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Expert reveals riskiest digital payments and potential fraud
Rapid technological changes make it easier than ever to make digital payments for all our purchases without carrying cash around. Do you understand the risks? Read more…
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Will new AI products help or replace humans? It’s up to us
Swiss research shows how data and AI are linked to physical products and production. Whether this is good and bad depends on how we build and use AI tools. Read more…
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Microsoft should probably just go ahead and buy out OpenAI
Microsoft is putting OpenAI’s tech into almost everything it makes. This is creating a single-source risk that can only be resolved by buying OpenAI outright. Read more…
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Is the era of smart devices just around the corner?
A lot still has to happen for connected smart devices and services powered by AI to finally arrive. But we’ll settle for making microwave ovens easier to use. Read more…
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What Micron ban really says about China’s chipset situation
China has banned Micron products from critical infrastructure. It’s a safe move that clearly demonstrates just how weak its hand is in semiconductors. Read more…
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SMS for 2FA security – who are they kidding?
SMS was deprecated as authentication more than a decade ago, yet Twitter announced that it will only allow its users to secure their accounts with SMS-based 2FA Read more…
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Collaborative Future of Work led by people and innovation
The Future of Work is here and now, and organisations need to think even more about people, collaboration and innovation. Read more…
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How to manage personal copyright with generative AI?
Recent advances in fast development have raised questions about copyright because AI can generate new content based on old content sometimes using personal data Read more…
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AI debate – could it make your job better, not worse?
The AI debate continues to dominate public discourse, with emphasis now on the job market, which is unlikely to result in millions of workers being out of work. Read more…
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Low-code – what is it, where is it and how best to use it?
Low-code enables faster delivery of applications through minimal hand-coding and we are seeing new low-code and even no-code products emerging. Read more…
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Does AI need that much intelligence to do your job?
People worry that AI is becoming intelligent enough to replace office workers. On the other hand, how much intelligence do many work tasks actually require? Read more…
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Relax – AI is still too stupid to start Armageddon
The exit of Geoffrey Hinton from Google has caused a stir and reignited the AI safety/Armageddon debate, but the reality remains that humans are at much greater risk from humans than they are from machines, Read more…
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Google vs Microsoft – a tale of two AI search engines
Google and Microsoft report good results but take different lines on what AI is doing to search. Google: all is well. Microsoft: everything is about to change. Read more…
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Digital media reminds us you can’t get quality for free
The demise of Buzzfeed News is part of a larger trend debunking the old internet meme that you can have quality news media (and other digital content) for free. Read more…
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Now is the time to make LLMs cheaper to run and less crazy
As large language models (LLMs) reach their limits, the next step to making them useful is to find ways to implement them cheaply and make them less crazy. Read more…
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Meta has apparently given up on the metaverse – for now
It appears that Meta has moved on from the metaverse. But the metaverse isn’t dead, if only because it was never really alive to begin with. Read more…
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When using ChatGPT follow this golden rule
Follow this golden rule, and you will find ChatGPT and its ilk very useful. Never ask a question that you do not already know the answer to. Read more…
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Text has become powerful data for AI models
Text input for GPT and LLM AI models can enable a lot of new data to be analyzed and new areas to utilize AI, even in politics, history, or medicine. Read more…
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It’s 2023 and many IoMT devices are amazingly insecure
The Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) is on the rise, but a report says many connected devices are insecure: nurse call systems, infusion pumps, even printers. Read more…
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Telecoms CEOs must embrace effective change now
The uncertainty of the future economic viability of the telecoms business is making change an immediate necessity. CEOs need to make this their top priority. Read more…