New Survey from The IIA’s Foundation Finds Digital Disruption and Geopolitical Risks Surge as Organizations Face an Increasingly Interconnected Global Risk Landscape

New Survey from The IIA’s Foundation Finds Digital Disruption and Geopolitical Risks Surge as Organizations Face an Increasingly Interconnected Global Risk Landscape

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LAKE MARY, Fla., Sept. 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Organizations continue to navigate a rapidly shifting and increasingly interconnected risk landscape, as digital disruption and geopolitical uncertainty recorded the largest increases in risk since last year, according to the Internal Audit Foundation’s latest annual Risk in Focus research. Institute of Internal Auditors Logo The research, informed…

AI at work: Productivity powerhouse or workplace risk?

AI at work: Productivity powerhouse or workplace risk?

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Artificial intelligence (AI) has moved rapidly from being a novelty to becoming a routine workplace tool. Across the UK, businesses are adopting AI technologies at an unprecedented pace, with the proportion of organizations using AI rising from around 12% in late 2023 to approximately 35% in 2026, according to the UK Office for National Statistics…

The Hidden Risk Of AI: Not Technology But Accountability

The Hidden Risk Of AI: Not Technology But Accountability

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Nick Leighton, CEO and bestselling author. Exactly Where You Want to Be – guiding leaders in business growth and AI strategy. Not long ago, accountability inside most organizations was relatively straightforward. A leader made a decision. A team executed it. Successes and failures could usually be traced back to a person, a department or a…

Why Marketers Need Analytical Risk Skills

Why Marketers Need Analytical Risk Skills

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Modern marketing requires far more than creative campaigns and catchy slogans. Tracking budgets and predicting consumer shifts now takes center stage for top corporate brands. Executive leaders demand clear financial accountability from every single department within the organizational structure. Teams must protect heavy financial investments by calculating potential downsides before launching big projects. Long-term commercial…

Token Billing Exposes AI’s Missing ROI And Puts Billion-Dollar Bets At Risk

Token Billing Exposes AI’s Missing ROI And Puts Billion-Dollar Bets At Risk

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TOPSHOT – He Xiaopeng, cofounder and chairman of Chinese electric vehicle maker Xpeng, launches Xpeng’s next-gen Iron humanoid robot during AI Day press conference at its headquarter in Guangzhou, in southern China’s Guangdong province on November 5, 2025. (Photo by Jade GAO / AFP) (Photo by JADE GAO/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images…

Meta Engineer Burned $500K a Month on AI Tokens: Employees With Low Usage Faced Layoff Risk

Meta Engineer Burned $500K a Month on AI Tokens: Employees With Low Usage Faced Layoff Risk

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Meta has laid off thousands of workers as part of its plan to transition to artificial intelligence (AI). The company reportedly relied on several standards to select employees for layoffs, including performance evaluations, department restructuring, and AI initiatives, with internal experimentation around AI usage metrics reportedly influencing engineering output assessments. Part of that process included…

How Will DeFi Security Risk Impact Crypto Portfolios?

How Will DeFi Security Risk Impact Crypto Portfolios?

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Why do DeFi hacks affect Bitcoin prices? Large DeFi hacks often create fear across the broader crypto market, even when Bitcoin is not directly involved. Investors may react by selling risky assets, which increases market pressure and can temporarily push Bitcoin prices lower during periods of uncertainty. Did Bitcoin face direct security problems in 2026?…

Kingland Powers Digital Core for RSM’s Risk and Independence Program

Kingland Powers Digital Core for RSM’s Risk and Independence Program

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Classified in: Science and technology, Business CLEAR LAKE, Iowa, May 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Kingland Systems (“Kingland”), a leading enterprise data, risk and regulatory compliance software provider, and RSM International (“RSM”), the leading provider of global professional services to the middle market, today announce their strengthening partnership supporting RSM’s risk, ethics, and independence program on…

AI ‘hallucinations’ risk undermining legal system: research

AI ‘hallucinations’ risk undermining legal system: research

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As artificial intelligence becomes more widely used across Quebec’s legal profession, a McGill researcher warns AI risks eroding trust in the legal system. Problems are already cropping up in courtrooms, with judges in recent months finding cases of AI-generated fabrications. AI “hallucinations,” where generative AI tools spit out fictional information, are “fundamentally a part of…

Agentic AI and compliance: How autonomous agents are redrawing software risk boundaries

Agentic AI and compliance: How autonomous agents are redrawing software risk boundaries

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Agentic AI and compliance: How autonomous agents are redrawing software risk boundaries For decades, compliance in financial services has been a fundamentally human-led endeavor. Even as automation, as a result of technological advances, accelerated — whether via rules engines, robotic process automation, or machine learning — the final judgments around onboarding, monitoring, and reporting stayed…