Cisco News: Latest Releases & Events

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2026

2026-10-30

Cisco bets 27-year-old can AI-refactor 98% of code
Cisco president and chief product officer Jeetu Patel has given 27-year-old Padmanabhan Krishnamurthy, a cofounder of acquired startup EzDubs, unlimited AI tokens to refactor 98% of Cisco's legacy code within 24 months using a two-person team. The move is part of Patel's broader push to empower AI-native, early-career engineers over experienced staff for high-stakes modernization projects. (fortune.com)

2026-05-04

AI-BOMs emerge to track shadow AI assets
As enterprise environments become saturated with AI models, agents, and tools — including unsanctioned 'shadow AI' — the traditional software bill of materials (SBOM) is proving insufficient, driving adoption of AI-BOMs that inventory models, datasets, agents, prompts, and their interconnections. Cisco open-sourced its AI-BOM scanner and released a Model Provenance Kit that acts as a 'DNA test for AI models,' while Google's Wiz and Palo Alto Networks also advocate for the approach to improve visibility and security against supply chain attacks like model and skills poisoning. (go.theregister.com)
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