Staff members from US senators’ offices said Miko had exposed their side of audio discussions with children in an unsecured, publicly accessible database. Audio files often appeared to contain children’s names along with details about the children’s conversations with Miko.
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New podcast alert! 🎙️I'm on Cloudera's #TheAIForecast discussing the real barriers to AI success.
✓ Why culture beats tooling
✓ Data literacy vs data fluency
✓ How to move teams from passive to active with data
✓ Real-world examples of what goes wrong (and how to fix it)
Tune in: lnkd.in/gFbRUZ_T
The real competitive advantage with AI comes from having business leaders who can bridge business problems with the possibilities technology offers. zurl.co/hr52N
The Big Rethink: An agenda for thriving in the agentic age. CEOs need a new agenda to help them and their organizations navigate the key questions around AI, particularly agentic AI. zurl.co/aJCN0
Spotlight on agentic AI at Davos. AI agents are evolving quickly and, as they mature, could completely change how companies are run and generate value. How CEOs manage the pace of change will determine how well they can capture the benefits. zurl.co/moVK7
OpenAI’s computing capacity grew by 9.5 times between 2023 and 2025, from 0.2 GW in 2023 to about 1.9 GW in 2025, while annualized recurring revenue grew 10 times in the same period to more than $20 billion last year. zurl.co/aqKQx
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40% of enterprise jobs are set to be reshaped by #AgenticAI by 2026, according to Gartner. Are organisations preparing teams to collaborate with AI, or are we just replacing roles?
How is your organisation preparing? What strategies do you find effective?
Gartner: www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/...
As the new week begins, I invite leaders to review existing approaches, refine their ambitions, and set bold new targets for unlocking business value from data.
What steps will you take to help your organisation make data truly work for the business?
Industry trends show a shift away from siloed, ad hoc work towards unified, strategically led optimisation of data assets.
Does your current practice help you extract genuine value from your investments? Gaps in data fluency or governance slow down growth, limit agility, and erode trust in advanced technologies like AI.
Regular reviews and process improvements can help prevent “shadow initiatives”, and ensure analytics efforts are directed where they matter most.
The true potential of AI emerges only when your data infrastructure is robust, adaptable, and supported by cross-functional collaboration.
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What actionable steps can leaders take? Begin with an internal audit of your data assets, aligning every initiative with your top business priorities. Lay solid foundations for effective governance and security.
According to research by Salesforce, 80% of business leaders globally believe data is critical in decision-making at their organisation today, yet only a minority feel their current approach delivers genuine value (source: Salesforce, Untapped Data Research, 2023:
Too often, valuable data assets remain scattered, insights go under-utilised, and organisational strategies become disconnected from what truly drives impact.
This Monday, let's think about how will you take action on your data strategy this week. Leaders are acutely aware that business results matter, and their data strategies should reflect this reality.
Data storytelling matters:
Context adds clarity
Empathy drives engagement
Action follows understanding
In my book, Artificial Intelligence With Microsoft Power BI, I share strategies for making analytics accessible
How are you using #dataviz to create business impact?
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Why 60% of #AI initiatives fail: Data matters. #MakeYourDataWork
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AI web browsers are the new trend, but will ChatGPT and Perplexity Chrome competitors turn out to be a fad? zurl.co/dvpe2
How This Hollywood Producer Turned Brad Pitt Into A $40 Million ‘F1’ human billboard. Mercedes, IWC, Expensify and other brands paid millions to sponsor a fictional #F1 team in Apple’s new movie, which blurs the line between cinema and commerce. zurl.co/vcrNW
Nvidia’s $4 Trillion Market Cap Highlights Extreme Concentration in #AI Market zurl.co/WMP0s
Hacker, Wanted By US For Stealing COVID-19 Data, Arrested In Italy, The US believes the he was linked to a state-sponsored hacking group known as Hafnium that was accused of penetrating Microsoft email software in 2021 in a mass espionage campaign. zurl.co/fo6Si
Australia’s largest airline Qantas has confirmed that the recent data breach impacted 5.7 million individuals. zurl.co/VGRmO
DoNot APT, a cyberespionage group, targets European foreign ministries with LoptikMod malware. zurl.co/hyKQ8
