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Cybersecurity

Why Access Controls May Be AI’s Biggest Security Vulnerability

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As model providers court government agencies, humans may present a major security threat.

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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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Productivity Tech

Why AI Augmentation Tech Is More Than a ‘Cost-Cutting Tool’

Companies are beginning to wake up to the potential pitfalls of filling jobs with AI rather than simply letting AI assist human workers.

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Artificial Intelligence

Walmart Patent Signals AI Transformation for Bricks-and-Mortar Retail

The company has spent the past few years bolstering its tech portfolio.

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Productivity Tech

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

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

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Cybersecurity

Wells Fargo Patent Highlights Fatal Flaw in Deepfake Detection Models

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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?

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

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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

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

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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

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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

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

‘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

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‘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

Cybersecurity has long been Microsoft’s bread and butter.

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