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14 Nov 2024
Alteryx adds tools for cloud, hybrid analytics deployments
By Eric AvidonThe vendor's update includes new data preparation and blending tools, improved interoperability with data warehouses and the preview of AI-powered insight generation capabilities.
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14 Nov 2024
CallMiner CEO talks generative AI, conversational intelligence
By Don FluckingerWhen everyone's contact center now has a CX platform, specialists like CallMiner have to make implementation more straightforward for users, said CEO and founder Jeff Gallino.
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14 Nov 2024
Infoblox: 800,000 domains vulnerable to hijacking attack
By Arielle WaldmanWhile the 'Sitting Ducks' attack vector continues to pose a problem, Infoblox says domain registrars, DNS providers and government bodies remain inactive.
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14 Nov 2024
MPs hold first ever debate on live facial recognition
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonMPs have held an open debate on police use of live facial recognition technology for the first time since it was initially deployed by the Met Police in August 2016
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14 Nov 2024
Monte Carlo adds more GenAI to data observability platform
By Eric AvidonThe vendor's latest update features an LLM-powered tool that delivers recommendations for developing data quality monitors along with a DataOps dashboard and new integrations.
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13 Nov 2024
ThoughtSpot AI agent Spotter enables conversational BI
By Eric AvidonThe analytics vendor's new tool not only enables users to converse with data using natural language, but also has contextual awareness and autonomously makes suggestions.
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12 Nov 2024
SAS acquires synthetic data generator to aid AI development
By Eric AvidonThe longtime analytics vendor plans to fold the intellectual property of Hazy into its existing synthetic data generation capabilities to help customers safely build AI tools.
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12 Nov 2024
Snowflake unveils AI development, security capabilities
By Eric AvidonThe vendor's latest includes additions to Cortex AI that simplify developing conversational AI tools and new security measures after its environment was infiltrated in May.
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12 Nov 2024
Police cloud project raises data protection concerns despite legal reforms
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonOngoing data protection issues with the use of hyperscale public cloud infrastructure by UK police could complicate the ambitions of nine forces to move their common records management system into the cloud
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11 Nov 2024
Fresh concerns over NHS England registries procurement
By Alex ScroxtonClinicians and technologists behind a number of medical devices registries being brought together by NHS England on a new common platform have accused the health service of flouting public sector procurement regulations
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08 Nov 2024
Google's Looker taking an agentic approach to generative AI
By Eric AvidonThe analytics vendor aims to help customers develop agents, built on a foundation of trusted data, that enable deep analysis and relieve users of time-consuming tasks.
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07 Nov 2024
Interview: Petra Molnar, author of ‘The walls have eyes’
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonRefugee lawyer and author Petra Molnar speaks to Computer Weekly about the extreme violence people on the move face at borders across the world, and how increasingly hostile anti-immigrant politics is being enabled and reinforced by a ‘lucrative panopticon’ of surveillance technologies
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06 Nov 2024
Snowflake brings AI to data for Australian businesses
By Stephen WithersAt the Sydney leg of the Snowflake World Tour, the company showcased how its platform simplifies data management, reduces costs and drives AI adoption for Australian businesses
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06 Nov 2024
UK government launches AI assurance platform for enterprises
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe platform is designed to drive demand for the UK’s artificial intelligence assurance sector and help build greater trust in the technology by helping businesses identify and mitigate a range of AI-related risks
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06 Nov 2024
Lords shoplifting inquiry calls for facial recognition laws
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonA Lords committee has expressed concern about the use of facial recognition technology by retailers to combat shoplifting, and is calling on the government to introduce new laws to ensure there are minimum standards for their deployments
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06 Nov 2024
Infinity Group CEO shares AI experiences
By Simon QuickeMicrosoft partner has embraced Copilot, and has some lessons to share to encourage others to do the same
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06 Nov 2024
Starmer announces tech-enabled crackdown on people smuggling
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe UK government has announced a further £75m of funding for its Border Security Command, meaning it will now have £150m over two years to spend on new technologies and staff
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31 Oct 2024
Interview: Niall Robinson, head of product innovation, Met Office
By Mark SamuelsWeather and climate data is hugely valuable to government and businesses – and the Met Office is finding ways to innovate with data to deliver improved products and services
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30 Oct 2024
Interview: James Fleming, CIO, Francis Crick Institute
By Mark SamuelsHelping to cure cancer with computers puts digital leadership on another level – and the world-leading research institute is turning to data science and artificial intelligence to achieve its groundbreaking goals
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30 Oct 2024
Interview: Rahul Todkar, head of data and AI, Tripadvisor
By Mark SamuelsThe travel website generates huge amounts of data – as a result, artificial intelligence offers equally huge opportunities for the business and its customers
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30 Oct 2024
Alation browser-based extension aims to streamline analysis
By Eric AvidonThe vendor's extension for Google Chrome embeds its tools in users' browsers to reduce time wasted toggling between applications and improve efficiency and speed to insight.
