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AI explainability goes beyond trust, fostering human oversight, collaboration, and control, especially for high-stakes decisions and system maintenance.
Despite the hype, true AI agents are elusive. They lack causal understanding, limiting effective autonomous action in varied environments.
Successful M365 information governance ensures data security, compliance, and ROI. Implement a phased approach, align licensing with your risk, and manage all data types.
ICT leaders: IT costs are rising but it's an investment in organisational competitiveness. Focus on value realisation through adoption, integration, and process streamlining.
Why do we need data backups? What are the risks associated with poor management of your data backup? How much is your data backup costing?
The provision of independent assurance can play a crucial role in effectively navigating the complexities of projects, ultimately transforming these challenges into successful outcomes.
Voiceform is a specialised technology firm leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to innovate data collection and analytics, particularly through voice-based interactions. By integrating AI-powered voice capture and analysis into survey methodologies, Voiceform aims to provide businesses with richer, more nuanced qualitative insights at scale, bridging the gap between traditional quantitative surveys and in-depth qualitative interviews. This approach aligns with key trends in AI's impact on business intelligence, particularly in enabling natural language interfaces for data interaction and the drive to unlock previously inaccessible dark data.
Microsoft's new AI security tools, like Entra Agent ID, aim to embed security into AI agent development, tackling risks like prompt injection and data poisoning head-on.
Desktop computing is fundamentally changing with AI embedded directly into Windows. This shift mandates NPU-equipped PCs and new strategies for hardware, security, and user engagement.
Google's universal AI assistant aims for proactive, personalised support via a world model and live capabilities, but caution is advised on its reasoning claims.
Google's AI-enhanced Dataplex and BigLake updates, leveraging Apache Iceberg, champion open, integrated data management and governance, contrasting with Microsoft's unified approach.
Microsoft's Build 2025 announcements, especially around AI and the 'agentic web', will increase Azure, GitHub, and Microsoft 365 consumption and costs.
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