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March 11, 2019
Why it is impossible to run a business without Google and Facebook
Read Alistair Barr and Gerrit De Vynck’s article about businesses find it hard to operate without exposure to Google and Facebook on Live Mint : Google controls many of the ways businesses access customers online in the US, making it almost impossible to run a company without buying advertising from the internet giant. As politicians increase scrutiny of […]
3 sectors 5G innovations will hit first
5G is here. There are working 5G chipsets, modems and now devices. It’s going to be the next paradigm shift for technology and the way we live our lives. The economic and societal benefits will enable a revolutionary level of service, with connectivity that will create entirely new business models, increase productivity and allow new […]
March 6, 2019
Forty percent of ‘AI startups’ in Europe don’t actually use AI, claims report
Artificial intelligence is one of the most misused terms in tech today, and a new study apparently confirms how hyped technology has become. According to the survey from London venture capital firm MMC, only 40 percent of European startups that are classified as AI companies actually use artificial intelligence in a way that is “material” to […]
10 enterprise network mistakes that open the door to hackers
Taking certain common shortcuts when it comes to network and infrastructure security can leave your organization wide open to hackers, according to a Tuesday RSA 2019 session from Paula Januszkiewicz, CEO of CQURE. “Technology and security as we all know is not always about the techie stuff and solutions—it’s also about people,” Januszkiewicz said in the […]
The Value Of Ethics And Trust In Business.. With Artificial Intelligence
Read why Stephen Ibaraki says that ethics and trust are very important issues while dealing with artificial intelligence on Forbes : The 128 most ethical companies for 2019 were announced this week from the Ethisphere Institute. The timing is fortuitous with the upcoming AI for Good, which I founded, global artificial intelligence dialogue including accountability, responsibility, […]
Artificial Intelligence Regulation May Be Impossible
Read why Michael Spencer says that artificial intelligence regulation is nearly impossible on Forbes : Artificial intelligence is a tool humanity is wielding with increasing recklessness. We say it’s for our common good with machine learning hype equal to business profits. But what happens when we don’t have the code of ethics, laws, government accountability, corporate transparency […]
To protect us from the risks of advanced artificial intelligence, we need to act now
Read Paul Salmon, Peter Hancock and Tony Carden’s commentary on why we should worry about the risks of advanced artificial intelligence on GCN Blog : Artificial intelligence can play chess, drive a car and diagnose medical issues. Examples include Google DeepMind’s AlphaGo, Tesla’s self-driving vehicles, and IBM’s Watson. This type of artificial intelligence is referred to as […]
AI vs. machine learning: What’s the difference?
Artificial intelligence and machine learning get lumped together so often these days that it’d be easy for people to mistake them as synonymous. That’s not quite accurate, though: They’re most certainly connected but not actually interchangeable. “Artificial intelligence and machine learning are closely related, so it’s no surprise that the terms are used loosely and interchangeably,” […]
Should Companies Terminate Third Party Vendors That Cause a Data Breach?
Read why Joseph J. Lazzarotti says that third-party vendors pose a definitive data breach risk on Lexology : According to reports, bank customers in Australia (yes, data breach notification requirements exist down under) have been affected by “an industry-wide” data breach experienced by a third-party service provider to the banks – property valuation firm, LandMark […]
NSA Makes Reverse Engineering Tool Freely Available
The United States National Security Agency (NSA) this week released its in-house reverse engineering tool Ghidra to the public, for free. Initially announced in January, the release was accompanied by a demonstration of the tool at the RSA Conference 2019, which is taking place this week in San Francisco. Ghidra, the NSA explains, is a software reverse […]
