Fresh capital will help Databricks expand its AI tools as enterprises look to control costs and deploy models more effectively.
Security teams are being warned to keep humans and strict controls in place as AI agents can miss context and leak sensitive code.
The framework targets CISOs and platform teams as they move AI systems into production, amid rising risks from prompts, models and outputs.
Greater AI spending is set to expose data and governance gaps unless companies first fix the operational foundations, Forrester says.
Defenders could gain a faster edge against AI-driven attacks as Google Cloud ties Gemini, Wiz, CodeMender and Mandiant into one platform.
Independent verification of AI controls may ease procurement checks for biometric access systems in government, healthcare and finance.
Nearly one in 100 failed identity checks now involves deepfake material, as AI-generated fraud threatens banking, payments and online services.
The update aims to cut review bottlenecks by auto-fixing vulnerable dependencies and surfacing code flaws scanners often miss.
Most government and education IT leaders say unvetted AI is a security risk, as 73% of public sector infrastructure cannot run complex workloads.
Most IT and security teams cannot track AI use across their businesses, and Drata says the blind spot is already fuelling audit failures.
Security teams can now trace how one SAP flaw could spread across finance, payroll and supply chains, with access tightly restricted.
Developers face earlier checks on risky open-source dependencies as AI coding tools speed up software assembly and raise supply chain concerns.
AI is speeding up attacks as well as defence, with high-risk prompts and unsupervised agents exposing firms to new security gaps.
Adoption is stalling where firms lack clean data, strong workflows and guardrails, raising risks in retail, healthcare and IT.
Boards face rising pressure to control shadow AI as attackers automate faster and security teams shift to continuous verification.
Security checks will now cover more Arm processors, as the chip designer broadens use of Arteris' Radix tool to spot flaws earlier.
The new safety model slashes prompt-injection risks in GPT-5.6, as OpenAI says it found flaws faster than human testers and then fed fixes back into production.
Businesses are being warned that rushed AI rollouts can waste spend and add risk unless teams define clear goals and checks first.
Pressure is mounting on companies to prove AI is governed in real time, as agentic systems take decisions and access sensitive data.
Governance concerns are rising as companies embed AI deeper into critical workflows, from factory floors to defence operations and customer service.
