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• [New] Three Memorandums of Understanding signed with the Singapore Economic Development Board during the Singapore Airshow 2026 will strengthen Thales' capabilities in AI, cloud, edge computing, data engineering and manufacturing in Singapore. French Chamber of Commerce in Singapore
• [New] The WEF 2026 Report highlights 44% of workers' skills will be disrupted by AI, making AI training and AI certification an important consideration to stay relevant. https://www.usaii.org/ai-insights/top-emerging-technolo
• [New] In 2026, AI capabilities will significantly enhance remote patient monitoring and virtual care, improving clinical decision support and enabling earlier intervention. Talencio
• [New] Divergence will be a defining regulatory risk in 2026, as firms have to operate in a world where major jurisdictions are moving in different directions with regard to digital / AI, prudential, and sustainability rules. Allianz.com
• [New] In 2026, the Knowledge Centre Data & Society will focus on AI literacy and maturity, digital sovereignty and digital regulation, while keeping a close eye on the technological future. EN
• [New] By 2026, the pace of innovation will be defined by how well companies adapt, govern, and scale AI responsibly. MEXC
• [New] Outcomes by 2030 could range from modest improvements to rapid gains in AI capabilities, with systems matching or exceeding human cognitive performance. International AI Safety Report
• [New] In a study by the Forecasting Research Institute, experts forecast a 50% chance that AI models will achieve 55% accuracy by 2027 and 75% accuracy by 2030 on undergraduate-level FrontierMath problems. International AI Safety Report
• [New] The computational power used to train the largest AI models could grow 125-fold by 2030 without hitting hard limits in energy, chips, or data. International AI Safety Report
• [New] Texas mandates risk frameworks and internal testing for enterprise AI. DB Markham's Homepage
• [New] Organizations will increasingly depend on generative AI to improve everything from DevOps pipelines and cost management to application security and testing, significantly decreasing human involvement and time spent on repetitive tasks. IDC: The premier global market intelligence company
• [New] In 2026, 20% of Fortune 2000 companies will suffer material security incidents that originate from compromised or manipulated AI-driven observability or control pipelines. Cribl
• [New] Gen AI and agentic AI are not incremental add-ons - they are a new software era that will redefine products, business models, and operations. DIGITAL STORM weekly
• [New] AI infrastructure continues to be the primary growth engine: Server spending is forecast to increase 36.9% in 2026, driven largely by hyperscale cloud providers expanding capacity for AI training and inference. The National CIO Review
• [New] 2026 represents the inflection point where quantum-AI hybrid computing moves from theoretical potential to practical impact. ThePromptBuddy
• [New] AI's value will surge to $642 billion by 2029, with quantum-AI convergence creating $131 billion in investment opportunities in hybrid infrastructure. ThePromptBuddy
• [New] Quantum advantage will happen first in chemistry, followed by optimization, and third in mathematical problems including AI quantum machine learning applications. ThePromptBuddy
• [New] In 2026, risk and compliance leaders should focus on operationalizing AI governance end-to-end by maintaining an enterprise inventory of AI use cases, embedding risk and compliance checks into model and product lifecycles, and implementing ongoing monitoring and observability. Metricstream
• [New] Tesla has staked its future on AI-driven autonomous vehicles and humanoid robots, while SpaceX plans the orbiting data centers that might supply the immense computing power needed to drive Tesla's AI-powered machines. WKZO | Everything Kalamazoo | 590 AM - 106.9 FM

Last updated: 08 February 2026