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30 Oct 2024
How Formula One works with AWS to drive data insights
By Cliff SaranWe speak to Formula One's lead cloud architect, Ryan Kirk, and AWS about a partnership that strives to deliver data for greater fan engagement
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30 Oct 2024
How FPT Software is expanding its footprint in APAC
By Aaron TanVietnamese IT giant is experiencing rapid growth in the region, driven by its diverse workforce, focus on key technologies and ability to navigate a highly competitive IT services market
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29 Oct 2024
Dremio updates data catalog to support all deployment types
By Eric AvidonRecognizing that some customers need to keep data on-premises, the vendor has extended the availability of its Data Catalog for Apache Iceberg beyond its cloud-based platform.
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28 Oct 2024
How Manulife is empowering sales and call centre agents with AI
By Aaron TanCanadian insurance giant is leveraging generative AI to personalise customer experiences, transform contact centre workflows and automate underwriting processes
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25 Oct 2024
Informatica launches blueprints for developing generative AI
By Eric AvidonThe vendor's new frameworks aim to simplify and speed developing GenAI tools and include data integration and governance capabilities along with connectors and best practices.
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24 Oct 2024
Prudential taps AI to improve health insurance experience
By Aaron TanInsurance giant Prudential teams up with Google Cloud to streamline claims processing, personalise healthcare journeys and improve health outcomes
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22 Oct 2024
Reltio update delivers new AI-powered matching capabilities
By Eric AvidonThe data unification vendor's latest AI tool is a prebuilt customer data matching tool that uses LLMs and machine learning to help users develop more complete customer profiles.
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22 Oct 2024
Dell CTO: Enterprise AI poised to take off in 2025
By Aaron TanAfter a period of experimentation, the building blocks are in place for wider enterprise adoption of AI, says Dell Technologies’ global CTO, John Roese
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22 Oct 2024
Labour’s 10-year health service plan will open up data sharing
By Cliff SaranTo save the health service, Labour is focusing on bolstering the NHS app and enabling greater sharing of patient records in England
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21 Oct 2024
Techcombank’s tech investments set to fuel record profit
By Ai Lei TaoThe Vietnam bank is targeting $1bn in profit in 2024 while maintaining a flat headcount and reducing physical branches, thanks to its investments in artificial intelligence and a data engine
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18 Oct 2024
Amplitude adds A/B testing tool to analytics suite
By Eric AvidonBoth the vendor's new feature as well as its recent acquisition of Command AI aim to make it easier for business users to work with its tools without requiring expert help.
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18 Oct 2024
How Philippine Airlines is transforming customer experience
By Aaron TanThe flag carrier of the Philippines discusses how its digital transformation journey has improved customer experience and streamlined internal processes
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17 Oct 2024
NCSC chief warns of gap in cyber threats and defence capabilities
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe UK and its allies must take collective action to improve their cyber resilience and repel the increasing volume of severe cyber attacks, says NCSC chief
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16 Oct 2024
Informatica update targets preparing data for AI development
By Eric AvidonThe data management vendor's latest platform update includes features aimed at enabling customers to effectively ready their data for informing models and applications.
