Global Scans · Machines · Weekly Summary

• [New] When the inevitable hard lesson moments hit in 2026, lawmakers and regulators will be forced to define clearer boundaries between human judgement and machine authority in healthcare operations. Pharmaphorum
• [New] DOJ, HHS-OIG, and CMS are scaling machine learning tools that rapidly flag outlier billing, telehealth spikes, and risk-adjustment irregularities - increasing the speed and scope of investigations. JD Supra
• [New] As others have done at CES, Qualcomm marketed humanoid robots strongly, but industrial and narrow-function consumer robotics are a nearer-term commercial opportunity as they require less-complicated machine vision and AI action models to succeed. CCS Insight
• [New] Predictive Threat Intelligence (PTI) leverages AI and machine learning to analyze threat data, identify emerging patterns, and forecast potential attacks before they occur. DigitalMara
• [New] With 22.4 billion internet of things devices generating more than 90 zettabytes of data a year, the next 12 months will see organizations tap into the vast well of telemetry, machine, IoT and industrial IoT (IIoT) data. ComputerWeekly.com
• [New] In 2026, a new type of journalism will emerge: one tailored explicitly to machine compilers of language and information. Nieman Lab
• [New] AI in machine tools 2026 will mark the shift from experimentation to accountability. MachineToolNews.ai
• [New] In 2026, the era of Agent explosion will begin, with the traditional concept of Apps being replaced by numerous autonomous, goal-oriented AI Agents forming a complex machine society. Medium
• [New] Advancements in technologies like small models, world models, and edge computing will enable more physical applications of machine learning. TechCrunch
• [New] The U.S. Army has created a new area of concentration, 49 B Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning, to train uniformed experts who will integrate AI and machine learning across warfighting functions. Without cables
• [New] Marked by fast developments in intelligence systems, robotics, and automation that blur the lines between machine capability and human potential, early 2026 will be a defining time for Artificial Intelligence. Global AI Show
• [New] In 2026, we will see AI powered security tooling and machine learning detection become more widely adopted in areas such as AIOps, automated triage and behavioural analytics. Bluefort Security
• [New] Banks, federally regulated insurance companies, and trust and loan companies will need to turn their focus in 2026 to the development and rollout of revised model risk management frameworks that cover the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning models throughout the model lifecycle. Osler Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
• [New] In 2026, investment in AI technologies such as Machine Learning, predictive analysis and robotics is expected to soar. Architecture & Governance Magazine
• [New] Prediction: NHIs will decisively become the number one cloud breach vector in 2026, a trend driven by myriad machine identities with excessive privileges. Tenable
• [New] By 2026, machine identities will outnumber human employees by 82 to 1, creating unprecedented opportunities for AI-driven identity fraud where a single forged identity can trigger cascades of automated malicious actions. Cryptika Cybersecurity | Cryptika Cyber Security
• [New] The next decade will be defined by the convergence of artificial intelligence, tokenised finance, and a fundamental shift in how corporations manage human and machine intelligence. The Fintech Times
• [New] The machine that Microsoft and Atom Computing will be delivering, called Magne, will have 50 logical qubits, built from some 1,200 physical qubits, and should be operational by the start of 2027. IEEE Spectrum
• [New] QuEra has delivered a quantum machine ready for error correction to Japan's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, and plans to make it available to global customers in 2026. IEEE Spectrum
• [New] In 2026, defenders will evolve from alert handlers to orchestrators of the agentic SOC: intelligent agents that reason, decide, and act across the security lifecycle at machine speed, always under human command. Frontier Enterprise
• [New] In 2026, security operations will move closer to what FortiGuard Labs describes as machine-speed defence - a continuous process of intelligence, validation, and containment that compresses detection and response from hours to minutes. Frontier Enterprise
• [New] By 2026, organizations will expect their defences to anticipate and respond to threats in real time, guided by machine learning models that study behaviour rather than static signatures. Frontier Enterprise

Last updated: 11 January 2026