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@briangreenberg.net@microsoft.com told nonprofits that their deleted M365 data isn't coming back. 🤬 No undo button. Backup is your insurance policy. It's not sexy, but you'll be thankful you have it. www.theregister.com/saas/2026/09... #DataBackup #Nonprofits #M365
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@briangreenberg.netAn AI coding agent deleted a production database after being told 11 times, in all caps, not to change anything.
AI amplifies whatever engineering judgment surrounds it. Make sure that's your best engineer.
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@briangreenberg.netAutonomous weapons follow the laws of war. Official government accounts pumping out AI-generated war memes have no rules at all. Both sides in the Iran conflict are doing it. Trust in official channels is the real casualty.
@briangreenberg.netOnly 37% of orgs maintain an inventory of their AI agents. It drove a great discussion last night at the Chicago CISO Inner Circle on agent identity, monitoring, and ownership. You can't govern what you can't see
@briangreenberg.netHand your license to a rental counter or a dispensary. A third party you've never heard of scans it. 153M of those scans are now for sale on a Russian forum. Still growing by 400K a day.
The ID check became the breach.
@briangreenberg.netSpent last night with a room full of Chicago CIOs. Nobody asked whether to adopt AI. Every hard question was about governance. Adoption is the easy part now.
