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08 May 2024
Police accessed phone records of ‘trouble making journalists’
By Bill GoodwinThe Police Service of Northern Ireland ran a rolling programme to monitor phone records of journalists to identify the source of police leaks it was claimed today
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08 May 2024
White House: Threats to critical infrastructure are 'severe'
By Arielle WaldmanWhile the White House released the new National Cybersecurity Strategy last year to help combat threats to critical infrastructure organizations, attacks have continued.
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08 May 2024
Microsoft hit by fresh round of cloud-focused anti-competitive behaviour complaints
By Caroline DonnellyA Spanish trade association has filed a complaint with the country's competition watchdog over accusations Microsoft’s ‘anti-competitive’ behaviour is harmful to startups
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08 Nov 2023
AI Summit not the place for human rights, says French finance minister
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonDespite commitments at the UK’s AI Safety Summit to respect and protect human rights, the French finance minister said it was not the right forum to discuss signatories' human rights records
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08 Nov 2023
SAP touts Business Technology Platform as foundation for S/4Hana migrations
By Aaron TanSAP claims its Business Technology Platform can help customers ease their transition to S/4Hana and lay the foundation for artificial intelligence initiatives
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07 Nov 2023
Gartner Symposium: More about AI
By Cliff SaranThe keynote presentation on the second day of the Barcelona conference examined whether artificial intelligence should be more intelligent than humans
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07 Nov 2023
VMware consolidates AI push at Explore in Barcelona
By Antony AdsheadVMware’s vision is of ‘cloud smart’ enterprises that run on-premise, in multiclouds and in the ‘edge cloud’, with secure and compliant generative AI fuelling efficient business processes
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07 Nov 2023
AI Safety Summit review
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonComputer Weekly takes stock of the UK government’s AI Safety Summit and the differing perspectives around its success
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06 Nov 2023
Gartner Symposium: It’s all about AI
By Cliff SaranCEOs want CIOs to take the lead when it comes to AI business initiatives. IT leaders need a clear plan of what they want to do with AI
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06 Nov 2023
NatWest taps IBM skills for generative AI
By Karl FlindersNatWest and IBM are developing generative AI capabilities to expand the capabilities of the bank’s virtual customer assistant
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06 Nov 2023
Netherlands starts building its own AI language model
By Kim LoohuisDutch government allocates €13.5m to develop an open artificial intelligence language model according to national values and guidelines.
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05 Nov 2023
AWS to open Malaysia cloud region in 2024
By Aaron TanAmazon Web Services’ new cloud region in Malaysia will open next year to meet the increased demand for cloud services and support digitisation efforts in the country
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03 Nov 2023
AI executive order does not fix need for federal regulation
By Esther AjaoThe executive order on AI focuses on data privacy, defense and many other areas. While it's seen as comprehensive, many are looking for the U.S. to enact federal legislation.
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02 Nov 2023
Bristol and Cambridge to host 2024 AI supercomputers
By Cliff SaranDell and HPE are working on supercomputers with the two universities as part of the government’s artificial intelligence funding drive
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02 Nov 2023
SAP lays out generative AI strategy
By Aaron TanSAP is incorporating generative AI capabilities into software development and the Hana database, prioritising data privacy and use cases that drive efficiency and cost savings for customers
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01 Nov 2023
Mural intros Mural AI, integrates with Microsoft 365 Copilot
By Mary ReinesThe integration of Copilot into the visual collaboration platform shows how vendors are working together to bring customers generative AI tools that interoperate between systems.
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01 Nov 2023
AI Summit: 28 governments and EU agree to safe AI development
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonIn a joint communique at the UK government’s AI Safety Summit, all participating governments agreed to deepen their cooperation around the risks associated with artificial intelligence
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01 Nov 2023
Box adds Google Vertex AI integration for document AI
By Don FluckingerBox deepens Google partnership to add Vertex AI features, availability in Google Cloud Marketplace, and additional Google Workspace and Google Cloud Platform integrations.
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01 Nov 2023
Banking should start testing out quantum ideas
By Cliff SaranThe finance sector should not ignore quantum computing, even though the technology is not yet ready
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01 Nov 2023
Lloyds bank kicks off Hyderabad operation
By Karl FlindersLloyds Banking Group has opened its latest tech operation in Hyderabad, with plans to recruit around 600 IT experts
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01 Nov 2023
Government announces millions to fund AI skills
By Clare McDonaldFunding has been allocated to ensure the UK grows its understanding of artificial intelligence and develops an AI talent base to help properly utilise the technology in the future
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01 Nov 2023
Darktrace CEO Poppy Gustafsson on her AI Safety Summit goals
By Alex ScroxtonAs the AI Safety Summit at Bletchley Park takes place, Computer Weekly caught up with Darktrace CEO Poppy Gustafsson to find out what one of the UK’s most prominent AI advocates wants from proceedings
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31 Oct 2023
Domino Data Lab seeks to accelerate generative AI responsibly
By Esther AjaoDomino's updated platform helps enterprises move from experimenting with GenAI models to full-on productions. The data science vendor partnered with Nvidia, Meta and Hugging Face.
