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For this week’s AI News: Three orders of magnitude now separate US, Chinese, and European AI bets. We unpack the week's $700B numbers and the four questions every business leader should bring to their next planning session. What Stood Out This Week: US AI infrastructure spend hit a new scale. The four big hyperscalers reported $130B in combined capex for one quarter, with full-year 2026 tracking a...

For this weeks AI News: Four major AI models launched in five days. GPT-5.5 went agentic, DeepSeek hit the frontier at one-tenth the price, and Anthropic bet $100 billion on compute. The era of standardizing on one model is over. Top stories for week 18: GPT-5.5 launches as an autonomous agent built to complete tasks, not assist with them DeepSeek V4 Pro hits frontier quality at one-tenth the pric...

PwC just quantified the AI divide: 20% of companies are capturing 74% of the value. Within days, it showed up on a stock chart as Claude Design launched and Figma fell 12%. Top stories for week 17: PwC finds 20% of companies now capture 74% of AI's economic value Claude Design launch sends Figma down 12%, deepening the SaaS apocalypse Opus 4.7 ships while Mythos stays restricted LeCun vs. Amodei c...

79% of workers believe AI will accelerate their careers. 46% of those same workers are burning out. In this episode of Future Bytes, Magnus Oxenwaldt speaks with Paulina Modlitba, civil engineer, former MIT Media Lab researcher, consultant, and author of What the Hell Should I Do With AI? about what’s actually happening to people inside the AI revolution. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

An AI model capable of uncovering thousands of unknown vulnerabilities was built and not released. The decision, and the response from governments, signals a shift: AI is no longer just accelerating innovation, it’s exposing risk at scale.   Top stories for week 16: Anthropic withholds a frontier model after discovering large-scale zero-day vulnerabilities Thousands of security flaws identifi...

One of the world’s most safety-focused AI companies exposed its own source code due to a simple configuration error. The incident points to a broader shift: as AI moves into production, the real challenge is no longer the models themselves, but the governance, processes, and operational maturity around them.   Top stories for week 15:     Anthropic incidents high...

In this episode of Future Bytes, host Magnus Oxenwaldt sits down with Garret Kersten, Senior Solutions Engineer from Wausau Supply Company and Andrew Kraus, Account Executive at Columbus to talk about turning AI from hype into real business value. By focusing on a clear case and working closely with the business, the team delivered a...

We are heading into Easter break with a new episode of Future Bytes News, your weekly updates on AI in business. This time, host, Magnus Oxenwaldt, VP Group AI at Columbus covers these top stories:   OpenAI abandons a billion-dollar Disney deal to focus on enterprise. Anthropic advances with AI coworkers and cybersecurity-grade models. The shift signals that AI i...

AI is moving beyond models and into workflows. In this episode, host Magnus Oxenwaldt, take a closer look at OpenClaw’s rapid rise and what it signals about the shift toward agent platforms and orchestration layers. We also explore the gap to enterprise deployment, and what it means for your business and AI strategy. Highlights from week 13: ·     OpenClaw becomes the most...

Four companies launched AI coworkers in a single week, all designed to sit alongside the world’s knowledge workers. At the same time, new data from OpenAI co-founder Andrej Karpathy maps which roles are most exposed. Is this where the shift begins?  Hosted by Magnus Oxenwaldt, VP Group AI at Columbus.  Highlights week 12:   Microsoft, Google, Anthropic and Perple...

Trust is becoming a competitive advantage in AI. Claude surged as users switched from ChatGPT, even as OpenAI launched a powerful new model.  Magnus Oxenwaldt breaks down why values, portability, and governance are quickly becoming key factors in choosing an AI provider.  Highlights - week 11:  Claude overtakes ChatGPT in t...

In this episode, host Magnus Oxenwaldt, looks at a week where AI strategy collided with geopolitics. The US government blacklisted Anthropic as a supply-chain risk, OpenAI closed the largest private funding round in history, and the gap between European AI ambitions and American infrastructure became impossible to ignore. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of Future Bytes, host Magnus Oxenwaldt speaks with Luca Sanitelli, Senior Partner Solutions Engineer, from Shopify about AI-driven discovery, infrastructure and why clean, machine-readable product data is becoming the new competitive edge.  "Future-proof your tech stack. Invest in infrastructure. Be ready to flip the switch." Links: Shopify.com Fi...

