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Risks of AI for small businesses in 2026: what can go wrong and how to protect yourself

Shadow AI, deepfake fraud, risky automation, AI agents, EU AI Act, software vulnerabilities – these are the biggest threats from AI, and measures to protect yourself.

Oct 23, 2026 15 min read
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Watch how your AI grows - what do you feed it?
AI

Watch how your AI grows - what do you feed it?

While leading AI labs are warning about the potential threats of their AI models, their efforts to make them safer might focus on the wrong methods. Recent research shows what they are missing out - and it's leading us back to the origins of applied AI.

Jul 02, 2026 5 min read
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Follow the Money, Not the Mood
Society

Follow the Money, Not the Mood

Why AI's loudest doomsayers suddenly stopped warning us about our jobs - it's not because they've changed their deeply held beliefs.

Jun 01, 2026 5 min read
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Decoding the AI Security Hype: 5 Realities Beyond the Headlines
Security

Decoding the AI Security Hype: 5 Realities Beyond the Headlines

Frontier AI didn't break internet security. It just stopped letting us get away with bad architecture. Five theses beyond the headlines.

May 12, 2026 4 min read
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Tech companies are setting sail for business value with AI
Business

Tech companies are setting sail for business value with AI

There is a strong pivot taking place in the AI sector — away from revolutionizing everyday life for everybody, and towards highly specialized vertical niches. With significant impact on SMEs.

Apr 09, 2026 4 min read
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The EU AI Act and what actions you need to take
Legislation

The EU AI Act and what actions you need to take

The regulatory framework for AI inside the EU is coming into effect until 2030. What does this mean for your AI applications, which obligations are imposed on you and until when?

Mar 30, 2026 6 min read
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We've been here before: What the 1990s HTML panic teaches us about the future of work
Future of Work

We've been here before: What the 1990s HTML panic teaches us about the future of work

Many people face a wall of anxiety on AI: become an expert or irrelevant. But history tells a different story. Looking at the early web shows us how the future of work with AI will unfold.

Mar 18, 2026 5 min read
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Speed vs. Trust: Why the EU AI Act Missed the Mark for European SMEs
Legislation

Speed vs. Trust: Why the EU AI Act Missed the Mark for European SMEs

What if Europe isn't regulating its AI industry to death - but just regulating it wrong? What started with the goal of protecting people from risks was hijacked by intense lobbying. This article reveals the mechanisms that were at play.

Mar 13, 2026 9 min read
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Think twice what you tell an AI
Business

Think twice what you tell an AI

AI chatbot privacy risks are real. This is how you can protect your data.

Feb 25, 2026 6 min read
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Company Knowledge via Chatbot: How RAG Solutions Save SMEs Time and Money
Usecases

Company Knowledge via Chatbot: How RAG Solutions Save SMEs Time and Money

How companies can use RAG chatbots to unlock internal knowledge, accelerate employee onboarding, and significantly reduce operational costs.

Jan 30, 2026 6 min read
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Language is not the same as intelligence
AI

Language is not the same as intelligence

Why predictions on artificial general intelligence miss the point.

Dec 03, 2025 3 min read
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What happened to the "sexiest job of the 21st century"?
AI

What happened to the "sexiest job of the 21st century"?

The "sexiest job of the 21st century" fragmented into specialized roles, but the pendulum is swinging back—data scientists are becoming critical again as companies need scientific rigor to make AI actually work for their business.

Nov 26, 2025 3 min read
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What determines long-term success for AI
AI

What determines long-term success for AI

$375 billion in AI investments contrast with 95% of projects failing to deliver. So, are we in an AI bubble? The debate misses the main point that marks long-term success.

Nov 10, 2025 3 min read
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The gap between LLM fluency and AI expertise
AI

The gap between LLM fluency and AI expertise

Why grammatical fluency of LLMs is being confused for true expertise - and what it costs your business.

