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Central banks have warned that market resilience is becoming thinner. The BIS says AI investment, fragile bond-market liquidity, inflation risks, and strained public finances are creating a tougher policy environment for governments, investors, and companies.
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AI agents are gaining authority faster than enterprise controls inside. Kore.ai says most enterprises report unmanaged risk as agents move into data, decisions, customer interactions, and financial activity.
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Entry-level work is being redrawn rather than simply removed outright. Cognizant and Pearson say HR leaders expect AI to create new early-career roles while exposing weaknesses in training models.
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KPMG’s withdrawn AI report raises professional services governance questions again. The episode has sharpened scrutiny of citations, case studies, verification, and AI use in high-trust advisory work.
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NatWest has put AI job redesign squarely into view now. Paul Thwaite said some existing banking roles will be delivered by AI as the group’s workforce shifts towards technology, oversight, and orchestration.
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AI scale is being blocked by data infrastructure weakness. Confluent research finds 72% of global IT leaders say poor real-time data foundations are slowing AI growth, with agentic adoption particularly exposed.
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SMEs want payment fundamentals fixed before more features arrive. DECTA research finds 40% of UK SME merchants feel underserved by payment providers, with security, settlement speed, transparency, and international payments among the main pressure points.
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Airline media is moving into programmatic advertising channels. Magnite and Viasat Aviation have partnered to open in-flight Wi-Fi and entertainment inventory to automated buying, route-based targeting, and measurable brand campaigns.
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Email attacks are accelerating beyond traditional inbox defences. Barracuda has launched Integrated Email Protection, using AI and cross-domain signals to detect, explain, and remediate threats across Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, and MSP environments.
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Cyber leadership is becoming part of product trust. SolarWinds has appointed Justin Henkel as CISO, bringing intelligence, financial services, and enterprise-risk experience as AI-driven IT and software resilience face closer scrutiny.