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NIST Puts AI Risk Management on the Map with New Framework
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today published the AI Risk Management Framework, document intended to help organizations voluntarily develop and deploy AI systems without bias and other negativ Read more…
Hallucinations, Plagiarism, and ChatGPT
ChatGPT was introduced just seven weeks ago, but the AI has already garnered a lifetime’s worth of hype. It’s anybody’s guess whether this particular technology opens the AI kimono for good or is just a blip before Read more…
9,500 Canceled Flights and Other Fallout Caused by Bad Data
It is not uncommon for technical issues to cause disruptions in transportation systems. The logistics systems that power air traffic, shipping routes, trains, and other forms of mass transportation operate with razor-thi Read more…
How to Help Your Data Teams Put Privacy First
Capturing and storing customer data is a nearly universal challenge for businesses today. The knowledge gained from customer interactions can catapult a business forward, but if a company isn’t careful with user data, Read more…
Big Things Ahead for AI in 2023: Predictions
The AI train has been gaining steam for several years now, and nothing appears ready to stop it (except for bad data, that is). With momentum building, which direction will AI head in 2023? We leave that to the experts. Read more…
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‘Data First’ Approach is ‘North Star’ of Digital Transformation: HPE CEO
A “data first” approach must become the “North Star” of digital transformation, according to Hewlett Packard Enterprise President and CEO Antonio Neri. In an article written for the World Economic Forum Annual Me Read more…
NYC’s New AI Hiring Law Won’t Be Enforced Until April
Companies with employees in New York City have four more months to figure out Local Law 144, a first-in-the-nation law that will regulate the use of AI for hiring. The law went into effect on January 1, but the city defe Read more…
Feds Boost Cyber Spending as Security Threats to Data Proliferate
Ransomware attacks may have frozen fewer bits of data in 2022, but that doesn’t mean cybercriminals are resting on their laurels. Indeed, new threats are waiting in the wings and demanding new responses, which is one r Read more…
Data as a Commodity: Shenzhen Data Exchange Launches Trading
Data is now being traded as a commodity in China. The Shenzhen Data Exchange, a state-run data exchange, launched in November with an inaugural ceremony and exhibition in Shenzhen. Official trading began after a year- Read more…
Public Cloud Horse Race Heating Up: Gartner
Gartner predicts that worldwide end-user spending on public cloud services will grow to $591.8 billion in 2023, a 20.7% growth from 2022. The public cloud horse race has several cloud services companies jockeying for pos Read more…
This Just In
RESTON, Va., Jan.20, 2023 — Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) today announced the availability of Tenjin, a new low-code to full-code artificial intelligence (AI) and machine-learning (ML) development and orchestration platform. Read more…
REDLANDS, Calif., Dec. 19, 2022 — The United States Census Bureau recently released its annual update to its American Community Survey (ACS) data. ACS data is important to federal agencies and state and local governments, many of which require its use for their operations and decision-making, as well as to nonprofit organizations that rely on the data for grant applications. Read more…
LONDON and BOSTON, Nov. 10, 2022- Privitar, a leader in modern data provisioning, has been selected as a Phase 1 winner in the UK-U.S. PETs Prize Challenge, a transatlantic innovation prize challenge created by the United Kingdom and United States governments to advance the use of privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) in tackling some of our most pressing societal challenges, including preventing financial crime and bolstering pandemic response. Read more…
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Nov.1, 2022 – Informatica today announced the availability of the Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) platform for state and local governments at the Informatica World Tour in Washington DC. Read more…
HOUSTON, October 17, 2022 — immudb, the only immutable enterprise-scale database with cryptographic verification, today added FIPS 140-2 compliant cryptography support, meeting Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) requirements, as well as a huge performance boost and synchronous replication – providing high availability. Read more…