Oct 14, 2025 4 min read
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The SaaS Paradox
Business

The SaaS Paradox

How AI will reshape how customers and vendors interact in future SaaS eco-systems, and how this is making human engineers more valuable than ever.

Sep 10, 2025 5 min read
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The most common AI misconceptions
AI

The most common AI misconceptions

While AI is omnipresent today, there are fundamental misconceptions shared by many people. Misconceptions that hide in plain sight.

Aug 06, 2025 3 min read
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The death of white-collar-jobs
Future of Work

The death of white-collar-jobs

While everyone's panicking about AI killing white-collar-jobs, we're missing out on the opportunities to re-shape how we work.

Jul 16, 2025 1 min read
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Checkbooks are wide open
Business

Checkbooks are wide open

Checkbooks are wide open in AI country. But digitalization through AI has never been one single, game-changing moonshot investment.

Jul 05, 2025 1 min read
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Sycophancy is on the rise in LLMs
GenAI

Sycophancy is on the rise in LLMs

Studies show that sycophantic behavior is appearing throughout all leading LLMs. Why are they optimized for this behavior?

Jun 28, 2025 1 min read
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AI-first is not AI-only
GenAI

AI-first is not AI-only

The future isn't AI replacing humans - it's finding the right balance where AI amplifies human capabilities.

Jun 16, 2025 1 min read
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Marketing and customers' mindsets
Marketing

Marketing and customers' mindsets

Marketing often fails when we treat customers like they're all in the same headspace.

Jun 05, 2025 2 min read
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Big Tech's walled gardens are crumbling
Legislation

Big Tech's walled gardens are crumbling

Regulatory pressure is changing the business models of Big Tech companies - with massive effects throughout the industry.

May 09, 2025 1 min read
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Beyond the Hype: 6 Critical Limitations of AI Video Generators
GenAI

Beyond the Hype: 6 Critical Limitations of AI Video Generators

Video generating AI has made tremendous progress in recent months. Where are its limitations, and how can you create good videos?

May 02, 2025 6 min read
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Creativity is more than optimizing AI prompts
Society

Creativity is more than optimizing AI prompts

While using image generators is fun, it can negatively impact aspiring young artists.

Mar 31, 2025 1 min read
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Internet search and how it controls how the web works
GenAI

Internet search and how it controls how the web works

While the internet search market is going through major changes, it will impact and disrupt many web-based business models.

Mar 29, 2025 2 min read
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Bubble or Revolution
GenAI

Bubble or Revolution

Billions are pouring into generative AI startups. Are we heading for another tech bubble, or witnessing a true revolution?

Feb 12, 2025 4 min read
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Learn Smarter, Not Bigger: DeepSeek
GenAI

Learn Smarter, Not Bigger: DeepSeek

What exactly is put into question with DeepSeek - the technical concepts behind the buzz explained for non-technical audiences.

Jan 29, 2025 4 min read
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Why DeepSeek's approach to train LLMs matters
GenAI

Why DeepSeek's approach to train LLMs matters

A new AI breakthrough is making waves in mainstream media and financial markets. For those outside the tech world - why does this matter?

Jan 27, 2025 2 min read
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EU regulations on AI: showstopper for technological advancements?
Legislation

EU regulations on AI: showstopper for technological advancements?

Meta recently made headlines by not releasing its latest models in the EU, citing an unpredictable regulatory environment. Truth spoken or clever marketing?

Oct 13, 2024 2 min read
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OpenAI enters search engine market
GenAI

OpenAI enters search engine market

There has been a lot of buzz around OpenAI's new SearchGPT this week, promoted as a great shift for search engines. But is it really?

Aug 18, 2024 1 min read
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What are xLSTMs, and which problems do they solve?
GenAI

What are xLSTMs, and which problems do they solve?

A new architecture for generative AI solutions is introduced by one of the leading AI research teams, taking LSTMs into the modern GenAI era.

May 25, 2024 2 min read
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