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Instant Checkout and an open commerce protocol signalled a profound shift in distribution, attribution and customer ownership.

Agentic Commerce: When Discovery Becomes Transaction

Instant Checkout and an open commerce protocol signalled a profound shift in distribution, attribution and customer ownership.The strategic question There are moments when a technology story stops being a specialist discussion and becomes a board question. Instant Checkout and an open commerce protocol signalled a profound ...
As agents acquired tools and autonomy, the decisive design question became not what they could do, but what they were allowed to do.

Trustworthy Agents: Control Must Travel with Capability

As agents acquired tools and autonomy, the decisive design question became not what they could do, but what they were allowed to do.The strategic question There are moments when a technology story stops being a specialist discussion and becomes a board question. As agents acquired tools ...
A voluntary code translated broad legal duties into practical expectations for transparency, copyright, safety and security.

The EU’s General-Purpose AI Code: Governance Gets Concrete

A voluntary code translated broad legal duties into practical expectations for transparency, copyright, safety and security.The strategic question There are moments when a technology story stops being a specialist discussion and becomes a board question. A voluntary code translated broad legal duties into practical expectations for ...
The UK’s modern industrial strategy put compute, power and place at the centre of competitiveness.

Britain’s AI Infrastructure Test

The UK’s modern industrial strategy put compute, power and place at the centre of competitiveness.The strategic question There are moments when a technology story stops being a specialist discussion and becomes a board question. The UK’s modern industrial strategy put compute, power and place at the ...
Claude 4 and a new generation of agent tools made sustained delegation credible—and governance urgent.

Frontier AI Moves from Chatbot to Colleague

Claude 4 and a new generation of agent tools made sustained delegation credible—and governance urgent.The strategic question There are moments when a technology story stops being a specialist discussion and becomes a board question. Claude 4 and a new generation of agent tools made sustained delegation ...
Hybrid reasoning and coding agents changed the unit of value from a fluent response to a completed, verifiable task.

From Answers to Agency: The Rise of Reasoning Systems

Hybrid reasoning and coding agents changed the unit of value from a fluent response to a completed, verifiable task.The strategic question There are moments when a technology story stops being a specialist discussion and becomes a board question. Hybrid reasoning and coding agents changed the unit ...
The Paris AI Action Summit and the first EU AI Act obligations made clear that responsible AI must live inside operations, not policy binders.

AI Regulation Becomes an Operating Discipline

The Paris AI Action Summit and the first EU AI Act obligations made clear that responsible AI must live inside operations, not policy binders.The strategic question There are moments when a technology story stops being a specialist discussion and becomes a board question. The Paris AI ...
Why a Chinese reasoning model forced boards to revisit the economics—not merely the capability—of artificial intelligence.

DeepSeek and the Collapsing Cost of Intelligence

Why a Chinese reasoning model forced boards to revisit the economics—not merely the capability—of artificial intelligence.The strategic question There are moments when a technology story stops being a specialist discussion and becomes a board question. Why a Chinese reasoning model forced boards to revisit the economics—not ...
Paul Forrest London AI Consultant Ecaveo Discusses Agentic AI

Agentic AI in 2025

Agentic AI: Transformative Potential and Outlook for 2025Agentic AI, a field of artificial intelligence marked by systems capable of autonomous decision-making, stands poised to redefine numerous industries. Unlike task-specific AI models, agentic AI enables entities to operate with higher levels of independence, adapting to environments, ...

Achieving Sustainability; Towards Green AI

Can AI be truly sustainable?The rapid advancement of AI presents a dual-edged sword: while it offers innovative solutions to pressing global challenges, it also contributes to environmental concerns, particularly through substantial energy consumption. As AI becomes more integrated into various sectors, aligning its development with ...

RAG & Vector Databases for AI

Unveiling the Potential of RAG Architectures and Vector Databases in AIArtificial intelligence continues to evolve and researchers and practitioners alike are constantly pursuing more efficient and powerful approaches. Among recent innovations, RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) architectures and vector databases stand out as transformative technologies. Together, they ...

Leveraging ISO/IEC 42001

Trustworthy AI in Business OperationsAs artificial intelligence and machine learning continue to revolutionise various sectors, organisations are facing increasing pressure to manage these technologies responsibly. The complexity of AI systems, characterised by their autonomy, adaptability, and the opaque nature of their decision-making processes, demands robust ...