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16 Oct 2024
Tableau platform update targets need, eschews AI hype
By Eric AvidonFollowing the recent unveiling of significant AI-related tools, the vendor's final 2024 release adds practical features aimed at making Tableau easier to deploy as well as consume.
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16 Oct 2024
Applying IT observability to deliver business metrics
By Cliff SaranThe complex nature of modern IT requires advanced tooling to ensure systems are running optimally. These tools can also identify business trends
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15 Oct 2024
Tech and digital skills key to improving police productivity
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe Policing Productivity Review sees data and technology as a way of improving productivity and outcomes, as well as a potential means of restoring diminishing legitimacy, but warns there needs to be a revamp in digital skills, investment and coordination to harness the full range of benefits
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15 Oct 2024
UK government unveils AI safety research funding details
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThrough its AI Safety Institute, the UK government has committed an initial pot of £4m to fund research into various risks associated with AI technologies, which will increase to £8.5m as the scheme progresses
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15 Oct 2024
Hillingdon Council commits £9m to tech revamp in digital strategy
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonHillingdon’s three-year digital strategy will see the council fund attempts to modernise its systems and infrastructure, change how residents interact with the local authority and make better use of data
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15 Oct 2024
Bytes H1 numbers show benefits of software and services strategy
By Simon QuickeChannel player shares results for its first half, revealing a decline in hardware but improvements in other parts of the portfolio
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15 Oct 2024
Google launches Parallelstore file storage at cloud AI training
By Yann SerraOriginally driven by Intel’s now-defunct Optane storage class memory, Parallelstore offers massive parallel file storage targeted at artificial intelligence training use cases on Google Cloud
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10 Oct 2024
UK and US pledge closer working on children’s online safety
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonIn their first agreement on the subject of children’s online safety, the UK and US governments have said they will create a new working group to boost cooperation
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09 Oct 2024
Alation launches AI governance suite to meet rising need
By Eric AvidonWith interest in generative AI increasing, the vendor's new suite aims to help enterprises both mitigate risks as well as confidently use new applications.
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08 Oct 2024
Databricks Apps a toolkit that simplifies AI development
By Eric AvidonFeatures including native integrations with development platforms and automatic provisioning of serverless compute enable customers to more easily develop and deploy applications.
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07 Oct 2024
Monte Carlo aids data observability with root cause analysis
By Eric AvidonThe vendor's new capabilities are designed to enable Databricks and GitLab users to quickly discover and resolve the underlying causes of data quality problems.
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04 Oct 2024
Data and technology key to the future of the subsurface, report says
By Lis EvenstadThe report highlights the important role of the subsurface, but lack of accessible data and the likely need for new policy and regulation on the use of new technologies are barriers to future sustainable and efficient use
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03 Oct 2024
SingleStore's BryteFlow acquisition targets data integration
By Eric AvidonThe data platform vendor's purchase adds full change data capture capabilities and is aimed at improving data ingestion and integration from applications and databases.
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03 Oct 2024
Local councils need ‘better support’ to buy AI responsibly
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe Ada Lovelace Institute says there is lack of adequate support on how councils can safely and responsibly procure artificial intelligence systems in the public interest
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02 Oct 2024
GenAI edges closer to enterprise maturity
By Cliff SaranWhile many organisations are piloting generative AI applications, few have mature production roll-outs, according to a survey of Computer Weekly readers worldwide
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01 Oct 2024
APAC organisations embrace generative AI
By Aaron TanStudy reveals a surge in GenAI adoption across APAC, with businesses looking to train their own models, likely to address specific regional needs and market dynamics
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01 Oct 2024
Vast unveils InsightEngine, a move to support enterprise AI
By Adam ArmstrongVast released InsightEngine to bring real-time retrieval-augmented generation into its data platform as it prepares for growing enterprise adoption of AI.
