In the Newsletter for December 2025, we deliver a packed edition featuring the perspectives that defined the year in AI and Data.
Explore our new recurring sections, catch up on the latest tech industry gossip, and get an early look on the infrastructure trends set to dominate 2026.
The most read article in the month of December is one of the predictions lists: addressing the “AI Reality Check” that has defined the start of 2026.
Section: The Decode
Top 12 Data Management Predictions for 2026. From Agentic AI governance to Data Mesh architectures, learn how to bridge the GenAI Divide and build a high-ROI, AI-ready data foundation for the next industrial era.
Explore more articles:
The Human Factor in Tech Transformation: How Norlys Built an AI-Ready Platform in 10 Months
AI and the Future of Warfare: What Ukraine Is Teaching Us About Speed, Resilience and Human Control
When AI Enters The Infrastructure – Ingo Paas
When Architecture and Accountability Are Misaligned
Is Your AI Strategy Compounding Value or Just Speeding Up Tasks?
From Insight to Action: Why AI Falls Short in the Last Mile – Deepak Yadav
Architecting the Future With The Nordic Data Science & Machine Learning Summit 2026
Europe Does Not Need to Win the AI Model Race to Control Its AI Future
Engineering Reliability at the Develop & Deploy AI Stage at the NDSML Summit
How Autonomous Agents Turned Junior Graduates into Micro-Founders
New section, created to highlight the Data and AI practitioners – Practitioners Spotlight
We introduced our first AI practitioners, marking a great beginning to this series: 
Weekly AIAW podcast episodes
Our AIAW Podcast wrapped up Season 11 with a festive Christmas Special but also explored how businesses can scale in the age of AI, drive innovation in banking with Nordea, and build robust ML systems using Feature Stores.
AIAW Podcast E188 – AI and the Future of Warfare – Carl Heith
AIAW Podcast E188 – Sovereign AI for Europe – Christian Landgren
AIAW Podcast E187 – Mikko Alasaarela – AI-native transformation
AIAW Podcast E186 – AI Love Stories – Beatrice Bushati & Rebecca Oskarsson
We have created a news section, with the selection of the most important Data and AI news from around the world:
Apple Enhances macOS Data Protections as AI Agents Expand
Swedes and the Internet 2026: AI Adoption Skyrockets to 81%
Hugging Face releases a 50,000-Pair Dataset for AI Agent Error Analysis and Post-Training
HP Index: AI Adoption and Skill-Building Spark Partial Recovery in Workplace Health
OpenAI Announces AI Safety Commitments Following Unauthorized Access to Australian Government Systems
Stanford and Caltech Unveil ‘HomeBody’: A Humanoid System That Explores, Remembers, and Acts Autonomously
In January we will continue to explore how data and AI are reshaping business, tech, and society. We invite you to an inside look at the strategies defining 2026.
