AI waves, vendor traps and the outage nobody planned for
Today's sources:
- AI adoption by industry shows what other sectors can learn: https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/10/20/1145423/ai-adoption-by-industry-shows-what-other-sectors-can-learn/
- CIOs admit they are being forced to upgrade enterprise IT: https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366652380/CIOs-admit-they-are-being-forced-to-upgrade-enterprise-IT
- ‘Too big to not fail’: Google outage exposes UK reliance on a handful of cloud providers: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/oct/20/power-outage-google-datacentre-london-widespread-disruption
20 Oct 2026
Why hoarding data and talent could cost you everything
Today's sources:
- AI Is Taking Entry-Level Jobs. Who’s Training Your Next CEO?: https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertszczerba/2026/10/19/ai-is-taking-entry-level-jobs-whos-training-your-next-ceo/
- Calls to strengthen workplace privacy in Australia as employers turn to AI to track staff: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/20/workplace-privacy-concerns-employers-use-ai-to-monitor-staff
- Keep less, know more: the AI advantage hiding in your data estate: https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Keep-less-know-more-the-AI-advantage-hiding-in-your-data-estate
19 Oct 2026
AI errors at scale and who catches them first
A reflection from the vault. This episode returns to Frank on Toast from 1 September 2026, with a fresh take on the stories behind it:
- The Safety Net Was Human. AI Doesn't Have One: https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbestechcouncil/2026/08/31/the-safety-net-was-human-ai-doesnt-have-one/
- ‘Scary’: how misinformation and AI hallucinations are infiltrating Australia’s parliament: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/01/how-misinformation-ai-hallucinations-infiltrating-australian-parliament
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