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01 Oct 2024
Businesses are getting some value from AI, but struggling to scale
By Cliff SaranSurvey from KPMG reveals IT leaders struggling to keep up with the pace of technology innovation
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01 Oct 2024
MicroStrategy update aims to improve generative AI accuracy
By Eric AvidonThe longtime analytics vendor's latest release addresses the accuracy of artificial intelligence outputs and includes an integration that enables users to query bots within Teams.
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27 Sep 2024
How UEM Sunrise is driving transformation with Salesforce and AI
By Aaron TanMalaysian property developer UEM Sunrise is leveraging Salesforce and AI to boost sales and enhance customer experience while prioritising data sovereignty and a diversified cloud strategy
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26 Sep 2024
ThoughtSpot taps Salesforce exec Karkhanis to be new CEO
By Eric AvidonAs analytics enters a new era dominated by GenAI, the vendor has named former Salesforce Sales Cloud and Einstein Analytics leader Ketan Karkhanis its new chief executive officer.
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26 Sep 2024
Cockroach Labs adds vector search, updates pricing options
By Eric AvidonThe database vendor's new update includes an integration with pgvector that provides users with the vector search capabilities needed to feed RAG pipelines and develop GenAI tools.
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25 Sep 2024
NetApp E-series: Not part of the big message, but here to stay, says CEO
By Antony AdsheadWe asked NetApp about its high-performance computing-focused E-series block storage arrays and found inconsistent messaging but ultimately a commitment from CEO George Kurian to retain it
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25 Sep 2024
Splunk and Cisco integration moving apace
By Aaron TanSplunk is rapidly integrating with Cisco’s technology to enable seamless transitions between their platforms while delivering advanced threat detection capabilities
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24 Sep 2024
New Grafana Labs features aim to simplify observability
By Eric AvidonThe vendor's latest set of capabilities includes prebuilt applications and automated features aimed at making it easier to use observability tools to monitor data and IT processes.
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24 Sep 2024
NetApp maintains push to data management for AI
By Antony AdsheadFrom data storage to intelligent data infrastructure – that’s the plan from NetApp, which has announced data curation for artificial intelligence as well as additions to its ASA and FAS storage arrays
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23 Sep 2024
Home Office eVisa scheme is ‘broken’, says Open Rights Group
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonDigital rights campaigners say the Home Office’s plan to make its new electronic Visa scheme a real-time online-only process is part and parcel of the 'hostile environment' around immigration status
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20 Sep 2024
UN body urges ‘globally inclusive and distributed’ AI governance
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonA United Nations body set up to investigate the international governance of AI says the nature of how the technology currently operates requires a global approach to regulation that prioritises equity and inclusion
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18 Sep 2024
M1 ditches 70% of legacy systems in cloud transformation drive
By Aaron TanSingapore telco M1 is switching off 70% of its legacy systems by the end of 2024 and leveraging Salesforce to offer more personalised services
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18 Sep 2024
Fivetran targets data security by adding Hybrid Deployment
By Eric AvidonThe vendor's new feature aims to aid organizations that deal with sensitive data by enabling them to manage pipelines from private clouds and on-premises environments.
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18 Sep 2024
Europol provides detail on Ghost encrypted comms platform takedown
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonLaw enforcement bodies from across the world have revealed how they collaborated to bring down encrypted network Ghost and the new ways of working that have been established with Europol at the centre
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18 Sep 2024
Workers and business leaders have different views on GenAI uses
By Cliff SaranEmployees are using GenAI primarily for spelling and grammar checking, while business chiefs are using it for data analysis
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18 Sep 2024
Public digital transformation will be challenged by austerity
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonPublic sector and IT industry figures gathered at TechUK’s 10th annual Building the Smarter State event discussed how Labour’s ‘mission-driven’ policy approach can drive digital transformation efforts in the context of fresh austerity measures
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17 Sep 2024
Teradata ClearScape Analytics update targets ROI on AI, ML
By Eric AvidonThe vendor's latest platform update adds features such as a PySpark conversion tool and AutoML aimed at helping customers improve returns on their investments in AI and ML models.
