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When the US switches off your AI overnight: Anthropic forced to pull Fable 5 and Mythos 5
Three days after launch, a US export-control directive forced Anthropic to suspend its most powerful models for foreign nationals. For European businesses, it is a wake-up call about who really owns your AI.
The EU AI Act: what small and mid-size businesses actually have to do
The AI Act is no longer the future. The GPAI rules have applied since August 2025 and fines reach €35 million. But for most SMBs the real problem isn't the fines. It's the uncertainty.
Shadow AI and Copilot: when the assistant leaks company secrets
AI assistants are only as safe as the permissions beneath them. EchoLeak showed how a single email could make Microsoft 365 Copilot leak data, with zero clicks. The problem is rarely the AI. It's what you already overshared without knowing.
Why 95% of AI projects fail, and how the few succeed
Despite $30–40 billion invested, 95% of companies get zero measurable return on generative AI. It isn't the technology that fails. It's how it's introduced.
AI agents: the promise, the hype and the risks nobody mentions
Autonomous AI agents are sold as the next big leap. But Gartner predicts over 40% of projects will be scrapped by 2027, and the early security incidents show why autonomy without control is a bad idea.
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