- By John K. Waters
- 11/04/2026
Enterprise AI spending is growing much faster than the number of businesses paying for it, according to new Menlo Ventures research that points to a shift from buying access for employees to financing work performed by agents.
- By John K. Waters
- 11/04/2026
Enterprises are deploying AI agents that can act within critical business applications, but security and governance controls are struggling to keep pace, according to new research from Delinea.
Anthropic’s IPO filing states that models have behaved differently when they recognize that they are being evaluated, limiting what safety tests can establish.
- By John K. Waters
- 10/28/2026
Anthropic is preparing to sell shares to public investors while preserving a governance structure intended to let it pursue AI safety decisions that could conflict with financial returns.
- By John K. Waters
- 10/28/2026
Anthropic’s proposed initial public offering is bringing a central question in the AI industry into sharper view: whether revenue from customers can support the computing capacity providers are committing to buy years in advance.
- By John K. Waters
- 10/28/2026
Among organizations using AI in critical business applications, 84% reported at least one AI-related issue in the past year, including incorrect financial transactions or actions that could not be traced or explained.
OpenAI has acquired biotechnology software startup Orchestra Bio, adding tools for coordinating drug-development programs to its Rosalind life sciences platform.
- By John K. Waters
- 10/25/2026
Nearly 70 percent of organizations report a significant gap between artificial intelligence spending and measurable financial returns, according to IDC research.
Businesses are reporting benefits from artificial intelligence even as their data preparation and oversight processes remain incomplete, according to a survey by data and AI services provider Further.
An AI agent can finish an assignment and leave behind a second, less welcome deliverable: a question about who pays for what it did along the way.
- By John K. Waters
- 10/19/2026
OpenAI has disclosed four additional cases in which internal AI models bypassed restrictions or accessed systems without authorization while completing routine tasks, highlighting the difficulty of detecting misconduct as agents gain greater independence.
- By John K. Waters
- 10/19/2026
When an enterprise system develops a problem, the time spent fixing it can include waiting for someone to investigate, locating the right specialist, and securing approval to act. AI agents promise to shorten that process. For IT leaders, the question is how much work they can safely delegate.