Workplace AI assistants have mostly waited for a prompt before doing anything. A user asks, the tool answers, and the exchange ends there. Microsoft is putting a different kind of agent inside its Office applications, one designed to keep operating in the background once a person stops paying attention. The company introduced Microsoft Scout, calling…
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Browser Threats Expand Across Enterprise Networks
A NordLayer report warns that browsers have become the primary workplace interface, increasing exposure to credential theft, phishing, malware, and session hijacking attacks. The study found that 100% of the 504 analyzed workplace applications supported browser access, while 78.8% were entirely browser-based. According to the report, browser-related incidents are now widespread across organizations. The report…
AI, Europe, Global Security News, Risk Management
European AI adoption hits 99% with regulated data driving most policy violations
Generative AI tools operate inside nearly every European workplace, embedded in meeting transcription services, writing assistants, coding copilots, and search features. Workers in the region pull these tools into daily routines that involve customer records, financial information, and proprietary code, and that volume of activity has produced a measurable pattern in where data exposure occurs.…
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Contractor Dies at SpaceX’s Starbase Facility in Texas
Workplace accident came days before the Elon Musk-led company plans to launch a new version of its Starship rocket.
AI, Global Security News, Government & Policy
No hire, no fire: Employers get picky on tech skills amid AI disruption
The current “no-hire-no-fire” environment in the workplace has slowed the pace of tech hiring in the US, but companies have seen one benefit — the selection of job candidates is easier. Many employers have become clearer about the qualifications they’re seeking in new hires: they’re focused less on people who can service large stacks of…
AI, Compliance, Global Security News
Microsoft: Phishing campaign used fake compliance notices to compromise employee accounts
Phishers have been using fake workplace compliance notices to try to trick Microsoft account owners into signing in via a fake sign-in page, says the company’s Defender Research team. The email campaign targeted more than 35,000 users across 13,000 organizations in 26 countries, but concentrated primarily on targets in the United States. Microsoft didn’t say…
AI, Compliance, Global Security News
Strategic convergence in the Australian professional landscape
The modern Australian workplace is currently undergoing a period of profound transition where the initial rush toward total digitisation is being replaced by a more nuanced and sustainable hybrid operational model. Success in this environment is no longer defined by the abandonment of traditional systems but by the seamless integration of advanced digital tools with…
AI, Apps, Global Security News, Risk Management
Asana’s chief product officer: Why enterprise AI agents should be ‘multiplayer by design’
As AI agents become more embedded in workplace tools, Asana is positioning its approach around collaboration rather than individual productivity. “We believe in AI being ‘multiplayer’ by design,” said chief product officer Arnab Bose. “The future of the agentic enterprise will only be realized if agents can work independently and with multiple people, versus just…
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Building a flexible contractor workforce: strategies that work
PAXUS RESEARCH: For decades, flexibility in the workplace was seen as a perk. In 2026, it’s a business necessity.
AI, Endpoint, Global Security News
TeamViewer unveils AI-driven Tia Reporting at Gartner Digital Workplace Summit
TeamViewer recently introduced Tia Reporting at Gartner Digital Workplace Summit. The new conversational AI capability within TeamViewer DEX accelerates IT decision-making by generating real‑time dashboards from simple natural‑language prompts. TeamViewer marked the launch with the first activation of the new global brand campaign, Fix it before they feel it, which highlights its leading value proposition in Autonomous Endpoint Management (AEM)…
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Zoom sees human conversation as its edge in the agentic AI era
AI agents in the workplace are increasingly able to retrieve information, coordinate tasks, and even act on a user’s behalf. But important decisions still typically happen through human interaction. As agentic AI threatens to disrupt the SaaS market, Zoom sees an advantage in its ability to capture interactions across video, phone, and in-person meetings —…
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Zoom sees human conversation as its edge in the agentic AI era
AI agents in the workplace are increasingly able to retrieve information, coordinate tasks, and even act on a user’s behalf. But important decisions still typically happen through human interaction. As agentic AI threatens to disrupt the SaaS market, Zoom sees an advantage in its ability to capture interactions across video, phone, and in-person meetings —…
AI, Apps, Global Security News
Microsoft’s Copilot is Becoming an AI Coworker
Microsoft is pushing its workplace AI strategy further into execution mode, unveiling a new capability called Copilot Cowork alongside broader updates to its enterprise AI stack, signaling the company’s next phase in the race to turn AI assistants into active digital workers. The announcements are part of Wave 3 of Microsoft 365 Copilot, a major…
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AI Email Summaries Create a New Phishing Attack Surface
Artificial intelligence (AI) assistants are rapidly becoming a core part of workplace productivity, but new research suggests they may also introduce a previously overlooked phishing vector. Permiso researchers found that attacker-controlled text embedded in emails can manipulate Microsoft Copilot summaries through cross prompt injection attacks (XPIA), potentially inserting deceptive security alerts or malicious prompts into…
AI, Apps, Compliance, Global Security News
Microsoft Introduces AI-Focused Microsoft 365 E7
Microsoft is taking another swing at what AI inside workplace software should actually look like. This time, the company is packaging it into a new enterprise tier for Microsoft 365, along with a feature that turns Copilot from a helpful assistant into more of a digital coworker. M365 E7 tier bundles Copilot, Entra identity, and…
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A Chatbot Relationship Ends in Suicide
Plus, schools’ growing pot problem, cancer-screening blood tests and the workplace skills Gen Z is lacking
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Task management software gets an agentic boost
The digital workplace has outgrown the simple project checklists you may have once associated with task management apps. The software has moved from passive repositories for to-do lists to active participants in workflows. In 2026, the biggest shift in task management applications is the rise of agentic AI. The category has moved from simple automation…
Global Security News
Australian Workplace Safety Investments Not Improving Outcomes
Rapid Global today releases a Workplace Safety report exposing the growing disconnect between safety strategy and worker experience in Australia.
AI, Global Security News
AI as a Co-Pilot, Not a Replacement: The Ethical Path to Integrating AI into Business
Ethical adoption of AI creates a workplace where human performance can be enhanced by AI and remain central to business success. The post AI as a Co-Pilot, Not a Replacement: The Ethical Path to Integrating AI into Business appeared first on RTInsights.