Reading
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Opinion
25 Aug 2026
AI doesn't have a trust problem. Your data does.
The AI auditability gap isn't an AI problem. It's decades of data management debt, finally coming due, exposed by autonomous decision-making. Continue Reading
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Feature
21 Aug 2026
Data contracts gain urgency as AI tests data foundations
Unreliable data can undercut AI efforts before they deliver meaningful returns. Data contracts help clarify accountability and move quality controls upstream. Continue Reading
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Tip
19 Aug 2026
AI sycophancy: When leaders are told what they want to hear
Agreeable AI can reinforce executives' bias in strategic, personnel and investment decisions. Leaders must build decision processes that resist AI sycophancy. Continue Reading
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Tip
19 Aug 2026
Why businesses need an AI agent kill switch
Executives must understand the importance of AI safety to prevent reputational, financial and operational damage. Here's why an AI kill switch is the safety measure they need. Continue Reading
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Feature
17 Aug 2026
The hybrid future of enterprise AI sovereignty
With increasingly defined regulations to comply with and political tensions growing, business leaders are adopting AI sovereignty practices to weather the storm. Continue Reading
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Feature
14 Aug 2026
What Copilot in Windows means for endpoint governance
Microsoft 365 Copilot makes hidden data governance problems visible. Organizations must address oversharing, agent identity sprawl and policy gaps before broad deployment. Continue Reading
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Tip
13 Aug 2026
AI agent harnesses: The infrastructure behind autonomy
Harnesses are the scaffolding that turn a language model into a powerful, reliable agent capable of accurate autonomous action. Continue Reading
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Opinion
11 Aug 2026
HAL 9000 was right: AI guardrails matter more than perfect models
2001: A Space Odyssey's HAL killed its crew because no one told it humans mattered more than the mission. Today's AI needs that lesson: guardrails over goals, boundaries over logic. Continue Reading
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News
05 Aug 2026
AI Kill Switch Act: What it means for enterprise leaders
The proposed bill could apply to much more than just frontier model makers and might signal stricter regulatory restrictions for enterprise leaders to contend with. Continue Reading
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News
05 Aug 2026
AI open letters shift from warnings to push for business action
A recent statement signed by more than 200 economists and AI experts signals a shift from abstract warnings to actionable concerns about workplace transformation and readiness. Continue Reading
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Tip
18 Jun 2026
Why AI governance and data privacy must be integrated
Connecting AI to sensitive data forces enterprises to face a hard question: Where are the privacy gaps that could expose us to legal, financial and reputational harm? Continue Reading
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Feature
11 May 2026
AI existential risk: Is AI a threat to humanity?
What should enterprises make of the recent warnings about AI's threat to humanity? AI experts and ethicists offer opinions and practical advice for managing AI risk. Continue Reading
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Tip
07 May 2026
Generative AI ethics: 16 biggest concerns and risks
As adoption and use cases grow, generative AI is upending business models and driving ethical issues such as misinformation, brand integrity and job displacement to the forefront. Continue Reading
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Tip
18 Feb 2026
Global AI legislation and regulation tracker
With AI, it's better to be proactive, not reactive. This tracker compiles the major AI legislation, laws and frameworks across the U.S., Europe, Asia and beyond. Continue Reading
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Feature
30 Jan 2026
How to ensure AI transparency, explainability and trust
Transparency, explainability and trust are critical for enterprise AI. Learn how organizations can embed these principles to build accountable, ethical and reliable systems. Continue Reading
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Feature
28 Jan 2026
Leading AI with ethics: The new governance mandate
Ethical AI governance is now a boardroom priority, enabling organizations to curb bias, ensure accountability and build trust as a strategic advantage. Continue Reading
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Opinion
27 Jan 2026
Building governance for machine speed: The path to trusted AI autonomy
Governance systems need to match the speed of the AI agents they govern with real-time monitoring and dynamic enforcement. That's how companies balance autonomy and accountability. Continue Reading
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Tip
13 Nov 2025
Top 4 AI chatbot privacy concerns and how to mitigate them
