AI, Five Eyes, and the enterprise
Five Eyes now says cyber risk assumptions are now measured in months
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Who really owns your data?
Cyber, privacy and the rise of self sovereign identity
Beyond AI sovereignty: why the West relies on US frontier models and what comes next
The West has largely bypassed AI sovereignty, opting instead for dependence on US frontier models and raising urgent questions about control, resilience, and strategic agency.
The hidden politics of AI: sovereignty in a platform world
AI Sovereignty was never theoretical - you just weren’t paying attention
Anthropic, Fable 5, and why sovereign AI just got real
When Washington pulls the plug: Fable 5, Mythos 5, and why sovereign AI risk just got real.
AI’s Hidden Extraction Economy
We can’t unring the bell: How Labour and Knowledge Power “Intelligent” Machines
Reflections from 2024: Innovating when the ground is moving
It is interesting to read back on old posts sometimes. One I came across is titled: AI Changes Everything. Way back in June 2024 I travelled to Boston to speak at FEI: Front End of Innovation conference, invited by old friend Seth Adler to speak about how AI was about
Context and control: the real future of AI in the enterprise
The AI conversation is shifting. What began as a fascination with generative tools is rapidly evolving into something far more consequential: AI as an enterprise execution engine. The real challenge is no longer producing outputs, but delivering reliable, governed outcomes at scale.
Why observability and assurance are essential in the age of AI agents
As AI agents take real actions across your business, observability and assurance move from nice‑to‑have to non‑negotiable.
Data is changing: static to flowing
Data is no longer a static by-product; it is a flowing asset that powers automation and AI. When it is poorly governed, AI amplifies the problems - so managing data and its risks is now a strategic imperative.
Machine overmatch in an age of software-defined war
Ukraine has shown that modern war is increasingly software-defined, data-dependent and commercially entangled. Salt Typhoon reveals what this means in peacetime: adversaries are mapping telecommunications, infrastructure and digital ecosystems long before a crisis begins.
Before you worry about AI threats, fix your security fundamentals
Most cyber breaches aren’t driven by advanced AI - they’re caused by basic failures like exposed cloud storage and poor data governance. It’s time to refocus on cybersecurity fundamentals.
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The hardware crunch is here: what it means for AI and data operations
AI and data teams are heading into a period where hardware scarcity, longer lead times, and rising costs are no longer edge cases but operating conditions.
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Why data minimisation matters in the age of AI-powered cyber attacks
AI is changing the risk profile of cybersecurity, turning data minimisation from a privacy nicety into a frontline defence. The less data you hold, the less there is for AI‑enabled attackers to exploit.
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The coming AI jobs-pocalypse
The story we tell ourselves about technology and jobs has almost always been wrong, at least in the short term.
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Why AI needs a Proof-of-Concept to Production pipeline
Organisations that treat AI as a series of disconnected experiments will end up with expensive demos, shadow IT and AI, and mounting risk rather than real business value.
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AI has changed the cyber threat landscape
Artificial intelligence is now a first‑order cyber risk driver, as well as a productivity tool. AI‑accelerated threats, fragile model “harnesses,” and concentrated dependence on a few vendors demand urgent uplift in governance, resilience, and incident response.
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The hype cycle and AI: why we need to stay grounded
Generative AI has hit the peak of inflated expectations. The Gartner Hype Cycle reminds us we've been here before - and shows why governance, not hype, and doing the work still matters.
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AI adoption is a people problem, not a technology problem
AI isn’t magic. It’s change management (and people). Ignore that at your peril.
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ANZAC Day and a multipolar world: what “lest we forget” means now
On ANZAC Day 2026 I remember the ordinary diggers behind the legend and reflect on Australia’s place in an emerging multipolar world, from Gallipoli to today’s conflicts.
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AI, power, and why open institutions matter
Software and AI are never neutral; they can quietly lock in existing systems of control and power. To avoid surrendering autonomy to a few proprietary platforms, we need open, community‑governed institutions that keep AI accountable and share its benefits more fairly.
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Beyond AI hype: building new institutions for AI and the Digital Revolution
In history I saw how the English working class responded to upheaval of the industrial revolution by building new institutions Today’s AI disruption raises a similar question: what new institutions do we need for the AI age?
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Losing faith in the system: distrust, AI, and the turn to alternative beliefs
Etsy witches, AI, & young people quietly returning to the Catholic Church might look unrelated, but they all signal a crisis of trust in institutions.
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Etsy witches, Claude’s mythos, and the strange mood we are in
Etsy witches, constitutional AI, and rising geopolitical risk are all symptoms of the same restless zeitgeist.