A lack of connection to the executive committee or an ill-defined reporting structure are among the warning signs that should prompt a CISO to avoid a position. Subscribe to Must-Read News Applying for a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) position means accepting a major challenge: fulfilling your duties under constant pressure, which can include overwhelming…
Somewhere in the server rooms behind OpenAI’s firewall, an experiment has been running since September 2025 that is fundamentally changing software development. No human developer has written a single line of code there. No human reviewer has checked a single commit before it landed on the main branch. Instead: one million lines of code, 1,500…
Recruitment often fails due to a lack of time to properly evaluate candidates. AI enables large-scale analysis and improves decision-making, thereby strengthening the recruiter’s role. Subscribe to Must-Read News One recruitment in two ends in failure within the first 18 months. This figure, established by American researcher Marc Murphy after tracking more than 20,000 new…
The AI landscape has undergone a fundamental transformation over the past two years. Open-source AI models, which once lagged significantly behind proprietary systems like GPT or Claude in terms of performance, have closed the gap to such an extent that the question is no longer: “Can I even use open source?” — but rather: “When…
AI improves and automates media relations, but it also standardizes messaging. The difference lies in trust, networking, and human connections, which have become essential in the face of constant solicitations. Subscribe to Must-Read News Artificial intelligence is making its mark across all sectors of the economy, but the more tools improve, the more the value…
Germany faces a structural administrative problem—and the federal government believes it has found the solution: AI in public administration, not as a digital writing assistant, but as an autonomous colleague. Under the banner “Colleague AI,” the newly created Federal Ministry for Digital Affairs and State Modernization (BMDS)—led by Digital Minister Karsten Wildberger (CDU)—is working to…
Companies are stepping up their CSR commitments: certifications, charters, reports. It’s necessary. Subscribe to Must-Read News But for marketing and communications departments, an opportunity is emerging: to go beyond these initiatives by offering services that tangibly help their customers in their daily lives. Purchasing power, housing, employment… Tangible actions that demonstrate commitment in a different…
Every Friday: One AI topic. One clear verdict. No bullshit. What happened This week, Germany reached another milestone on the path to a digitized public administration—or at least the next step in a very long march. Digital Minister Karsten Wildberger (CDU) presented the first 18 pilot projects of the so-called “Agentic AI Hub”: AI agents…
In the Strait of Hormuz, Iran is deploying an asymmetric strategy that combines innovation, surveillance, drones, and encrypted communications to influence the global balance of power. Subscribe to Must-Read News The Strait of Hormuz is not just a simple maritime passage. Today, it is one of the most strategic flashpoints on the planet, through which…
Every year, the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI (HAI) releases a report that summarizes global AI developments in numbers—objectively, data-driven, and without hype. The Stanford AI Index 2026 is perhaps the most sobering and, at the same time, the most exciting report the team has ever published. The conclusion can be summed up in one…