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17 Sep 2024
Panzura unveils first offering after Moonwalk acquisition
By Tim McCarthyAfter acquiring data management vendor Moonwalk in July, Panzura is debuting its next verse with the release of Panzura Symphony, a data orchestration service.
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17 Sep 2024
Microsoft adds $30-a-month business chat AI assistant to Copilot
By Cliff SaranThe software giant has introduced AI-powered features, including Python code generation in Excel
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17 Sep 2024
Confluent platform update targets developer choice, security
By Eric AvidonThe vendor's latest follows its recent acquisition of WarpStream and adds new security features, along with support for the Table API to provide new options for Apache Flink users.
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17 Sep 2024
Salesforce’s agentic AI platform to transform business automation
By Aaron TanCRM giant’s Agentforce lets organisations build and deploy autonomous agents to automate business processes through advanced learning and data integration
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16 Sep 2024
Olam Agri to deploy S/4Hana on AWS
By Aaron TanOlam Agri is enhancing its global supply chain by deploying SAP’s S/4Hana ERP suite on Amazon Web Services, leveraging artificial intelligence to streamline operations and mitigate risks
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13 Sep 2024
Tableau Einstein is a new BI platform with AI at its core
By Eric AvidonThe new platform marks an evolution for the longtime analytics vendor, making AI the focus with capabilities such as agent-based insight generation and real-time analysis.
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13 Sep 2024
Municipal makeover: Indian cities embrace cutting-edge tech
By Pratima HarigunaniFrom AI-powered stray dog management to blockchain-secured building permission certificates, municipal corporations across India are ditching outdated processes for digital tools
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12 Sep 2024
Lord introduces bill to regulate public sector AI and automation
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonA private members’ bill seeking to regulate the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and other automated technologies throughout the public sector has been brought to Parliament
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12 Sep 2024
Data sharing for immigration raids ferments hostility to migrants
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonData sharing between public and private bodies for the purposes of carrying out immigration raids helps to prop up the UK’s hostile environment by instilling an atmosphere of fear and deterring migrants from accessing public services
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12 Sep 2024
Zoho Analytics update adds GenAI tools, data science studio
By Eric AvidonNew capabilities for the vendor's GenAI assistant include insight generation, while a studio for data science and machine learning enables various personae to do predictive BI.
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12 Sep 2024
UK and others sign first ‘binding’ treaty on AI and human rights
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe UK, US and EU have all signed a treaty from the Council of Europe that aims to mitigate the threat AI poses to human rights, democracy and the rule of law, but commentators say it lacks enforcement mechanisms and creates loopholes
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10 Sep 2024
Ada Lovelace Institute warns NHS against deploying genomics AI
By Lis EvenstadA report has found that widespread use of artificial intelligence-powered genomic health prediction in the NHS could lead to privacy and ethical issues, discrimination and dependency on the private sector
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10 Sep 2024
Qlik AutoML update targets trust with visibility, simplicity
By Eric AvidonThe vendor added new features that simplify developing and deploying machine learning models as well as provide greater visibility into performance to ensure trustworthy outputs.
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10 Sep 2024
AWS joins Microsoft, Google Cloud in offering Oracle database
By Antone GonsalvesAWS joined Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud in offering the Oracle Database, an indication that enterprises want to use Oracle alongside the cloud providers' AI services.
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10 Sep 2024
Oracle keeps AI focus with database updates, new data lake
By Eric AvidonUpdates to HeatWave and Database 23ai, along with the introduction of Intelligent Data Lake, are all aimed at better enabling customers to develop artificial intelligence tools.
