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Information Technology

AI Literacy Is No Longer Optional: The Business Impact of EU AI Act Article 4

First Take: AI Agent Shopping Ruling to Transform Procurement

OpenAI’s Shift to Usage-Based Pricing Drives Risk of Exploding Costs

High Tech

AI Literacy Is No Longer Optional: The Business Impact of EU AI Act Article 4

First Take: Why New Models for AI Infrastructure Financing Matter to CIOs

First Take: NVIDIA’s $500 Billion Token Gift Is Not for All

Cybersecurity

First Take: Cybersecurity Ecosystem Will Shift as U.S. Recruits Companies to Fight Cybercrime

Defending Against Rogue AI: What the OpenAI/Hugging Face Incident Means for Cybersecurity Leaders

First Take: China’s Review of Palo Alto Networks Signals Need for Cybersecurity Technology Review

Supply Chain

First Take: CSCOs Face New Supply Chain Risks Under PPWR

First Take: Drought Disruption Exposes Europe’s Supply Chain Weaknesses

First Take: Supply Chain Execution Technology Takes a Big Step Toward Composability

Data & Analytics

First Take: DeepSeek-V4-Flash Sets New Cost Efficiency Standard

First Take: U.S. Bans New Foreign-Produced Advanced Robotic Devices — What You Need to Know

First Take: Kimi K3 Signals the Arrival of Frontier Open-Weight Models

Software Engineering

First Take: Claude Code Is Defaulting to Automated Permissions — Update Your Governance Controls

First Take: Tricentis Acquires Tabnine, Closes Gap Between Code and Quality

First Take: Microsoft’s New Harness for Copilot Studio Requires a Considered Management Approach

Finance

OpenAI’s Shift to Usage-Based Pricing Drives Risk of Exploding Costs

First Take: OpenAI’s Pricing Change Requires Greater CFO Oversight of AI Costs

First Take: ChatGPT Work Shifts AI Adoption From Tasks to Finance Assignments

Infrastructure & Operations

First Take: Dynatrace’s Intended Arize Acquisition Enhances AI Observability and Builds New Decision Analysis for AI Operations

First Take: Verifiable Quantum Advantage Emerges. CIOs Must Prioritize Auditability When Making Quantum Investments

First Take: The First Statewide AI Data Center Ban Will Force a Shift in Infrastructure Capacity Planning

Human Resources

AI Literacy Is No Longer Optional: The Business Impact of EU AI Act Article 4

First Take: Mitigate Risks Amid Seismic-Highspot Merger Uncertainty

First Take: Jobs Report Pressures CHROs to Transform the Workforce They Have

Legal & Compliance

First Take: Harvey II Launch Shows Why Context Matters More Than Proprietary Models for GCs

First Take: EU AI Act Transparency Rules Demand Broader Actions Than Expected From GC

First Take: Anthropic’s Claude Release and Implications for General Counsel

Marketing

First Take: Databricks CustomerLake Erodes Stand-Alone CDPs and Shifts the Martech Landscape

First Take: Sitecore Acquires Scrunch to Move AEO Into the Content Supply Chain

First Take: Salesforce-Contentful Deal Signals Headless SaaS Is the Future for Digital Experiences

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