The State of AI Security in 2025: Key Insights from the Cisco Report

As more businesses adopt AI, understanding its security risks has become more important than ever. AI is reshaping industries and workflows, but it also introduces new security challenges that organizations must address. Protecting AI systems is essential to maintain trust, safeguard privacy, and ensure smooth business…

Will the AI boom fuel a global energy crisis?

AI’s thirst for energy is ballooning into a monster of a challenge. And it’s not just about the electricity bills. The environmental fallout is serious, stretching to guzzling precious water resources, creating mountains of electronic waste, and, yes, adding to those greenhouse gas emissions we’re all…

AI in business intelligence: Caveat emptor

One of the ways in which organisations are using the latest AI algorithms to help them grow and thrive is the adoption of privately-held AI models in aligning their business strategies. The differentiation between private and public AI is important in this context – most organisations…

Why Microsoft is cutting roles despite strong earnings

Microsoft is cutting about 7,000 jobs, or 3% of its workforce. The move isn’t about poor performance or falling revenue. It’s a clear shift in strategy—fewer layers, more engineers, and more investment in artificial intelligence. The layoffs affect staff across divisions and global offices. But the…

Congress pushes GPS tracking for every exported semiconductor

America’s quest to protect its semiconductor technology from China has taken increasingly dramatic turns over the past few years—from export bans to global restrictions—but the latest proposal from Congress ventures into unprecedented territory.  Lawmakers are now pushing for mandatory GPS-style tracking embedded in every AI chip…

Can the US really enforce a global AI chip ban?

When Huawei shocked the global tech industry with its Mate 60 Pro smartphone featuring an advanced 7-nanometer chip despite sweeping US technology restrictions, it demonstrated that innovation finds a way even under the heaviest sanctions. The US response was swift and predictable: tighter export controls and…