Enterprise AI World E-Edition - December 17, 2025

Features

Sharing Knowledge at Speed and Scale: The Convergence of KM and AI

Instant answers and algorithmic insights have become a fact of life and are now expected when searching, problem-solving, and, well, working in general. Today's technology makes it very easy to mistake "fast" for "smart."

The AI-Driven Workforce: Transforming Organizations Through Arts-Based Interventions

In our rapidly evolving, AI-driven workplaces, organizations face unprecedented human resource challenges. The pace of change is creating exhausted and burnt-out employees. An energy, engagement, and productivity crisis is affecting AI-driven workforces worldwide. Rooted in industrial-age thinking, traditional approaches to workplace efficiency are proving inadequate for our volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous (VUCA) world.

Industry Voices

Data Centers Face Opposition in 2026? 7 Predictions for the Data Center Space

One of the largest power grid operators in the U.S. is asking Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to only allow large data centers to connect to the grid if there's enough capacity available to serve them reliably, according to Utility Dive.

How (and Why) to Embrace AI as a Teammate, Not a Technology

AI is increasingly integrated into day-to-day operations, but few organizations have figured out how to make the most of it. It's often piloted in silos or treated like just another piece of software. When results don't match the hype, teams blame the technology or move on to the next tool.

News

IBM Aims to Create Smart Data Platform for Enterprise Generative AI with Confluent Acquisition

IBM announced its intention to acquire Confluent, Inc., the data streaming pioneer, signing a definitive agreement under which IBM will acquire all the issued and outstanding common shares of Confluent for $31 per share, representing an enterprise value of $11 billion.

The Linux Foundation Announces the Formation of the Agentic AI Foundation

The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, is forming the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF), and announced the founding contributions of three leading projects driving innovation in open source AI; Anthropic's Model Context Protocol (MCP), Block's goose, and OpenAI's AGENTS.md.