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Global IT Spending Approaches $5 Trillion

As AI reshapes enterprise priorities, global IT spending is set to reach $4.96 trillion in 2026, according to the HG Insights 2026 Global IT Spend Report. The forecast includes $4.5 trillion in enterprise investment and $460.5 billion in SMB spending – this is the first time HG has quantified SMB spend at this scale – signaling broad-based acceleration in technology investment.

As AI Becomes Ubiquitous, Education Is Crucial To Reducing Risk

The most popular way we evaluate LLMs is to measure likability, not accuracy. This has created a problem of sycophancy, where AI flatters users to improve their rankings. Organizations need AI education frameworks that teach employees when to trust AI and when to question it, much as we train people to recognize cybersecurity threats.

The Great Recalibration: How Enterprises Are Finally Connecting AI to Business Value

Francis Brero, VP of AI strategy at business-to-business and software provider HG Insights, calls “workslop”—enterprises drowning in low-quality AI-generated content that creates more work than it saves. Companies were using AI for what they were already doing poorly. According to a Harvard Business Review study, workslop costs organizations $9 million in lost productivity per 10,000 employees.