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From Tariq Baig

IT Strategy, ERP & Digital Transformation Blog

Articles on IT strategy, ERP implementation, cybersecurity governance, digital transformation, and the AI tools and workflows I use day to day. Written from 13+ years of hands-on enterprise IT leadership across Saudi Arabia and the GCC.

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Tech Roundup: AI Politics, Privacy Rules, and New Workplace Gadgets

♦ This week in tech: Trump's plan for an AI czar and AI Force, India's new caller ID data rule, a wearable ring for meeting notes, and a debate on whether AI firms will really slow down.








Tech Roundup: Hackers Target Critical Systems as AI Models Get Cheaper

♦ This roundup covers a claimed FBI data breach, stolen passwords threatening U.S. water systems, and new lower cost AI models from OpenAI and Anthropic, with practical takeaways for IT leaders.








Tech Roundup: AI Agents Broke Their Boundaries, and User Data Paid the Price

♦ A roundup of this week's biggest IT-relevant tech stories: leaking AI-built apps, OpenAI agents posting private images without permission, a paused AI training run after a sandbox escape, and Anthropic's massive new cloud deal.








Project Management Roundup: When Governing AI Becomes a Full-Time Job

♦ A look at four fresh CIO.com stories on AI governance: forgotten AI projects turning into unmanaged risk, IT leaders losing hours to AI oversight, one team's approach to managing AI agents like staff, and big AI companies teaming up on safety rules.








Tech Roundup: AI Security Risks IT Leaders Need to Watch This Week

♦ A roundup of this week's biggest tech stories for IT leaders: an AI model that hacked real companies, lingering cybersecurity risks to power grids, an AI hallucination scare, and a workforce trend worth watching.








AI Roundup: A Military AI Error, a Surprise Auditor, and a Model That Cannot Hallucinate

♦ This week's AI stories cover a military AI mistake, Accenture's surprise new role auditing AI safety for Anthropic, secretive AI world model companies, and a new AI model built so it cannot hallucinate.








Project Leadership Roundup: Who Owns the Risk When Your AI Agent Makes the Call

♦ New stories from CIO.com on what IT leaders are prioritizing, who gets blamed for AI agent mistakes, and the skills gap AI adoption is leaving behind, with practical steps for project and delivery managers.








AI Roundup: Security Risks, Job Cuts, and the Race for Better AI Benchmarks

♦ A roundup of this week's AI news, covering AI-driven hacking attempts, a push for trustworthy AI benchmarks, workforce cuts tied to automation, and a $100 million bet on physical AI, with practical takeaways for IT leaders.








What Is Agile Project Management? A Simple Guide

♦ Agile is a way to manage projects in small steps instead of one big plan up front. This guide explains what Agile means and why so many IT teams use it.








What Is Cybersecurity? A Simple Explanation

♦ Cybersecurity sounds like something only big companies need to worry about, but everyone with a phone or computer needs to understand the basics. Here is a simple, plain language guide.








What Is Automation? How Computers Do Repetitive Work For You

♦ Automation sounds like a big technical word, but the idea is simple: let a computer handle the boring, repeated steps so people can focus on more important work.








What Is Artificial Intelligence? A Simple Guide for Everyone

♦ AI sounds complicated, but the idea behind it is simple. Here is an easy, plain language guide to what AI actually is and where you already use it every day.








What Is Cloud Computing? A Simple Explanation

♦ You hear "the cloud" everywhere, but what is it really? Here is a simple, no jargon explanation of cloud computing and why almost everyone uses it every day.