Dear CIO,
Before diving into this week’s insights, I wanted to share a quick update: due to unforeseen timing issues in our production schedule, the special edition print copy many of you were expecting will be delayed. We deeply apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience, but rest assured, it's on the way and we think you’ll find it worth the wait. In the meantime, here are a few essential developments and reflections every CIO should have on their radar.
Best Regards,
John, Your Enterprise AI Advisor
LangChain highlights how Morningstar streamlined investment research by deploying over 20 instances of the AI assistant Mo to accelerate analysis.
Ryan Pendell dives into a Gallup Report showing how workplace AI usage over two years has doubled, driven mainly by white-collar roles while adoption among front-line workers has stagnated.
Elizabeth Montalbano looks at a Trend Micro Report showing how weaponized GitHub repositories distribute multistage malware disguised as pen-testing tools to infiltrate developer environments.
Ravie Lakshmanan reports on SafeDep and Veracode researchers exposing multiple npm packages that deployed layered obfuscation and transitive dependencies to trigger remote code execution.
Adrian Cole shared a personal journey refining genAI evaluation practices.
Ethan Mollick criticized McKinsey's AI agent strategy for clinging to outdated, low-capacity models and narrow tasks.
Peter Campbell announced the kickoff of a cybersecurity webinar series with guest Vishwas Manral to discuss AI SecOps, agentic AI, and future directions in model governance.
Sriram Natarajan argued that the enterprise AI landscape is shifting toward a Build-First model as agentic systems reduce complexity.
OPAQUE Systems highlighted my Blue, Yellow, and Red categories, and the warning that AI has turned seemingly harmless yellow metadata into a security risk.
Glen McCracken condemned the passive adoption of AI without understanding its workings, arguing that true leadership requires AI fluency, critical inquiry, and accountability.
The Artificially Intelligent Enterprise shares how to enhance cybersecurity at “machine speeds”.
AI Tangle looks at Masayoshi Son's newly proposed $1 trillion plan for an AI and robotics hub in the US, and more.
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