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Alyx started their comms career managing communications and leading on strategic planning and policy development, using data and analytics for c-suite dashboards and change programmes after a project with JISC Data Labs. Alyx works closely with diginomica's industry content and thought-leadership partners.

 

Articles by Alyx MacQueen

Something for the weekend - why enterprise AI progress is not where the industry thinks! Time to chow down on some snake tail?

Databricks’ research into instructed retrieval and the OfficeQA benchmark suggests that the hardest problems in enterprise AI are no longer about model intelligence. Instead, they lie in how systems interpret instructions, navigate fragmented data, and connect models to tools.

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Something for the weekend - LinkedIn’s algorithm uses 'proxy bias' to suppress visibility. Here's who gets hurt

Reproducible experiments and testimony presented at a recent webinar suggest LinkedIn’s algorithms systematically reduce the visibility of anyone whose profile doesn't match the patterns the algorithm has learned to reward. Microsoft’s limited engagement raises wider questions about accountability in AI-driven platforms.

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UiPath’s platform transition - a case of execution over re-invention. COO Ashim Gupta explains

UiPath CFO and COO Ashim Gupta outlines why the company’s recent progress rests less on agentic AI re-positioning and more on execution discipline – from renewals and deployment rigor to how deterministic automation, agents, and human oversight coexist inside real enterprise processes.

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Evergen and UiPath show how agentic AI tests process discipline in regulated industries

Testing an AI agent for donor tissue screening at Evergen surfaces more than technical performance questions. The project reveals how documentation quality, governance, and executive discipline determine whether agentic automation can work in heavily regulated environments.

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What if your security problem is really your data problem? Here's why Databricks is shifting the blame as it enters cybersecurity

Cybersecurity principles are simple, says Databricks' Field CISO. The hard part is doing them at scale across thousands of users and hundreds of applications. The company thinks its data platform – not another security tool – is the answer.

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UiPath explains the hybrid automation architecture - why agents need workflows, not the other way around

VP of Product Management Taqi Jaffri unpacks how deterministic workflows and agentic AI complement each other in production environments, and why the transition from Robotic Process Automation (RPA) isn't a simple replacement story.

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