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31 Oct 2023
Biden’s AI plans focus on US workers’ protection
By Cliff SaranThe US president has issued an Executive Order that sets out his administration’s strategy for AI safety and security
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30 Oct 2023
Biden EO aims to build foundation for AI legislation
By Makenzie HollandThe Biden administration is tasking federal agencies with making standards for AI systems development that could shape what legislation looks like at the state and federal level.
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30 Oct 2023
Data center power constraints send AI everywhere
By Antone GonsalvesMost experts agree there isn't enough unused electricity to perform future AI processing in hyperscale data centers and colocation facilities as GenAI demand soars.
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30 Oct 2023
UK government to invest £100m in using AI to research treatments for incurable diseases
By Caroline DonnellyPrime minister Rishi Sunak confirms £100m in government funding for AI-led research into incurable diseases
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30 Oct 2023
UK government AI Summit already branded ‘missed opportunity’
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe dominance of big tech firms, a focus on speculative risks over real-world harms, and the exclusion of affected workers, mean the AI Safety Summit is a wasted opportunity, say civil society groups
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30 Oct 2023
Frontier AI Taskforce starts recruitment drive
By Cliff SaranThe second progress report from the Frontier AI Taskforce reveals new hires plus vacancy posts for software and research engineers
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30 Oct 2023
Devon County digitises with Unit4 ERP
By Scarlet CharlesUnit4 and Embridge Consulting have paired up to help Devon County Council digitise its organisation, data and services
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30 Oct 2023
FDM Group partners with ISACA to boost cyber training programme
By Scarlet CharlesThe FDM Group has announced a partnership with ISACA to help develop and boost their cyber training programmes and credentials
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27 Oct 2023
‘Egregious’ to link passport data with facial recognition systems
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe Scottish biometrics watchdog has spoken out against the UK policing minister’s plans to integrate passport data with police facial recognition systems
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27 Oct 2023
Google launches bug bounties for generative AI attack scenarios
By Alex ScroxtonGoogle expands its bug bounty programme to encompass generative AI and takes steps to grow its commitment to supply chain security as it relates to the emerging technology
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27 Oct 2023
UK regulators confident they are ready for AI safety governance
By Cliff SaranMPs at a recent artificial intelligence governance meeting were keen to hear how Ofcom, the FCA and the ICO are preparing for UK AI legislation
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27 Oct 2023
Webex deploys AI to enhance contact centre agent potential, boost CX
By Joe O’HalloranAI-powered innovations in contact centre designed to generate agent efficiency and well-being, resulting in reduced turnover and improved customer experiences, faster resolution of customer needs and real business outcomes
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26 Oct 2023
ChatGPT, Bard, lack effective defences against fraudsters, Which? warns
By Alex ScroxtonConsumer advocacy Which? warns that popular generative AI tools are vulnerable to loopholes that render existing protections against malicious usage easily bypassed
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26 Oct 2023
How Amazon AI image generation could help advertisers
By Esther AjaoThe tech giant joins others using generative AI technology to cater to advertisers and help small businesses scale their advertising through personalization.
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26 Oct 2023
Sunak sets scene for upcoming AI Safety Summit
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonPrime minister Rishi Sunak has outlined how the UK will approach making AI safe, but experts say there is still too big a focus on catastrophic but speculative risks over real harms the technology is already causing
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26 Oct 2023
Boardrooms losing control in generative AI takeover, says Kaspersky
By Alex ScroxtonC-suite executives are increasingly fretful about what they perceive as a ‘silent infiltration’ of generative AI tools across their organisations
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26 Oct 2023
Facebook pins future on Quest 3 and AI development
By Cliff SaranParent company Meta has focused on establishing Twitter rival Threads and its new augmented reality headset Quest 3
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25 Oct 2023
Government-led Smart Data Discovery Challenge launched to stoke innovation
By Scarlet CharlesA government-led coalition has launched an open-call competition for ideas using smart data to help support individuals and small businesses, emulating open banking
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25 Oct 2023
SAP broadens CX offerings with new AI tools for Joule
By Mary ReinesThe ERP software vendor brings AI-based tools to strengthen identity and data security as well as end-to-end personalization to highlight its customer experience offerings.
