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In this week's roundup: Lawmakers propose an AI Kill Switch bill, Verizon commits $1billion to Google, and Alphabet burns cash on AI.

A Montana-based think tank learned GIS mapping to help reshape state housing policy by revealing how zoning rules drove sprawl and worsened the state's housing shortage.

Geopolitical risks are invalidating regional cloud redundancy. CIOs must adopt a multi-cloud strategy to ensure true business resilience, advises Tata's CTO.

OpenAI models hacking into Hugging Face's digital library has reminded CIOs that they need more than AI governance — they need effective AI containment.

What tech leaders need to know about the disappearance of in-house AI knowledge and how they can retool to prevent it.

Agentic AI adoption isn't a switch to flip—it's a learning pathway. An IT leader outlines a curriculum that helps teams move from basic prompting to multi-agent orchestration.

Alex Lisle, CTO, Reality Defender and Hui Zhang, CTO, Conviva, share their approaches to preparing potential new tech leaders as roles continue to evolve.

Beware of 'agent washing' — chatbots, RPA and assistants are increasingly being rebranded as autonomous agents. Learn the questions and evaluation criteria CIOs can use to separate genuine AI agents from marketing hype before signing a contract.

Moving AI beyond pilots demands a fundamental shift. EY's global alliances leader explains why ecosystem strategies and shared platforms are essential to achieving enterprise-wide scale.

The analytics and research company is testing models against each other and including reviews by human attorneys to minimize hallucinations that could disrupt court cases.

AI coding tools have gone mainstream. What matters for CIOs today isn't just speed but also how teams are built, how work is measured, and who trains the next generation of engineers.

In this week's roundup: IBM's shares take a nosedive, TSMC increases AI chip investment in the US, and the UK issues new regulations for cloud providers.

Neural Frames' founder built an AI agent that briefs him in taxis and sends him to sleep. He offers no-frills insights for not letting it go rogue.

InformationWeek joins the Eye on Tech podcast to discuss how AI factored into Microsoft's recent layoffs and which divisions were hit the hardest.

The alleged theft of trade secrets points to institutional knowledge and employee expertise as the new competitive differentiator in the AI race.