The end of the AI honeymoon? ChatGPT market share falls below 50% for first time

OpenAI still has over a billion monthly active ChatGPT users, but consumers are also increasingly choosing Gemini.

‘We’re helping make AI skills accessible to every marketer’: Adobe & LinkedIn team up to spread AI knowledge

Adobe is making free AI training available to marketing professionals through LinkedIn as AI literacy skill demand rises 113%.
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Avoiding the auto-fail under cyber essentials’ new rules

Cyber Essentials update introduces auto-fail rules, forcing faster patching and full cloud accountability

How healthcare practices should evaluate AI vendors

Healthcare practices adopting AI must prioritize security, compliance, accountability, and operational reliability.

How can businesses respond to the next generation of AI?

As AI lowers the barrier of entry for cybercriminals, the baseline for defense must too rise. Anthropic AI’s Mythos model is a wake-up call.
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AI agents in live operations require new standards and management

AI agents in live operations demand stronger governance, accountability, and real-world resilience standards.

SMBs are acting on financial advice from AI chatbots — before talking to their accountant, as experts warn ‘that pressure is only going to grow’

70% of UK SMEs consult AI for financial advice before their accountants – professionals now need to offer higher-value, proactive business advice.
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Holiday season is here — but watch out, hackers are launching more phishing scams and attacks than ever before

Firms in hospitality are hit with more than 2,000 attacks every week now, while consumers are being served fake accommodation sites.
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China wants to spend nearly $300 billion on a national data center grid — all powered by domestically made silicon and looking to outperform the US

China plans a $295 billion AI data center grid relying heavily on domestic chips, telecom operators, and government-backed financing structures.
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