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Why 76% of AI agent pilots stall, and how your Agentic ITOps pilot can avoid the same fate

The debate is no longer whether AI belongs in ITOps; it’s about how quickly it can be implemented, how to measure it, and who’s accountable when it acts. And although IT leaders across industries are scrambling to integrate agentic AI into their operations, those deployments are facing serious challenges. A new Harris Poll survey of more than 300 U.S. data and AI decision-makers puts a number on the problem.

Why Was an OpenAI Engineer Hiding a Recording Device?

An OpenAI engineer was arrested after a hidden recording device was discovered inside an executive conference room. Who was he trying to record, and who was the information intended for? Martin Reynolds and Adam Arellano break down one of the strangest AI security stories of the year, along with three major cybersecurity headlines. Microsoft just released more than 1,400 security fixes in a record-breaking Patch Tuesday. Is AI finding vulnerabilities faster than companies can actually fix them?

Where to Find GPU Capacity in 2026: Hyperscalers, Neoclouds and Regional Clouds

Google, CoreWeave and Nebius all say they are short of GPUs. Here is where capacity still exists in 2026, which GPU clouds offer managed Kubernetes, how to connect a second cloud to your first one, and how to run GPU services on all of them from one platform. Romaric founded Qovery to make Kubernetes accessible to every engineering team. He writes about platform strategy, developer experience, and the future of cloud infrastructure.

Automate Slack Support with Datadog Workflow Automation + Bits AI

Automate Slack support questions with Datadog Workflow Automation and Bits AI Agent Builder. Datadog Workflow Automation can now trigger directly from messages posted in Slack. In this quick demo, Yuta Yoshida, Product Manager at Datadog, shows how to build an automated support workflow that: → Detects new support questions in a Slack channel→ Sends questions to a custom agent built with Bits AI Agent Builder→ Replies directly in the Slack thread with an answer and relevant documentation.

Introducing AI Budgets: A Policy You Can Watch Work

AI Budgets turns an AI cost policy into a limit customers can watch hold in real time, so overspend gets caught within days instead of surfacing on next month's invoice. With AI Budgets, the Cost Management Agent turns your AI cost policy from a document everyone signed once and forgot into a limit you can see working. ‍ In our last post, we showed why 73% of organizations have an AI cost policy, but only 13% can tell whether it's working.

Harness Launches VegaLoad: Open-Source Load Testing for Agentic Developers

VegaLoad is a free, open-source load testing tool for agentic developers. Your agent writes the test, runs it, and gives you a report. VegaLoad is a free, open-source load testing tool. You ask your agent for a test. It writes the file, runs it, and gives you a report.

We used our own product to cut our AI tooling bill without cutting AI usage

The problem: our AI spend was growing faster than our understanding of its ROI. Like most engineering organizations, Harness went from "a few people are trying out AI coding tools" to "AI tooling is a line item in the monthly finance review" in a matter of months. The cost itself wasn't really the problem.

What Happens When You Outgrow a No-Code AI Agent Builder?

A no-code AI agent builder can get a defined agent into production quickly. The risk appears when added branches, exceptions, integrations, and controls exceed the visual canvas. Organizations should look for a platform that lets teams extend individual steps with reusable code without rebuilding the agent or abandoning its governance.