The Opening Note
Cybersecurity rarely begins and ends inside a single organisation. Every connection creates value. It also creates dependency. Understanding those connections is becoming as important as protecting individual systems. A vulnerability somewhere else can quickly become an operational problem here, while trust between organisations can determine how effectively disruption is contained and recovery begins.
At Mens Veritas, we look beyond individual incidents to the wider structures behind them: technology, governance, regulation, geopolitics and human judgment. Because resilience does not come from controlling everything around us. It comes from understanding what we depend on, strengthening the relationships that matter and preparing to respond together.
Ingrid Gacci
Open-weight AI promises greater control, lower costs and wider access, but it also reshapes where technological power sits. Explore how American AI leadership uses models, compute and standards to influence global adoption, and why openness may create new dependencies for companies, governments and economies navigating the next phase of AI.
Imagine waking up one morning to find that critical AI systems no longer work. No outage, no bug, no warning. Access has simply disappeared.
The shutdown of Anthropic’s Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models is more than a technical story. It is a signal for every organisation building on advanced AI: dependency now has a geopolitical and governance dimension. When models become part of daily operations, the question is no longer only how powerful they are, but how fragile access to them may become.
The 2026 FIFA World Cup is showcasing more than football excellence. As AI becomes embedded in refereeing, coaching, broadcasting and fan experiences, the World Cup offers a powerful glimpse into how artificial intelligence is transforming large-scale decision-making.
What happens on the pitch today may define how organisations operate tomorrow.
