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WHAT'S NEXT?: There will be an increased demand for software and services that deliver intelligence, personalization, and specialization. Artificial intelligence could become a $15+ bn opportunity by 2025. Combining human and machine cognition for engagement decisions could yield the precision and reliability of automation without sacrificing the robustness and flexibility that humans bring. The first effect of machine intelligence will be to lower the cost of goods and services that rely on prediction.

• [New] Security operations center (SOC) teams and threat intelligence analysts get to see how China -, Russia -, DPRK -, and Iran-aligned actors operate day to day, from AI-assisted exploit development to C & C hidden inside trusted cloud services and blockchains. TrendAI
• [New] The first half of 2026 marked the first time TrendAI research teams documented China-aligned threat actors Earth Krahang, Earth Naga (associated with Flax Typhoon), and an unidentified actor actively integrating generative AI into multiple stages of the attack lifecycle. TrendAI
• [New] Gartner expects a large share of agentic AI projects to be scrapped before 2027, and unclear ownership is a quiet driver: nobody wants to sign for a system whose failure modes were never defined. Finzarc
• [New] AI demand will outpace supply through 2027. tradingkey.com
• [New] The RIMC meeting in 2026 will focus on agentic AI systems which do not simply act as passive chatbots waiting for inputs but instead function as active agents capable of making autonomous decisions in order to solve complex tasks. News Powered by Cision
• [New] OpenAI published an open letter on Thursday, joined by over 100 organizations, warning that the window to shore up cyber defences was quickly closing as AI-enabled attacks become more sophisticated and widespread. Business Insider
• [New] Despite some optimism that the AI boom will chug on in perpetuity, many industry insiders are feeling wary about high valuations in tech, and are taking steps to cut risk, diversify, and in some cases, build an exit plan in case AI ends up disappointing. Business Insider
• [New] Memory demand is outpacing supply, with HBM and DRAM prices likely to remain elevated through at least 2027 as AI infrastructure expands. Seeking Alpha
• [New] The Hong Kong AI Research and Development Institute will come into operation later in 2026 to translate upstream research into real-world applications. The Astana Times
• [New] The EU AI Act enters staged application, culminating in 2026 for high-risk systems, and Digital Operational Resilience Act took effect for financial entities in 2025, with requirements that include incident reporting and third-party risk oversight. Mordor Intelligence
• [New] 83% Organizations Reporting an Increase in Cyberattacks Over the Last 12 Months More than half of cybersecurity leaders identified generative and agentic AI technology as the most significant emerging technology threat. Narrative Strategies
• [New] Frontier AI is increasing the speed, scale and sophistication of cyber threats to the financial system while also accelerating technology and operational risks. FinExtra
• [New] AI is compressing the time between vulnerability discovery and exploitation, which means defenders need a faster, more reliable path to action. FinExtra
• [New] The joint warning, signed by companies including OpenAI, Anthropic, Amazon Web Services and Microsoft, argues that tasks once requiring highly skilled hackers and significant time could increasingly be accelerated or automated by artificial intelligence. KDBC
• [New] Over 80% of experts anticipate fragmented AI governance. BuildEZ
• [New] The establishment of the DE-AISI is an important opportunity for Germany to contribute to the safety and security of frontier AI models as their risks for national security and critical infrastructure become increasingly central. Institute for Law & AI
• [New] AI is poised to shrink the world's health gap and accelerate discovery in physics, chemistry, and biology, leading to more personalized learning experiences and a future where every research scientist could have an AI lab assistant. TashiOS
• [New] AI coding costs in particular will exceed the average developer salary by 2028, driven by rising large language model token consumption and the shift to consumption-based licensing. The Ohio Society of CPAs
• [New] SME agentic AI adoption is growing at an estimated 41.3% annually through 2030. / USA evolvancemarketresearch.com
• [New] 60% to 70% of current enterprise knowledge work tasks are technically automatable using AI agents deployable in 2026, representing a labour cost substitution opportunity of USD 4.4 trillion annually. evolvancemarketresearch.com
• [New] Enterprise knowledge work automation is the primary structural demand driver for agentic AI through 2035. evolvancemarketresearch.com

Last updated: 01 September 2026