Surface Scratching: AI adoption nowhere near full potential
We are still very early in the AI adoption and implementation cycle. Across all sectors the gap between actual use today and potential use is huge.
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How The AI Knowledge Worker Will Succeed in 2026
The best question to ask right now isn't "Will AI take my job?". The best question is: Is AI going to take over the part of your job that makes you most valuable?
Uncertain Future: How brands can save themselves from AI extinction
Agentic shopping will scale when consumers feel secure. The brands that will win are the ones that treat trust as a core part of their commercial strategy and not an afterthought.
Alarm Bells: Something big is happening
The rate of improvement in AI models, combined with the expanded capabilities, and the rapid reduction in costs, mean the possibilities today are frankly terrifying.
Ready or Not: 2026 is the year of the AI Agent
When inventory, orders, pricing, and customer context live in multiple systems that don't easily talk to each other, both humans and AI struggle to deliver consistent experiences.
Man vs Machine: Luxury brands bet on the human touch
As AI capabilities become embedded within all operations, from marketing to inventory management and customer experience, brands are increasingly doubling down on what technology cannot replicate: emotional connection.
Painful Existence: Anthropic CEO Gives an AI Warning
Will AI kill us all, are we smart enough to keep up, and are all the AI cat videos enough to make it worth it?
AI lab gold rush: Who's actually building?
Investors are pouring billions into AI labs with conflicting visions, from aggressive commercialisation to pure research - revealing stark divides in how builders define success in this gold rush.
Legal Split: Agentic AI Rewrites Corporate Code
Corporate legal frameworks are fracturing under pressure from new agentic AI deployments - with Amazon's lawsuit against Perplexity setting the stage for high-stakes battles over autonomous systems.
Instant stores: AI builds e-commerce sites in minutes
AI now spins up complete e-commerce storefronts in under 10 minutes, eliminating weeks of setup work and fundamentally rewriting how businesses go digital.
Gates & OpenAI: $50M African health push
Gates and OpenAI are committing $50M to deploy AI diagnostics across 1,000+ African clinics by 2028, targeting critical care gaps in underserved regions starting with Rwanda.
Retail Redefined: Coke, Nike & Starbucks level up with AI
3 of the worlds top brands are doubling down on AI to accelerate revenue growth and deliver personalised customer experiences. This is just the beginning, brands are moving from pilot schemes to enterprise grade systems that deliver memorable experiences at scale.