It looks like no-code and low-code tools are here to stay. Today, Gartner released new predictions about technology products and services, specifically who will build them and the impact of AI and the pandemic. The research firm found that by 2024, 80% of tech products and services will be built by people who are not technology professionals. Gartner also expects to see more high-profile announcements of technology launches from nontech companies over the next year. "The barrier to become a technology producer is falling due to low-code and no-code development tools," Gartner VP Rajesh Kandaswamy told VentureBeat.

Artificial intelligence will shape the technology landscape of the 2020s, but unintended consequences pose big risks, according to a new report from ISACA, a technology professional association. The evolving relationship between AI, automation and humans is expected to create promising opportunities in the technology workforce, while simultaneously presenting sobering concerns for the general public, the study said. For its research, ISACA surveyed more than 5,000 business technology professionals, and found that respondents are significantly more optimistic about how technology advancements in the new decade will impact their career than they are about how it will impact society as a whole. Some 59 percent of respondents expressed optimism for the ramifications of AI on their careers, compared with only 40 percent who are similarly upbeat about the overall societal impact. From a workplace standpoint, respondents are optimistic that technological changes will both position their organizations for success and bolster their paychecks.

The human work of solving problems, facing challenges and overcoming obstacles tends to share a common goal: creating stable, secure and predictable environments. The tendency for most humans is that once we solve a challenge, we want to be done with it. That propensity, however, does not fit with today's reality of perpetual change. In the digital business world, organizations have no choice but to operate in an unclear, uncertain and continuously shifting environment that requires a new mindset and approach to formulating business strategies. Digital winners recognize that change is part of the game, and that they need to develop ways to exploit continuous ambiguity.

Artificial intelligence (AI) has been increasing in sophistication for some years, finding its place in our everyday lives with ever-growing pace and force. As businesses and governments begin to use AI, the potential for its application in cyber security is becoming more apparent. What's more, hackers and businesses are going head-to-head – with hackers now able to develop more sophisticated threats, and businesses looking to use AI for threat detection, prevention and remedy. When it comes to cyber security, businesses need to act now to tighten up cyber defences. With large-scale security breaches only increasing in number over recent years, organisations both big and small should consider investing in AI systems designed to bolster their defences.

The rise of artificial intelligence has left many concerned about job security. According to Atlassian CTO Sri Viswanath, though, the rise of machine learning will lead to more developer jobs, not fewer.