Do you know how your AI chatbot is storing your data, and who they are sharing it with? Discover mitigation strategies to prevent your chatbots from revealing sensitive data. Continue Reading
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Feature
07 Nov 2025
Managing trust in the age of AI influence
Can AI technology foster trust and serve the common good, or will algorithms shape humanity's future for the worse? Experts at EmTech MIT wrestled with the nuances. Continue Reading
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Feature
30 Sep 2025
Ethical considerations of agentic AI and how to navigate them
Beyond the risks associated with traditional AI, agentic AI poses specific ethical concerns, including diminished human oversight, privacy erosion and misaligned outcomes. Continue Reading
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News
04 Sep 2025
AI's impact on Google search engine antitrust ruling
While some believe the ruling was too light, it does emphasize the role of GenAI vendors as competitors in the market. Continue Reading
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News
26 Aug 2025
Examining Elon Musk's xAI Lawsuit against OpenAI, Apple
While the lawsuit alleges anticompetitive practices and market monopolization, the case highlights the complexities of proving such claims. Continue Reading
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Feature
26 Aug 2025
Agentic AI compliance and regulation: What to know
Agentic AI's autonomous nature and its ability to access multiple data layers bring heightened risk. Learn how to ensure its deployment meets compliance standards. Continue Reading
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Feature
19 Aug 2025
Security risks in agentic AI systems and how to evaluate threats
Agentic AI changes workflows, boosts productivity and introduces new security risks. Learn what agentic AI can do and how to make this intelligent automation system secure. Continue Reading
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Feature
14 Aug 2025
Vertical AI agents explained: The future of enterprise tech
The need for ever more AI expertise and performance has spawned vertical AI agents -- a new breed of autonomous agents purpose-built for specific industries. Learn how they work. Continue Reading
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Tip
01 Aug 2025
5 MCP security risks and mitigation strategies
MCP facilitates interactions between AI models and external services. But at what security cost? Continue Reading
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News
23 Jul 2025
White House AI plan places scrutiny on state AI laws
While the White House wants to ensure U.S. companies can export AI products, it's considering new export controls for semiconductor manufacturing subsystems. Continue Reading
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News
16 Jul 2025
AI training, copyright issues headline U.S. Senate hearing
U.S. senators blasted companies, including Meta and Anthropic, for training AI models on copyrighted content, including pirated books and other materials. Continue Reading
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Tip
14 Jul 2025
8 agentic AI governance strategies: A complete guide
AI agents demand scrupulous data governance, such as permission policies and human oversight. This comprehensive guide can help organizations develop effective practices. Continue Reading
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News
24 Jun 2025
AI-generated deepfakes spread in Israel-Iran-U.S. conflict
Bad actors have used AI technology for more than a decade to spread misinformation and disinformation. However, the tools are getting more sophisticated and difficult to detect. Continue Reading
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News
10 Jun 2025
AI legal battles: U.K. trial and new U.S. lawsuit unfold
Getty Images fights Stability AI over copyright infringement in the U.K. courts, while Reddit sues Anthropic for contract breach over unauthorized data scraping for AI training. Continue Reading
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News
13 May 2025
AI copyright suits to be affected by Copyright Office stance
Federal report findings could weaken GenAI vendors' fair use positions in copyright suits. Continue Reading
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Tip
07 May 2025
Address top AI privacy concerns with this 7-point checklist
AI systems raise complex privacy and security issues. Use this practical checklist to protect sensitive data and stay compliant. Continue Reading
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Tip
05 May 2025
Why does AI hallucinate, and can we prevent it?
Despite their sophistication, LLMs still often produce inaccurate or misleading output. Will these hallucinations ever go away for good? Continue Reading
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News
17 Apr 2025
AI companies claim existing rules can govern agentic AI
AI agents are trained to perform tasks autonomously. Vendors including Meta, OpenAI and others offer platforms for businesses to build their own AI agents. Continue Reading
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Tip
10 Apr 2025
How to audit AI systems for transparency and compliance
AI audits help businesses ensure functionality, transparency and compliance when deploying AI systems. Learn how to conduct audits to build trust and meet regulatory requirements. Continue Reading
