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• Information governance and security risks required significant time and resources to deal with, with concerns about data oversharing causing 40% to delay rollouts by three months or more. Computerworld
• Australia will soon become the second biggest investor in artificial intelligence and generative AI in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, a report from the Infosys Knowledge Institute has revealed, with investment in the emerging tech expected to balloon from A$ 63 million to A$ 159 million in 2024. Proactiveinvestors UK
• As per Infosys Knowledge Institute, the research arm of Infosys, the generative AI spending in APAC will triple in 2024, expected to surpass $3 billion. Analytics India Magazine
• The trends of semantic technology for 2024 will be based on a range of technological improvements. Dataversity
• Russian rulers will rely on informal governance and weak property rights. ETH Zurich
• The minority investment by Bain Capital Tech Opportunities will help iManage build on the increasingly important role it plays enabling knowledge-based organizations to work productively, improve information governance, optimize workflow, and collaborate seamlessly. Yahoo Finance
• The United States has already banned several Chinese vendors and surveillance products, and the United Kingdom last November informed government departments to cease installing Chinese-linked surveillance cameras at sensitive buildings, citing security risks. The Manila Times
• Through the cooperation of industry, consumers, government bodies, NGOs, and knowledge institutions implementing a series of mitigation strategies it would be possible to reduce microplastics generation by 70% by 2050. Food Packaging Forum
• The United States has already banned a number of Chinese vendors and surveillance products, and the United Kingdom in November informed government departments to cease installing Chinese-linked surveillance cameras at sensitive buildings, citing security risks. Al Jazeera
• As organizations have evolved to be more complex, global, and data-rich, legal and information governance teams are tasked with innovating or risk falling behind. JD Supra
• As a highly regulated country with a competitive economy, multinational corporations doing business in Switzerland require strong support and programmes across information governance, privacy, compliance, disputes and investigations and other critical risk areas. AN FTI CONSULTING REPORT
• China might target companies and knowledge institutes in the Netherlands to gather high-value knowledge and technology that it can use for its own economic, political and military gains. OpIndia News
• The global community must work together to strengthen climate risk-informed governance in fragile states as a critical element of peace building and stability. Gndr
• The independent body, which publishes economic and fiscal projections for Scotland's economy to inform government spending, projected growth of 0.9% per year on average between 2028-29 and 2071-72. Scotland Matters

Last updated: 11 September 2025