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  • [New] If 2024 was the year of trial-and-error for generative AI, 2025 will be remembered as the year of Reasoning-defined by the arrival of true Reasoning Engines and a seismic shift in the open source landscape. DPEX Network - Data Protection Excellence Network
  • [New] IBM will help Pearson build a custom AI-powered learning platform - similar to IBM Consulting Advantage - that combines human expertise with AI assistants, agents, and assets. IBM Newsroom
  • [New] The most frequently automated workplace functions include: Customer interactions - 85% of customer interactions will be AI-managed by 2025. Netguru
  • [New] McKinsey estimates the long-term AI opportunity at $4.4 trillion in productivity growth potential. Netguru
  • [New] The most valuable skill in 2026 will not be memorizing the Java standard library, but the ability to guide an AI agent to a secure, scalable solution. Baytech Consulting
  • [New] AI has the potential to be a helpful supplement, but it must never be given the authority to replace educators, override parents, or shape the worldview of America's children. Moms for Liberty
  • [New] According to Ping Identity executives, the global expansion of government and corporate digital ID frameworks will increase public anxiety about sophisticated, AI-enabled social engineering scams. SC Media
  • [New] A global ecosystem of partners building AI agents that will connect to the Workday Agent System of Record. Enterprise Times
  • [New] Poland's PLLuM: PLLuM will be integrated into Poland's government public administration operations and help develop the national AI ecosystem, including a virtual assistant for public information and an intelligent office assistant for document processing. Medium
  • [New] The no-code AI landscape in 2026 is expected to be defined by leaner AI models developed as a result of hardware limitations and cloud costs, allowing more users to use advanced AI solutions with lower resource requirements. Launch Lemonade
  • [New] As the pressure to cut costs increases, workforce decisions need to be driven less by efficiency targets and more by where AI will truly change critical workflows and reshape competition over the next five years. Jump
  • [New] The Ukraine war - much of it now contested in the skies with unmanned aerial vehicles - has shown that relatively inexpensive, mass-producible equipment like drones powered by artificial intelligence will be key for future conflicts. Space War
  • [New] Fujitsu describes how generative AI is evolving into fully autonomous agents that can plan workflows and even take actions toward goals. Nexelem EN
  • [New] In that world, generative AI will not just be a backend tool - it will be a key operator in digital industrial ecosystems. Nexelem EN
  • [New] Millions of consumers will use AI agents to complete purchases by the 2026 holiday season. / USA FinExtra
  • [New] 1.3 billion AI robots will be replacing human assignments in consumer and business settings by 2035 and potentially four billion by 2050. The Hartford
  • [New] AI browser agents could be persistently exposed to prompt injection, a class of attacks where malicious instructions embedded in web content manipulate an AI system into leaking data, taking unintended actions, or bypassing safety rules. Tech Startups - Tech News, Tech Trends & Startup Fundin
  • [New] Global electricity consumption from data centers is projected to more than double by 2030; US AI-driven demand could increase 30-fold by 2035. InvestmentNews
  • [New] Security Integration: DeepMind will deepen its collaboration with the UK's AI Security Institute, utilising tools like Big Sleep (vulnerability detection) and CodeMender (autonomous patching) to bolster national cyber resilience. Thought Canvas
  • [New] Control Risks describes an agentic shift where autonomous AI agents can plan, act and adapt with limited human input, changing both defence and offence. Black Arrow Cyber Consulting
  • 74% of manufacturing executives expect AI agents to manage up to 50% of daily production decisions by 2028. Amiko Consulting

Last updated: 26 December 2025



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