Accenture now ties promotions to AI tool usage. Anthropic cuts model costs to one-fifth. Every enterprise surveyed plan to expand AI agents. Regulation is moving fast across US states. The risk in 2026 is no longer moving too fast. It’s standing still.  Highlights for week 9:   Accenture ties senior promotions to measurable AI tool usage   Anthropic’s C...

This time, host Magnus Oxenwaldt examines a recent UC Berkeley study that links heavy AI use to rising burnout, as saved time quickly turns into more work.  A familiar pattern is emerging across industries. Many firms are reducing headcount based on expected AI gains. OpenAI has introduced ads in ChatGPT's free tier. A global safety report calls for layered controls as vendor safety teams shi...

A simple AI plugin wiped billions off legal tech valuations. Agent platforms moved from demos to production. Apple set a new standard for how software is built. The signal is clear: AI is no longer assisting work. It is starting to do it.  Host Magnus Oxenwaldt explains the meaning behind the headlines. Top stories for week 7: A Claude contract-review plugin triggered a 10-20%...

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has said that business applications will eventually “collapse into agents”. In this episode of  Future Bytes , Magnus Oxenwaldt speaks with Fredrik Sætre, who owns a Global Black Belt for Microsoft Autonomous AI ERP, about what that shift really means. Not in theory, but in practice. Especially for ERP.  Highlights from the episode:  ...

Earnings from Meta, Microsoft and Apple revealed a shift in AI strategy. Markets rewarded clear returns and questioned vague impact. In this episode, host Magnus Oxenwaldt explains why AI investment now lives or dies on proof. Highlights for week 6: Markets now demand clear AI returns, not long-term narratives. Meta showed a direct revenue impact from AI. Others struggled to do the same. IBM’s AI...

AI moved from promise to proof. At Davos, leaders stopped counting pilots and started demanding impact. Budgets are holding. Returns are not. In this episode, Magnus Oxenwaldt breaks down what that shift means for AI roadmaps in 2026. “For leaders driving AI transformation, the gap between AI spend and measurable impact defines 2026.” Davos signalled a shift, and other key take-aways: AI budgets a...

Welcome to this week's AI News and the return of our weekly AI briefings for 2026. Listen in to hear host Magnus Oxenwaldt reflections about Apple's decision to use Google's Gemini instead of building its own models, and what it means for your AI strategy. Highlights:  Apple licenses AI models instead of building them  Google’s Gemini gains unprecedented global scale  AI models move...

Welcome to our end-of-year episode of Future Bytes with co-host Jade Emmanuel, Senior Data & AI Consultant at Columbus UK. In this episode, we'll revisit insights from our most popular episodes this year. We'll share predictions for AI in business and wrap up by answering questions from listeners. Thank you for following along. We can't wait to continue the conversation in 2026. Happy New Year...

In the final AI News by Future Bytes episode of the year, Magnus Oxenwaldt highlights what no longer moves the market. New model releases are landing quietly. Performance gaps are narrowing. The centre of gravity in enterprise AI is shifting. Top stories for week 52: Model releases lose impact: Google’s Gemini 3 Flash launched with little reaction, reflecting how GPT, Gemini and Claude now sit wit...

AI is approaching an inflection point. Magnus Oxenwaldt speaks with Columbus CEO Søren Krogh about what this moment means for leadership. Which experiences shaped Søren’s approach to technology and leadership? This conversation reflects a thoughtful approach to leadership in the AI era. Not about having all the answers, but about sound judgement. Knowing when to go deep, when to trust others, and...

This week’s AI News by Future Bytes covers two stories that reveal where enterprise AI is heading. Major AI providers formed a foundation to set standards for agent communication. OpenAI released GPT-5.2 after an internal “code red”. The focus is shifting from models to orchestration. Top stories this week - cooperation vs. competition: OpenAI, Microsoft, Google, Amazon and others formed the Agent...

In this episode, host Magnus Oxenwaldt speaks with Romain Fouache, CEO of Akeneo, about how AI is reshaping commerce through product information. It’s a lively and engaging conversation on why PIM is becoming a core business capability, how leaders should think about data trust, and what it takes to stay visible as AI increasingly drives buying decisions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...