For years, organisations have treated artificial intelligence as a side project - a handful of pilots here, a proof of concept there. But in 2025, the rules have changed: AI pilots are dead. The organisations that thrive will be those who move beyond experiments to embed AI at the very heart of their operating model. 

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer confined to research labs or niche use cases. It is rapidly becoming the backbone of how organisations improve efficiency, innovate services, and compete in the market. While business leaders set the vision, it is the IT department that plays the pivotal role in enabling – and safeguarding – this AI transformation wave. 

Over the next one to three years, Artificial Intelligence (AI) will shift from being a promising technology on the horizon to a disruptive force embedded in the very fabric of how organisations operate. For leaders, the real question is no longer if AI will reshape their business, but how quickly and how profoundly it will happen. 

The way we build software is changing - fast. Enter vibe coding, a new approach to programming powered by AI that could transform how businesses develop, experiment, and innovate. Coined by AI pioneer Andrej Karpathy in 2025, vibe coding flips the traditional development model on its head. Instead of carefully writing lines of code by hand, developers describe what they want in natural language, and AI systems generate the code.

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