A diagnostic AI system achieves 94% accuracy in clinical trials. The procurement team signs off. The system goes live across a hospital network. Six months later, a review finds it has been systematically underperforming on a specific patient cohort, one that was underrepresented in the original training data. The cases it missed were not random....Read More

What is the EU AI Act? The EU AI Act is the world’s first comprehensive legal framework for artificial intelligence. Enacted in 2024 and now progressively entering into force, it classifies AI systems by risk level and assigns obligations accordingly – to developers, deployers, and the suppliers whose work feeds into AI systems. At its...Read More

There’s a version of the AI conversation where the machine handles everything and humans step back. It’s a compelling pitch. It’s also how organisations end up with models that perform well in test environments, only to fail in daily practice because they were never sufficiently fine-tuned on the edge cases the real world introduces. Human-in-the-loop...Read More

Somewhere between 15% and 20% of the global population is neurodivergent. That’s a significant portion of every workforce, every leadership team, every industry, and every profession, whether or not it’s visible, disclosed, or understood. And yet the conversation about neurodivergent professionals is still dominated by a narrow set of assumptions: that neurodivergence needs to be...Read More

If you have come across auticon, you may have wondered what we mean when we talk about “Edge Thinking”. It is a term we use deliberately. This post explains what it means, where the idea comes from, and why ‘Edge Thinking’ is specifically critical for organisations keen to have a competitive edge in the ever-changing...Read More

A new short film tells the story of how one of Europe’s largest energy companies, Vattenfall has put autistic technologists at the heart of its IT delivery and is benefiting from 'Edge Thinking'.Read More

auticon’s 2025 Impact Report, The Edge Effect, presents evidence from across 15 countries that neurodiverse teams deliver a measurable competitive edge for employers, from stronger project outcomes and improved team culture to greater innovation. Drawing on data from 494 employees, 287 client organisations and 373 autistic technology consultants, the report shows that neuroinclusion is a business...Read More

Hi, I work as a consultant in software testing at auticon. I haven’t had an easy life but I’ve learned that a mix of stubborness, humor, and a little chaos can take you pretty far.  I got my autism diagnosis at 33, which explains a lot of things, like why I always felt a bit “off”...Read More

The story of how Flora found herself. My name is Flora, and for the past four years, I’ve been an IT Consultant at auticon. My professional journey here is far from typical. I had only a mild, daily interest in IT, and for most of my life, the thought of being autistic hadn’t crossed my...Read More

For those who prefer to listen, not read – we have used an AI voice to read Andy’s story here: Hi, my name is Alessandra, I’m a consultant for auticon Italy (I work in accessibility and other projects) and an artist.  When I was a kid, there was very little knowledge about autism on a...Read More