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Digital transformation #mindcandy 29 July 2025
The topics are cyber security, supplier negotiations, agentic AI, autonomous LLMs, being AI ready, AI, using off-the-shelf AI, the annual Transform and Special Situations (TSS) Index and you are the upgrade.
890% surge in generative AI traffic raises new security concerns
https://www.frontier-enterprise.com/890-surge-in-generative-ai-traffic-raises-new-security-concerns/
While AI growth offers significant productivity benefits, the report warns that unsanctioned usage, emerging threats, and a lack of governance have rapidly expanded the attack surface for organisations.
How AI Is Reshaping Supplier Negotiations
https://hbr.org/2025/07/how-ai-is-reshaping-supplier-negotiations
AI is revolutionizing supplier negotiations, driven by the need for speed, scalability, and strategic agility in complex supply chains. Initially used for automating low-value tasks, AI can now play a crucial role in a growing number of key procurement decisions
The Road to Agentic AI: Navigating Architecture, Threats, and Solutions
As agentic AI systems grow increasingly complex, it becomes clear that this class of applications relies on a multi-layered architecture. Trying to chart such architecture reveals several security risks that could plague each layer.
Carnegie Mellon researchers show large language models can autonomously plan and execute cyberattacks
The study demonstrates how AI systems replicated the 2017 Equifax data breach in a controlled environment, highlighting risks and opportunities for cybersecurity.
IBM: only 11 percent of organizations truly AI-ready despite 85 percent claiming to be
This stark disconnect highlights a pressing opportunity: With the right focus, many enterprises can turn ambition into action and accelerate their journey from Industry 4.0 towards Industry 5.0.
Five things you need to know about AI right now
https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/07/22/1120556/five-things-to-know-ai/
Generative AI is now so good it’s scary, hallucination is a feature, not a bug, AI is power hungry and getting hungrier, nobody knows exactly how large language models work, and AGI doesn’t mean anything.
What Businesses Should Consider Before Using Off-the-Shelf AI
The ability to scrape information … is way more advanced than people realize.
The $300 Billion Reason Why CEOs in Europe Need to Focus on Transformation
https://www.bcg.com/publications/2025/why-ceos-in-europe-need-to-focus-on-transformation
According to BCG’s third annual Transform and Special Situations (TSS) Index covering 1,700 publicly held European companies, 17% are under significant pressure to transform and more than 6% face even more severe pressure, indicating the need to restructure.
You are the upgrade
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Data, acceleration, and the future of intelligence: Lessons from 25 core books (and links to 114 other books) about AI, technology abstraction, and consciousness.
