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Productivity Tech

Big Tech’s AGI Dreams Overshadowed by Smaller, In-Demand AI Advances

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Though AGI could have some enterprise viability, most businesses are better off with small models.

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Enterprise AI

How AI-Powered Robotics Face Obstacles in Real-World Scenarios

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Agents Gone Wild: How to Prevent AI Agent Sprawl

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Why Your Enterprise Should Be Thinking About Ethical AI

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Cybersecurity

Wells Fargo Patent Highlights Fatal Flaw in Deepfake Detection Models

Synthetic content is becoming more realistic by the day. Can detection tech keep up?

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Data

Oracle Patent May Cut Latency in Edge Computing

Data processing can quickly gum up the works of edge AI.

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Artificial Intelligence

Enterprises Push Ahead with AI-Powered Job Replacement Despite Risks

Companies are facing pressure on all sides to garner ROI from AI. Workers may be on the chopping block.

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Cybersecurity

Fighting Fire with Fire: Can AI Be a Cyber-Defense Tool as Well as a Threat?

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There are dos and don’ts of deploying AI for security.

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Data

Google’s Differential Privacy Patent Highlights AI Training Risks

With data becoming increasingly valuable, keeping it safe is a constant concern.

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Big Tech

Big Tech’s Bigger AI Investments May Lead to a ‘Winner Takes All’

Some companies may be digging themselves into a hole that they’re not able to get out of.

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Productivity Tech

Microsoft Patent Highlights Weaknesses in Code Generators

AI-powered coding has emerged as one of the best use cases for the powerful foundational models.

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Cybersecurity

Threat Actors Are Poisoning the Well of AI Training Data

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Hackers are taking more indirect routes to manipulate AI models.

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Enterprise AI

Demand for Cloud, Data and Cybersecurity Skills Outranks AI

Employees can leverage AI more effectively when they possess the other skills

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Big Tech

IBM Patent Leverages AI to Fix AI

Throwing AI at problems might not always be the answer.

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Cybersecurity

Double Whammy: When Insecure Code Meets Burned-Out Cybersecurity Teams

‘They’re pushing code that they know has vulnerabilities.’

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Data

Google Patent Straightens Out AI Training Data

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Cloud computing and AI are massive parts of Google’s business.

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Enterprise AI

White House Deregulation of AI Creates Fresh Pitfalls for Businesses

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‘Part of the challenge is that (the executive orders) fundamentally misunderstand how the technology works’

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Cloud Computing

Microsoft SharePoint Attacks Show Weaknesses of On-Prem Storage vs. Cloud

‘Given enough of an attack surface … it is going to be attacked’

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Enterprise AI

What Businesses Should Consider Before Using Off-the-Shelf AI

‘The ability to scrape information … is way more advanced than people realize’

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Cybersecurity

How to Avoid Hiring a North Korean Spy as a ‘Remote Employee’

‘We advertised for a remote employee … several North Korean fake employees responded’

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Cloud Computing

Microsoft Patent Automates Cloud Error Fixes

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Cybersecurity has long been Microsoft’s bread and butter.

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Enterprise AI

Why ‘Go Big or Go Home’ Doesn’t Work for AI

AI doesn’t need to make radical changes to have real impact, said Jared Coyle, chief AI officer at SAP Americas.

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Cybersecurity

Okta Patent Disrupts AI-Fueled Phishing Attacks

Phishing attempts are getting smarter in the age of AI.

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Healthcare

mRNA Research by IBM, Moderna Shows Quantum’s Present-Day Uses

“We’re pushing the boundaries of the size of the problems we can look at with quantum.”

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