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Companies are pouring staggering sums into artificial intelligence, but the returns aren't matching the investment. Research from ServiceNow finds only nine percent of UK organizations have moved beyond experimentation into genuine AI augmentation. The technology isn't the bottleneck — the problem is organizational. Most businesses are still running pilots without the structural change needed to turn those pilots into real value.
On a smaller but telling note, a new platform called SquareLocator has launched to help users navigate the Squarespace ecosystem. It offers human-curated listings of tools, templates, and plugins — essentially betting that a trusted editor beats an algorithm when it comes to discovery. In an era of search results flooded by AI-generated noise, that's a quiet but meaningful counterargument.
And overseas, India has ordered the takedown of Bitchat, the Bluetooth mesh messaging app built by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey. The app lets users send encrypted messages and bitcoin transactions without internet access, and protesters in Delhi have been using it to stay connected during government-imposed shutdowns. That combination of decentralization and circumvention appears to be exactly what triggered the order.
Three stories, one common thread — who controls the infrastructure, and who gets left out when they do. Keep surfing. Tech Beat out.
