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Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, codenamed, is now available to download. Resolute Raccoon builds on the resilience-focused improvements introduced in interim releases, with TPM-backed full-disk encryption, improved support for application permission prompting, Livepatch updates for Arm-based servers, and Rust-based utilities for enhanced memory safety. This release also brings native support for industry-leading AI/ML toolkits like NVIDIA CUDA and AMD ROCm, making Ubuntu 26.04 LTS the ideal platform for AI development and production workloads.

AI is only as useful as the context you give it. An autonomous observability agent can unlock serious value from your telemetry, but only when the foundation is right: good telemetry, a strong data layer, and efficient access to the data. Annie Freeman and Lewis Isaac had a lot to say about this at AWS Summit London this week! hashtag#Observability hashtag#AI hashtag#AWSSummitLondon hashtag#DevOps hashtag#OpenTelemetry.

Responsible AI adoption for engineering teams starts with culture, not compliance. In this GitKon talk, Rizel Scarlett (Tech Lead of Open Source DevRel at Block) shares how Block helped thousands of engineers actually want to use AI tools, including Goose, Cursor, Claude Code, and more, without mandates, vibe coding disasters, or security gaps.

Are we still in the first chapter of AI, and mistaking it for the whole story? In this episode of The Intelligent Enterprise, host Tom Stoneman zooms out from the headlines to explore where we really are in the AI journey. He’s joined by journalist and independent analyst Joe McKendrick, who has spent decades documenting how emerging technologies reshape business and society. As co-chair of the AI Summit in New York and a senior contributor to Forbes and ZDNet, Joe brings the perspective of someone who understands how these stories unfold over time.