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10 Sep 2024
Unilever calls on Accenture to drive AI business efficiency
By Cliff SaranManufacturer Unilever is already using AI for advanced data analytics, but is now exploring how to use Accenture’s GenAI platform
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10 Sep 2024
ANZ CIOs to prioritise cyber security investments in 2025
By Aaron TanCyber security remains high on the agenda for ANZ CIOs, followed by data analytics, cloud and generative AI
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10 Sep 2024
Sony Research, AI Singapore to refine Sea-Lion for Tamil
By Aaron TanSony Research and AI Singapore are collaborating to enhance the Sea-Lion LLM for Tamil, a language spoken in Southeast Asia and India
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04 Sep 2024
InfluxData targets performance, adds self-managed version
By Eric AvidonThe time series database specialist's update addresses performance to better handle complex real-time workloads and includes a new option for on-premises and private cloud users.
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04 Sep 2024
Retailers question using live facial recognition for shoplifting
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonRetailers praise benefits of retrospective over live facial recognition in dealing with shoplifting, but stress there are ongoing concerns around the ethical, legal and safety implications of using the technology in stores
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03 Sep 2024
Couchbase launches database tools to foster AI development
By Eric AvidonThe vendor's new columnar capabilities and mobile-based vector search are aimed at helping customers access unstructured data to inform models and applications.
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03 Sep 2024
Chief data officers highlight data integrity woes
By Cliff SaranIn a report from the company co-founded by web inventor Tim Berners-Lee, CDOs discuss the challenges of artificial intelligence and using increasing amounts of personal data
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02 Sep 2024
Government funds research to tackle extreme weather
By Cliff SaranResearchers will use data gathered from monitoring rivers, weather conditions and ground water saturation to improve flood and drought defences
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29 Aug 2024
AI hype hits reality roadblock
By Cliff SaranRecent surveys point to failings of artificial intelligence initiatives to achieve business objectives and deliver return on investment
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29 Aug 2024
Met Police deploy LFR in Lewisham without community input
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe Met’s latest live facial recognition deployment in Catford has raised concerns over the lack of community engagement around the police force’s use of the controversial technology
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28 Aug 2024
Cribl positions for IPO with $319M in latest funding round
By Eric AvidonThe observability specialist's latest financing, along with strong recurring revenue and customer growth, helps set the vendor up to go public pending further financial milestones.
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28 Aug 2024
SAP-Collibra deepen integrations for Datasphere
By Jim O'DonnellSAP and Collibra expand their partnership, integrating Collibra's data governance tools into SAP Datasphere, bolstering data management and governance for AI and analytics.
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28 Aug 2024
Interview: Nick Woods, CIO, Manchester Airports Group
By Mark SamuelsThe IT chief of the UK’s biggest airport operator wants to give his organisation the world’s most intelligent airports – he explains the data-led approach that’s aiming to reach that destination
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27 Aug 2024
Pinecone launches serverless vector database on Azure, GCP
By Eric AvidonServerless, first launched on AWS, is now available on all three major public clouds in a move aimed at enabling customers to control costs in the environment of their choice.
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27 Aug 2024
NHS partners with libraries to help people access NHS App
By Lis EvenstadThe scheme, which will launch in October, will train librarians to support people to download and use the NHS App and NHS.uk
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26 Aug 2024
GenAI evolving, remains dominant data and analytics trend
By Eric AvidonAs enterprise use of generative AI evolves from theory to practice, it remains the dominant development focus, with governance and real-time streaming playing complementary roles.
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22 Aug 2024
Body of tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch recovered after freak storm
By Cliff SaranThe Autonomy and Darktrace co-founder is among the people who died after his luxury yacht was hit by a waterspout off the coast of Sicily
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22 Aug 2024
Collibra, Reltio integration targets discovery, governance
By Eric AvidonThe new partnership aims to provide joint customers with complementary capabilities to help them better find relevant data for analysis and manage their data assets.
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22 Aug 2024
Tech sector layoffs mount amid AI investment frenzy
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonTechnology firms globally are cutting their workforces as they look to increase spending on and investment in artificial intelligence