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• [New] The 2026 Corporate Affairs Report from consulting giant Deloitte reveals a function in the UK operating in a radically different and unpredictable era, marked by geopolitical volatility, rapid AI advancement, and declining institutional trust. PRovoke Media
• [New] Deloitte research finds 74% of organizations plan to adopt agentic AI within the next two years. evolvancemarketresearch.com
• [New] Advisory practices at Deloitte reinforce a phased approach to governance, aligning pilots with model risk, auditability, and operational resilience standards. BUSINESS 2.0 NEWS
• [New] Last September, Deloitte committed $3 billion in generative AI development through fiscal year 2030. Fortune
• [New] Assessments from SAP and Deloitte are more optimistic, but returns still reach only a minority of businesses - with meaningful payoff not expected for two to four years, which is slow for a technology investment cycle. Think Different
• [New] The bright side: Deloitte projects renewables will account for 30-66 GW of annual additions between 2026 and 2030, and solar-plus-storage comprised 83% of all energy additions in 2025. Gotrade
• Wisor says it's broadly expected that, under SB 315, AI labs could use the Big Four accounting and auditing firms-Deloitte, EY, KPMG, and PwC - to audit their safety practices. Wired
• The driving factor behind custom ASIC adoption is, of course, the rapid growth of inference workloads, which Deloitte projected to account for two-thirds of all AI compute in 2026. Tom's Hardware
• Deloitte warns against bolting agents onto operating models designed for humans - you amplify broken processes. General Purpose
• As Insurance Execs Eye AI for Fraud Detection, Deloitte Predicts Billions in Savings. Decerto
• (McKinsey & Company) Deloitte cites projections that 25% of global ecommerce sales will be enabled by AI agents by 2030 and that 55% of digital consumers will begin product research using large language model platforms. Omnichannel Customer Engagement Platform
• Deloitte highlights a US $ 1.7 trillion beyond connectivity services opportunity by 2029, including AI, cybersecurity, and cloud-based offerings - significantly larger than traditional core B2B telecom. aipix.ai
• (Deloitte) Enterprise gen AI applications with task-specific AI agents will jump from less than 5% to 40% in a single year. Uvik Software
• The optimism around women's pro sports is so high that accounting firm Deloitte predicts the global women's sports industry will surpass $3 billion in revenues in 2026 - an increase of 340% since 2022. The Christian Science Monitor

Last updated: 21 June 2026