The Project management edition
The AI news of that week, in plain language.
The AI Act is moving to enforcement, your meeting tools are getting smarter, and a well-known consultancy got badly caught out over made-up sources. This week is about staying in control.
Your status report does not need to look nicer, it needs to be right: the lesson from the PwC blunder
Four advisory reports turned out to be written by AI, with made-up sources. For you, that is a warning about every report that goes out the door.
Four PwC advisory reports in the Middle East turn out to be largely written by AI. They contained made-up footnotes, studies that do not exist and fabricated quotes. Detection firm GPTZero found it, the Financial Times confirmed it. The reports were meant to bring in new clients, but mostly caused reputational damage. The lesson for you: AI always sounds just as confident, even when it produces nonsense.
Background for subscribersFeel free to let AI draft your progress report or advisory piece, it saves time. But never send it on unread. Above all, check the facts you do not know off the top of your head: sources, dates, figures, names of team members. One made-up footnote or a wrong account number will cost you more later than checking it now. With PwC it was four reports and a lot of lost face. Your name is on it, so you read it over.
From 2 August: chatbots must reveal that they are AI
The EU AI Act is entering a new phase. From 2 August 2026 it must be clear when people are dealing with AI. Chatbots must state that they are AI, AI content must be clearly marked, and you must disclose deepfakes. Fines run up to 15 million euros or 3 percent of worldwide turnover.
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