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FOREWORD
TECHNOLOGY MAGAZINE TEAM
SENIOR EDITOR ALICE CHAMBERS
DEPUTY EDITORS DIYA JOSEPH RITHULA NISHA
LEAD DESIGNER JULIA WAINWRIGHT
MEDIA DIRECTORS RYAN HALL THOMAS LIVERMORE JOE PALLISER TOM VENTURO
PRODUCTION MANAGERS FREYA REID YEVHENIIA SUBBOTINA
MARKETING LEAD ROSIE HISKEY
MANAGING EDITORS LUCY BUCHHOLZ TOM CHAPMAN
PRODUCTION DIRECTORS JANE ARNETA DANIELA KIANICKOVÁ
MANAGING DIRECTOR LONDON & EVENTS JAMES CALLEN
CHIEF REVENUE OFFICER JAMES WHITE
CHIEF COMMERCIAL OFFICER LEWIS VAUGHAN
CEO GLEN WHITE

A REALITY CHECK

I love that Pearson’ s CTO Dave Treat doesn’ t sugarcoat the tech revolution. He says throwing AI at people without guidance is like handing a teenager car keys without lessons. Instead, Dave focuses on meeting students in their 9pm routines, fostering overnight breakthroughs that empower teachers by morning.
As Microsoft’ s Bill Borden points out this issue, the ultimate bottleneck to AI-powered enterprises isn’ t software, but human culture. Microsoft’ s 2026 Work Trend Index backs this up with culture, leadership and talent practices doubling AI’ s impact compared to individual effort. Elsewhere, culture takes a different dimension with a 1,600-strong workforce building Terawulf data centres in under a year, using AI for construction and energy management.

Alice Chambers

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