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Survey: Enterprises Say They Are Ready for Agentic AI Failures, but Few Test Recovery Often

Most enterprise organizations say they are ready to recover from disruptions involving agentic AI, but a new survey of more than 300 IT decision-makers from Australia, New Zealand, Europe, the United Kingdom, and the United States suggests relatively few test those plans often enough to prove it.

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DOJ Extends Deadline for ADA Title II Compliance

Institutions working to meet the Americans with Disabilities Act Title II regulations for digital accessibility have received a temporary reprieve: The United States Department of Justice has published an interim final rule to push back the compliance deadline by one year.

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Anthropic Launches Opus 4.7 AI Model, Focusing on Coding, Visual Tasks, and Cybersecurity Guardrails

Anthropic has released Claude Opus 4.7, an updated large language model that it says outperforms its predecessor on software engineering tasks, image analysis, and multi-step autonomous work.

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OpenAI Launches Safety Fellowship to Fund External AI Research

OpenAI is expanding safety efforts beyond its walls with a new Safety Fellowship that will fund external researchers to study AI risks.

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Fast-Moving Ransomware, Router-Based Espionage Threats Target Education and Small-Office Organizations

A recent report from Microsoft warns about two active cybersecurity threats: a fast-moving ransomware campaign and a Russian espionage operation that abuses small office and home office routers to monitor victims' network traffic.

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Researchers: AI-Driven Campaign Compromises Accounts More Effectively than Traditional Phishing Attacks

Microsoft researchers recently uncovered a large-scale, sophisticated AI-driven phishing campaign that uses automation and legitimate authentication processes to compromise accounts more effectively than traditional phishing attacks.

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Report: AI Will Reshape Work More than Replace It, but Global Impact Is Uneven

Richer countries face greater exposure to AI-driven changes than developing countries, which are less exposed to AI but risk being left behind, according to a joint report from the International Labour Organization and World Bank.

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CSU Shares AI Learnings in Systemwide Survey

In a systemwide survey of more than 94,000 faculty, staff, and students, California State University recently documented widespread AI use across its 22 campuses.

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Microsoft, RSA Make Identity Security Push in the Age of AI

Two of the bigger authentication announcements to come out of the recent RSA Conference both point in the same direction: Organizations need a more flexible, unified approach to identity security, especially as AI agents start acting alongside human workers.

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New Agentic AI Tool Analyzes Oracle Fusion and Workday Releases

AI-powered automation platform Opkey has announced Release Advisor, a new agentic AI product aimed at helping Oracle Fusion and Workday customers analyze release updates, determine impact, and generate testing plans for their environments.