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…

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Microsoft Build 2024: Copilot AI Gains ‘Personal Assistant’ Capabilities

Microsoft Build 2024: Copilot AI Gains ‘Personal Assistant’ Capabilities

Following the announcements of Copilot+ enabled AI PCs at the Microsoft Build developer event on May 20, Microsoft released new developer tools, enhancements to Microsoft Azure AI and new enterprise options for Copilot. GitHub Copilot received a lengthy list of new capabilities enabled by first- and third-party services. Meanwhile, reactions to the AI memory feature Recall include some backlash against its observation of all of the user’s activity. Recall, announced at Microsoft Build on May…

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A Human-Centric Security Approach, Supported by AI

A Human-Centric Security Approach, Supported by AI

Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning , Events , Next-Generation Technologies & Secure Development Protect People and Infrastructure Simultaneously: Proofpoint CEO Sumit Dhawan Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • May 16, 2024     Sumit Dhawan, CEO, Proofpoint To address the cliche of people being the weakest link, cybersecurity company Proofpoint said it’s putting humans at the center of its security. See Also: From CNAPP to CDR: The Cybersecurity Road Ahead Data and…

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Here’s What 20 Top Cybersecurity CEOs And CTOs Were Saying At RSAC 2024

Here’s What 20 Top Cybersecurity CEOs And CTOs Were Saying At RSAC 2024

CRN spoke with the CEOs and CTOs of a number of cybersecurity companies, including Proofpoint, Palo Alto Networks, Rubrik and CrowdStrike, during RSA Conference 2024. Here’s what they had to say. While the many implications of GenAI for security continued to be discussed and debated at last week’s RSA Conference, an array of other issues were front and center—including for many CEOs and CTOs at leading cybersecurity vendors. During interviews the week before RSAC 2024…

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RSA: Google Enhances its Enterprise SecOps Offerings With Gemini AI

RSA: Google Enhances its Enterprise SecOps Offerings With Gemini AI

The RSA Conference, held in San Francisco from May 6-9, brings together cybersecurity professionals from across the world. This year’s conference is buzzing with conversation about generative AI: how to use generative AI to protect against attacks and how to secure generative AI itself. We’re rounding up the enterprise business tech news from RSA that is most relevant for IT and tech decision-makers. This article will be updated throughout RSA with more tech news highlights….

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Adobe Adds Firefly and AI Watermarking to Bug Bounty Program

Adobe Adds Firefly and AI Watermarking to Bug Bounty Program

Security researchers in Adobe’s bug bounty program can now pick up rewards for finding vulnerabilities in Adobe Firefly and Content Credentials. The bug hunt will be open to members of Adobe’s private bug bounty program starting May 1. Members of Adobe’s public bug bounty program will be eligible to work with Adobe Firefly and Content Credentials in the second half of 2024, and applications for the private program are open. Both bug bounties are hosted…

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Tech Needed to Survive This Decade's 'Seismic' APAC B2B Trends

Tech Needed to Survive This Decade's 'Seismic' APAC B2B Trends

The business-to-business market will see a number of big changes in the years to 2030, according to a new report from customer experience firm Merkle. APAC regional B2B enterprises will need to consider their levels of investment in a number of technologies and integrating new tools now to prepare for and adapt to the coming changes. The B2B Futures: The View From 2030 report argues four key “seismic” trends are coming to B2B: A rise…

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Google Cloud/Cloud Security Alliance Report: IT and Security Pros Are ‘Cautiously Optimistic’ About AI

Google Cloud/Cloud Security Alliance Report: IT and Security Pros Are ‘Cautiously Optimistic’ About AI

The C-suite is more familiar with AI technologies than their IT and security staff, according to a report from the Cloud Security Alliance commissioned by Google Cloud. The report, published on April 3, addressed whether IT and security professionals fear AI will replace their jobs, the benefits and challenges of the increase in generative AI and more. Of the IT and security professionals surveyed, 63% believe AI will improve security within their organization. Another 24%…

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NVIDIA GTC Keynote: Blackwell Architecture Will Accelerate AI Products in Late 2024

NVIDIA GTC Keynote: Blackwell Architecture Will Accelerate AI Products in Late 2024

NVIDIA’s newest GPU platform is the Blackwell (Figure A), which companies including AWS, Microsoft and Google plan to adopt for generative AI and other modern computing tasks, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang announced during the keynote at the NVIDIA GTC conference on March 18 in San Jose, California. Figure A The NVIDIA Blackwell architecture. Image: NVIDIA Blackwell-based products will enter the market from NVIDIA partners worldwide in late 2024. Huang announced a long lineup of additional…

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Microsoft’s Security Copilot Enters General Availability

Microsoft’s Security Copilot Enters General Availability

Microsoft Security Copilot, also referred to as Copilot for Security, will be in general availability starting April 1, the company announced today. Microsoft revealed that pricing for Security Copilot will start at $4/hr, calculated based on usage. At a press briefing on March 7 at the Microsoft Experience Center in New York (Figure A), we saw how Microsoft positions Security Copilot as a way for security personnel to get real-time assistance with their work and…

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