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Paul Forrest London AI Consultant Ecaveo Discusses Agentic AI

Agentic AI in 2025

Update, 16 October 2026. This article set out expectations for 2025 from the vantage point of December 2024. Agentic AI has moved quickly since, and so have the governance questions around it. For the current position, read Delegated Authority, our September 2026 article on governing ...

Achieving Sustainability; Towards Green AI

Update, 16 October 2026. The data centre figures below were estimates current in late 2024. The International Energy Agency's Energy and AI report of April 2025 put data centre electricity use at about 415 TWh in 2024, around 1.5% of global consumption, and projected roughly ...

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 ...

Dependable Artificial Intelligence in Defence

Defence AI - Strategic ImperativeArtificial Intelligence (AI) is at the forefront of technological transformation across industries, with its potential to revolutionise operations, improve efficiency, and deliver unprecedented capabilities. Nowhere is this potential more critical than in the realm of national defence. Recognising the profound implications ...
Paul Forrest of Ecaveo discusses a primer on the new EU Ai Act

EU AI Act Primer

Update, 29 July 2026 Nothing in this article constitutes legal advice, and the material is presented to support discussion and further review by qualified advisers. This primer was written in October 2024, a few months after the Act entered into force. The risk-based structure it describes still ...
High Risk Ai Systems and the GDPR... EU AI regulations

Strengthening AI Data Privacy

Update, 16 October 2026. This article was written in October 2024 and its timeline for the EU AI Act has moved. The prohibitions applied from 2 February 2025 and the obligations for general-purpose AI models from 2 August 2025. The Digital Omnibus on AI, Regulation ...
The Rise of the Chief AI Officer

Rise of the Chief AI Officer

Update, 16 October 2026. The White House requirement described below, memorandum M-24-10 of March 2024, was rescinded and replaced in April 2025 by memorandum M-25-21. The new memorandum keeps the role, so US federal agencies must still have a Chief AI Officer, and it set ...
Ethical AI Training considerations with Ecaveo

Ethical AI Training

Update, 16 October 2026. This article was written in February 2024, when the EU AI Act was still being finalised. The Act entered into force on 1 August 2024 and is applying in stages. Its prohibitions and AI literacy duty have applied since 2 February ...
Paul Forrest Fractional CAIO Web3

Life as a Fractional CAIO

Lessons from the Frontlines of a Mid-Market Web3 CompanyFor me the past year has been nothing short of transformative! Let me rewind for a moment and set out how I got the gig.  I’d been writing about a variety of subjects and had opined on ...
Ecaveo discusses the role and value of Small Language Models (SLMs)

The Rise of Small Language Models

Update, 16 October 2026. This article was written in October 2023 and treats GPT-4 as the leading large model. Several newer generations of large and small models have been released since, but the trade-offs it describes between the two still apply. A Shift Towards Efficiency and ...
Wrangling the Hype of AI with Ecaveo

Wrangling the Hype of AI

Caution Beyond the HypeGenerative AI, such as ChatGPT, ClaudeAI and Midjourney, is garnering significant attention from businesses eager to adopt the latest technology. However, amid the excitement, it’s critical for leaders to avoid being swayed by exaggerated claims of imminent disruption or transformative power.Historically, early ...
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