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  • [New] According to the IBM IBV 2026 Tech Leader Study: Building the IT foundation for agentic AI at scale, by 2027, enterprises expect to deploy an average of 1,661 AI agents - a 38% increase. IBM Newsroom
  • [New] Management framed the added AI services opportunity at USD 300 billion to USD 400 billion by 2030, while policy and geopolitical uncertainty stayed in the risk set. Finvest
  • [New] The year 2026 will mark a turning point in the evolution of Artificial Intelligence, ceasing to be an emerging promise to become a transversal, fully integrated, and governed infrastructure. Sisua Digital
  • [New] In 2026, AI will be natively integrated as a cross-cutting layer in applications, platforms, and digital flows. Sisua Digital
  • [New] 82% of business leaders globally expect to use digital labour (AI agents) within the next 12-18 months, and 46% of organizations are already using AI agents to automate workflows. MarkNtel Advisors
  • [New] Greater access to scalable AI infrastructure will intensify competition and foster wider commercialization of enterprise AI agents globally. MarkNtel Advisors
  • [New] Enterprise AI spend crossed $2.5 trillion globally this year, and Gartner expects 40% of enterprise applications to run task-specific AI agents by December, up from under 5% just twelve months ago. Easy Comm
  • [New] Agentic AI is moving from pilots to production, with nearly 40% of enterprise apps expected to embed task-specific agents by end of 2026 but weak governance is the top reason projects get cancelled. Easy Comm
  • [New] The world's leading AI companies believe they could be close to automating AI research. Radical Data Science
  • [New] Newly introduced, Pennsylvania HB 2678 would require every state professional licensing board to adopt profession-specific rules governing how licensees use AI. Propelus
  • [New] OpenAI and Anthropic have publicly supported Australia's proposed AI regulatory framework, arguing that clearer rules could encourage investment and provide greater certainty for developers. MarketingProfs
  • [New] The end devices with which future AI agents will mainly interact include about 6 billion smartphones, 2 billion AI wearables, 2 billion PCs, and 500 million connected cars, underscoring how vehicles are becoming a key gateway to AI services. DIGITIMES Inc.
  • [New] One of the biggest shifts by 2026 will be artificial intelligence (AI) being deeply embedded in learning platforms. TheTuitionE - Online Private Tuition - Dubai
  • [New] By the fourth quarter of 2026, the Commission will officially launch the EU Grand Challenge, incentivizing the rapid development of European AI-powered cybersecurity solutions. Lumenova AI
  • [New] Novo Nordisk offers discounted valuations that are exposed for the long haul, have a maturing pipeline, and have real AI initiatives that could shorten R&D timelines and costs slightly while compounding benefits across their businesses. tradingkey.com
  • [New] Microsoft's own July Patch Tuesday fixed a record 570 vulnerabilities with AI assistance, AI security acquisitions tripled from 10 last year to 29 in the first half of 2026, and CISA warned that autonomous agents are opening new gaps in identity and access management. Build Fast with AI
  • [New] Microsoft is preparing Project Perception, an AI cybersecurity platform that finds and fixes software vulnerabilities using models from Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic together, positioned as a lower-cost alternative to Anthropic's Mythos-class security offering. Build Fast with AI
  • [New] Oklo and X-Energy will participate in a $200 million government program aimed at speeding up the deployment of power infrastructure needed to meet growing AI-related electricity demand. Electricity Info
  • [New] In 2026, success will hinge less on experimentation and more on institutionalizing AI - embedding it into finance, security, workforce structures, and regional architectures to deliver durable business value. BusinessWorld Online
  • [New] Advanced AI systems used in risk analysis, identification, and border control will be subject to greater expectations of traceability, oversight, and institutional security. Aduana News
  • [New] AI algorithms now learn from billions of threat vectors across the globe, providing predictive alerts before a vulnerability can be exploited. Comp Doc Computers
  • [New] Gartner expects 80% of customer service organizations to use generative AI to improve agent productivity and customer experience by 2026. Instadesk

Last updated: 31 July 2026



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