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25 Oct 2023
Chip giant Nvidia takes on Intel with Arm CPUs for Windows PCs
By Don FluckingerNvidia plans to jump into the Windows Arm CPU fray along with Qualcomm, AMD and purportedly Microsoft as chipmakers bet that AI will take root in the operating system in 2025.
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25 Oct 2023
Apple's silence on generative AI is characteristic
By Esther AjaoThe consumer tech company is behind other tech giants in the generative AI race. However, stealth is the company's normal mode of operation with disruptive technologies.
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25 Oct 2023
SurveyMonkey launches Build with AI to create surveys faster
By Mary ReinesThe vendor releases generative AI capabilities to let users build custom questionnaires quickly and incorporate prompts that will yield better responses from customers.
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25 Oct 2023
Demystifying the top five OT security myths
By Aaron TanGoh Eng Choon, president of ST Engineering’s cyber business, outlines the common myths around OT security in a bid to raise awareness of the security challenges confronting OT systems
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25 Oct 2023
Copilots, AI and Azure drive Microsoft revenue growth
By Cliff SaranAI dominated the Microsoft’s latest quarterly earnings. Copilot trials are being run by 40% of the Fortune 100
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25 Oct 2023
UK IT professionals express concerns about government’s generative AI goals
By Scarlet CharlesResearch reveals 93% of UK IT professionals are concerned by the government’s current plan to become a global leader in artificial intelligence because of lack of training and risk assessment
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24 Oct 2023
Cisco unveils Webex AI tools for hybrid work, contact center
By Mary ReinesThe vendor's new Webex AI offerings include Real-Time Media Models to track users' voices and movements and Webex AI Assistant tools for making, altering and suggesting messages.
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24 Oct 2023
Michelle Donelan reaffirms UK's commitment to AI safety
By Cliff SaranIn a keynote speech, the secretary of state for science, innovation and technology discussed the UK's pro-innovation approach to AI safety
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24 Oct 2023
Research team tricks AI chatbots into writing usable malicious code
By Alex ScroxtonResearchers at the University of Sheffield have demonstrated that so-called Text-to-SQL systems can be tricked into writing malicious code for use in cyber attacks
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24 Oct 2023
OCBC to roll out GenAI chatbot
By Aaron TanSingapore’s OCBC Bank is rolling out a GenAI chatbot powered by Azure OpenAI to assist employees with writing, research and idea generation
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24 Oct 2023
Microsoft to invest A$5bn in Australia
By Aaron TanMicrosoft is making its largest investment in Australia to expand its infrastructure footprint, alongside plans to bolster skills training and cyber security in the country
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23 Oct 2023
Feds look for AI fingerprints in HR job rejections
By Patrick ThibodeauThe U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is working to learn all it can to detect AI-based discrimination in screening, recruiting and hiring.
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23 Oct 2023
CTO interview: Pegasystems’ Don Schuerman on using AI to set business goals
By Bill GoodwinGenerative AI is on the cusp of allowing companies to automate business processes to meet business goals
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23 Oct 2023
Gartner: CIOs must prepare for generative AI disruption
By Cliff SaranThe growth of generative AI poses risks and opportunities for IT and business leaders
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20 Oct 2023
CDO interview: Carter Cousineau, vice-president of data and model governance, Thomson Reuters
By Mark SamuelsThe news and information provider places a premium on responsible and ethical use of artificial intelligence, and central to that is the governance of data and the models surrounding it
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19 Oct 2023
Fair use may not help Anthropic against AI music lawsuit
By Esther AjaoUniversal Music Group and other music publishers allege the vendor's Claude 2 AI model responds to users' prompts with all or most of the lyrics to popular copyrighted songs.
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19 Oct 2023
How AWS is building a tech stack for generative AI
By Aaron TanOlivier Klein, chief technologist for Asia-Pacific and Japan at Amazon Web Services, dives deeper into the technology stack the company has built to ease GenAI adoption
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19 Oct 2023
SAP results highlight AI-driven business software
By Cliff SaranSAP, like other enterprise software companies, is integrating artificial intelligence across its enterprise software portfolio
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19 Oct 2023
Loughborough Uni to create five cyber AI research posts
By Alex ScroxtonSupported by Darktrace, Loughborough University is to recruit five doctoral researchers focusing on cross-disciplinary research in AI and cyber security
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18 Oct 2023
Experts call for government to look beyond AI safety
By Cliff SaranExperts have warned there are far more near-term technology concerns than AI, such as facial recognition and the explosion of deepfakes
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18 Oct 2023
How YouTube's new AI-powered product aids advertisers
By Esther AjaoThe online video-sharing and social media platform is now using the AI technology as a way to help advertisers place ads on videos that better reach the intended audience.
