Getting a grip on shadow tokens and AI blowouts
Uber burned through its entire 2026 AI budget in four months on Claude Code, a case study in how ungoverned token consumption leads to budget runaway. The phenomenon, called "shadow tokens," is also d…
Uber burned through its entire 2026 AI budget in four months on Claude Code, a case study in how ungoverned token consumption leads to budget runaway. The phenomenon, called "shadow tokens," is also d…
Deloitte projects generative AI fraud losses will hit $40 billion in the United States by 2027, up from $12.3 billion in 2023, and a joint policy paper from the American Bankers Association, the Bette…
AI-generated image fraud could cost $40 billion in the US by 2027, up from $12.3 billion in 2023, according to Deloitte's Center for Financial Services. The International Electrotechnical Commission (…
Deloitte and Tines announced a collaboration to help enterprises operationalise AI and automation, combining Deloitte's business context and security technology skills with Tines' intelligent workflow…
Enterprise AI workflows often create hidden manual labor as employees copy-paste AI outputs into downstream systems, undermining ROI. A July 2026 study found AI-assisted output increased developer thr…
A Harvard Business School meta-analysis of 18 studies covering over 143,000 individuals across 25 countries found that women had 22% lower odds of using generative AI than men, highlighting a growing …
Global payment fraud reached $33.4 billion in 2024, with the US absorbing 42% of losses despite processing only 25% of global card transactions, according to the Nilson Report. The FBI reported over o…
Nearly all UK finance chiefs expect business spending on technology to rise over the next five years, with 73% saying their view of AI has improved over the past year, according to Deloitte's latest s…
CIOs must master six AI agent architectures to scale enterprise deployments, according to an expert who has spent three years inside hundreds of deployments. The archetypes range from conversational a…
A new guide from an unnamed author details a six-stage pipeline using Anthropic's Claude to produce submission-ready bylined thought leadership in 60-90 minutes for subsequent pieces, down from the tr…
On AI Appreciation Day, observed globally on July 16, industry leaders argue that the most significant impact of artificial intelligence is not job replacement but a fundamental shift in human judgmen…
Community trust has become a core input to data center capacity, according to industry analysis. Developers must align projects with local priorities on culture, jobs, and long-term sustainability to …
Anthropic-backed Ode, led by CEO Chris Taylor, launched on May 4 with $1.5 billion in committed capital from Blackstone, Hellman & Friedman, Goldman Sachs, and others, betting that the real value in e…
Enterprise SaaS vendors including Atlassian, SAP, Snowflake, and Appian are launching AI agents that promise to reshape the future of work, but CIOs face a strategic choice between full automation and…
Only 21% of organizations have a mature governance model for AI agents, according to Deloitte's 2026 State of Enterprise AI report, while 83% cite data quality as their top AI challenge and 74% strugg…
Tata Consultancy Services plans to build a team of up to 8,900 forward-deployed AI engineers and is seeking acquisition targets in AI and cybersecurity, CEO K Krithivasan said. The move aims to defend…
Twilio's Decoding Business Transformation series, featuring Humanova founder Dr Sean Gallagher, argues that building an AI-ready culture is the critical step before any technology investment, as BCG r…
EY fired two employees for accessing Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's bank details, adding to scandals at Big Four firms in Australia. India launched 'Bharat Taxi' to compete with Uber, of…
A Deloitte survey of 1,150 parents finds half worry about children over-relying on AI in schools, while over a third say schools fail to teach AI skills. Only 22% of parents report schools have approv…
Forrester released a Q2 2026 evaluation of ten major AI consulting providers, including Accenture, Bain, BCG, Capgemini, Deloitte, EY, IBM, McKinsey, and PwC, as part of a broader 37-vendor roster. Th…