Report Highlights Rising Risks in Sensitive Data Management

Report Highlights Rising Risks in Sensitive Data Management

The volume of sensitive data that companies are harbouring in non-production environments, like development, testing, analytics, and AI/ML, is rising, according to a new report. Executives are also getting more concerned about protecting it — and feeding it into new AI products is not helping. The “Delphix 2024 State of Data Compliance and Security Report” found that 74% of organisations that handle sensitive data increased the volume kept in non-production, also known as lower, environments…

Read More

Australian Enterprises Coming 4th in 2024 Global Survey of Generative AI Usage

Australian Enterprises Coming 4th in 2024 Global Survey of Generative AI Usage

Australian organisations have ranked fourth in an assessment of how widely enterprises in 16 countries are using and implementing generative AI. The survey, conducted by data analytics firm SAS, found that 63% of Australian businesses are now using generative AI. The findings, based on responses from 1,600 global AI and data analytics decision makers, found that Australian generative AI usage is ahead of the global average and that Australia is leading the pack when it…

Read More

F5: AI Applications Will Complicate ‘Unsustainable’ Hybrid Multicloud Sprawl in Australia

F5: AI Applications Will Complicate ‘Unsustainable’ Hybrid Multicloud Sprawl in Australia

The widespread integration of AI into enterprise applications, predicted to surge as soon as 2025, could further complicate the already challenging management of hybrid multicloud strategies in Australia and APAC regions and make them more unsustainable, according to application delivery and security firm F5. Kara Sprague, executive vice president at F5, told TechRepublic in Australia that the growth of AI applications will accelerate the complexity, cost and attack surface associated with enterprises’ use of multiple…

Read More

AWS Summit: Bedrock AI Service Gains Contextual Grounding

AWS Summit: Bedrock AI Service Gains Contextual Grounding

Amazon was one of the tech giants that agreed to a set of White House recommendations regarding the use of generative AI last year. The privacy considerations addressed in those recommendations continue to roll out, with the latest included in the announcements at the AWS Summit in New York on July 9. In particular, contextual grounding for Guardrails for Amazon Bedrock provides customizable content filters for organizations deploying their own generative AI. AWS Responsible AI…

Read More

OpenAI Secrets Stolen in 2023 After Internal Forum Was Hacked

OpenAI Secrets Stolen in 2023 After Internal Forum Was Hacked

The online forum OpenAI employees use for confidential internal communications was breached last year, anonymous sources have told The New York Times. Hackers lifted details about the design of the company’s AI technologies from forum posts, but they did not infiltrate the systems where OpenAI actually houses and builds its AI. OpenAI executives announced the incident to the whole company during an all-hands meeting in April 2023, and also informed the board of directors. It…

Read More

Deeper Service-centric Visibility Drives New Revenue and Simplifies Operations

Deeper Service-centric Visibility Drives New Revenue and Simplifies Operations

Growing the business while simplifying network operations and maintaining service levels are top challenges for customers running critical and complex enterprise and service provider networks. Consistent availability is one issue that makes this a challenge, because your customers are sensitive to performance fluctuations and any impacts to digital experience for end users. While avoiding outages remains key, network delays and latency are productivity killers in their own right. You could say: “slow is the new…

Read More

From “Hello World” to “Hi AI”

From “Hello World” to “Hi AI”

With the rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and the increasing complexity of networks, we face a pressing need for professionals who can leverage AI to enhance network performance and security. Cisco gets it and has answered the call to equip professionals with the skills they need to design and architect AI-integrated networks. This past week at Cisco Live, we announced our new CCDE – AI Infrastructure program. This new part of our well-known CCDE…

Read More

Some Generative AI Company Employees Pen Letter Wanting ‘Right to Warn’ About Risks

Some Generative AI Company Employees Pen Letter Wanting ‘Right to Warn’ About Risks

Some current and former employees of OpenAI, Google DeepMind and Anthropic published a letter on June 4 asking for whistleblower protections, more open dialogue about risks and “a culture of open criticism” in the major generative AI companies. The Right to Warn letter illuminates some of the inner workings of the few high-profile companies that sit in the generative AI spotlight. OpenAI holds a distinct status as a nonprofit trying to “navigate massive risks” of…

Read More

AI Seoul Summit: 4 Key Takeaways on AI Safety Standards and Regulations

AI Seoul Summit: 4 Key Takeaways on AI Safety Standards and Regulations

The AI Seoul Summit, co-hosted by the Republic of Korea and the U.K., saw international bodies come together to discuss the global advancement of artificial intelligence. Participants included representatives from the governments of 20 countries, the European Commission and the United Nations as well as notable academic institutes and civil groups. It was also attended by a number of AI giants, like OpenAI, Amazon, Microsoft, Meta and Google DeepMind. The conference, which took place on…

Read More
1 4 5 6 7 8 10