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18 Oct 2023
SuiteWorld 23: Oracle NetSuite pushes business efficiency by way of AI
By Brian McKennaOracle NetSuite’s Evan Goldberg posited AI old and new as means for organisations to do more with fewer resources, speaking at the company’s annual global SuiteWorld conference in Las Vegas
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17 Oct 2023
Alluxio launches orchestration layer optimized for AI, ML
By Eric AvidonThe data orchestration specialist introduced Enterprise AI, a new version of its platform optimized for AI and machine learning models with improved performance and greater scale.
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17 Oct 2023
Government to pump £30m into NHS medtech
By Lis EvenstadThe government hopes the funding, which is available to integrated care systems across the country, will ease winter pressures through the help of technology
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16 Oct 2023
Talkdesk expands its AI offerings for the contact center
By Mary ReinesThe cloud-based contact center provider adds more tools to monitor large language model-supported capabilities, which are becoming commonplace offerings for CX vendors.
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16 Oct 2023
Oracle’s Steve Miranda: Customers nearing inflection point with Fusion
By Brian McKennaIn a Q&A with Computer Weekly at Oracle Open World, applications head Steve Miranda discussed how its customers are moving from project-driven to business-driven approaches, and how GenAI is for real
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16 Oct 2023
How APAC organisations are tapping generative AI
By Aaron TanOrganisations in the region are deploying and experimenting with generative AI in healthcare, citizen services and other use cases amid cost-related concerns and other challenges
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13 Oct 2023
Google Search Generative Experience AI updated for images
By Esther AjaoThe update enables the vendor to continue to push generative AI technology to the masses while showing enterprises how they can use different models within their own products.
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13 Oct 2023
UAE makes significant contribution to AI computing power
By Pat BransUAE technology holding company G42 recently began a partnership with US-based Cerebras Systems to build a cluster of supercomputers and a set of accompanying technologies that will speed up the training process for large language models
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12 Oct 2023
How generative AI and cloud complement each other
By Aaron TanMcKinsey partner explains the symbiotic relationship between generative AI and cloud, enabling organisations to speed up cloud migration and harness the benefits of AI
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12 Oct 2023
Box and OpenAI CEOs discuss the future of enterprise AI
By Don FluckingerOpenAI and Box founders discuss the rise of generative AI in the enterprise and how it will change knowledge workers' routines and influence business overall.
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11 Oct 2023
AMD tries to differentiate in AI market with acquisition
By Esther AjaoThe acquisition of the open source startup helps the chip vendor compete in the optimization market and offer flexibility compared to competitors such as Nvidia.
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11 Oct 2023
Adobe unveils Firefly AI models to quickly make vivid images
By Mary ReinesThe CX and multimedia vendor amps up its generative AI image creation offerings with Prompt Guidance, vector graphic production, template generation and photo-style image tweaks.
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11 Oct 2023
New Box Hubs uses AI to curate content, target users
By Shaun SutnerThe vendor adds a new internal publishing system to its stable of content management tools. It enables users to curate and publish select content within an organization.
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11 Oct 2023
Public sector buyers of AI tech must interrogate its suitability
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe Ada Lovelace Institute has published a review on public sector use of artificial intelligence foundation models, looking at the risks and opportunities associated with the technology, and how these can be dealt with from the early stages of procurement onwards
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10 Oct 2023
OpenText's Aviator AI services 10 years in the making
By Don FluckingerOpenText's AI services for content, operations, DevOps, security and digital experience represent a blend of homegrown, acquired and licensed technologies.
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06 Oct 2023
How machine learning can combat climate change
By Lev CraigMachine learning can produce sustainability insights and help plan effective climate action. But researchers face challenges around data, compute and AI's own environmental impact.
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05 Oct 2023
Microsoft: Nation-state cyber espionage on rise in 2023
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonMicrosoft’s latest Digital Defence Report outlines how nation-state cyber activity has largely moved from destructive attacks to espionage and intelligence gathering
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05 Oct 2023
Government launches £60m Regional Innovation Fund
By Lis EvenstadThe £60m fund aims to support universities in areas with lower R&D investment, while the government is also pumping £8m towards AI scholarships
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05 Oct 2023
Policing minister wants to use UK passport data in facial recognition
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe policing minister’s plans to integrate the UK’s passport database with police facial-recognition systems have been met with criticism from campaigners, academics, and the biometrics commissioner for England and Wales
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04 Oct 2023
Meta introduces generative AI features for advertisers
By Esther AjaoThe capabilities include a background generation feature, an image expansion tool for fitting aspect ratio across different mediums, and a text variation tool for copy.
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04 Oct 2023
HPE hones GreenLake strategy with AI moves, hybrid cloud management
By Aaron TanHPE has evolved its GreenLake strategy over the past five years, expanding beyond its as-a-service offerings to include a capital purchase model and a strong focus on hybrid cloud management and AI
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04 Oct 2023
Gartner: Execs put generative AI on business agenda
By Cliff SaranGenerative AI is being pushed up the boardroom agenda, with more organisations appearing to be piloting the technology
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04 Oct 2023
Qualcomm looks to reshape digital world through spatial computing
By Joe O’HalloranMobile tech giant announces new platforms, developed in close collaboration with Meta, to provide breakthrough performance in immersive applications such as mixed and augmented reality
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04 Oct 2023
Visa to invest $100m in generative AI startups
By Karl FlindersPayments giant investing in startups that focus on applying generative AI to commerce and payments
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04 Oct 2023
ICO issues guidance on workplace surveillance
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonGuidance on employee monitoring covers how employers can conduct their digital surveillance lawfully, transparently and fairly, and warns against businesses intruding on their workers’ private lives
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03 Oct 2023
Zendesk offers more AI tech with AI for Voice, AI bots
By Mary ReinesThe customer experience vendor released intelligent bots to quickly answer customers' questions and unveiled a tool to summarize transcripts of customer calls with agents.
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03 Oct 2023
Zoom expands workspace offerings with AI-supported Zoom Docs
By Mary ReinesThe videoconferencing vendor unveiled a document creation product that features AI Companion and content organization components to build layouts and workflows and manage data.
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03 Oct 2023
How Pure Storage is supporting AI workloads
By Aaron TanPure Storage’s cloud-compatible and energy-efficient modular flash storage architecture is well-poised to address the data storage demands of artificial intelligence workloads
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03 Oct 2023
Project management vendor Asana brings AI to Work Graph
By Mary ReinesThe project management platform vendor brings 'smart' tools to its work efficiency monitoring tool to unearth specific problems and identify concrete ways teams can solve them.
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03 Oct 2023
The AI developer opportunity
By Cliff SaranGiven the need for new software to support digitisation, we look at how the IT industry is responding to the software developer skills shortfall
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03 Oct 2023
Public sector needs systemic reform of capacity to innovate
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonImproving the public sector’s capacity to innovate requires a culture of innovation underpinned by people, skills and new ways of working with the private sector
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02 Oct 2023
Lawyers win in race to generative AI without adequate laws
By Antone GonsalvesAs Congress drags its feet on passing AI regulations, lawyers are filling the vacuum by helping enterprises navigate court rulings and regulations based on outdated laws.
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02 Oct 2023
CDO interview: Lalo Luna, global head of strategy and insights, Heineken
By Mark SamuelsThe brewing giant is building a data ecosystem to bring new insights to the business and to make the most of emerging developments in artificial intelligence capabilities
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02 Oct 2023
How the Australian government is approaching AI
By Aaron TanThe Australian government is experimenting with AI use cases in a safe environment while it figures out ways to harness the technology to benefit citizens and businesses
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29 Sep 2023
Government hands over £12.5m to farming tech innovators
By Lis EvenstadSome 19 projects focusing on automation and robotic technology will get funding from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to boost the agricultural sector
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28 Sep 2023
SAP joins generative AI crowd with Joule
By Jim O'DonnellSAP's Joule is the company's generative AI assistant for its cloud portfolio, but the technology is still in the early stages and the ERP giant will need to prove its value.
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28 Sep 2023
US lawmakers write to AI firms about ‘gruelling’ work conditions
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonLawmakers have written to nine tech companies – including Amazon, Google and Microsoft – about the working conditions of those they employ to train and maintain their artificial intelligence systems, giving them until 11 October 2023 to respond
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28 Sep 2023
How Akamai is driving growth in APAC
By Aaron TanAkamai's managing director for the region outlines the company’s growth journey, how it sets itself apart from competitors, and its strategies to drive the next phase of growth
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27 Sep 2023
ServiceNow continues to embed generative AI across workflows
By Esther AjaoThe vendor is not only focusing generative AI on various phases of the workflow, but also on domain-specific LLMs for its Now suite of digital assistants.
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27 Sep 2023
Meta introduces new AI assistant and studio
By Esther AjaoThe social media giant introduces new tools that incorporate generative AI capabilities in Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. Some features could be helpful for small businesses.