It’s no longer if you will be breached, but when.” Those are the words of cybersecurity expert Bruce Schneier. That’s the harsh reality for businesses today. Think about it—last year alone, $8 trillion was lost because of cybercrime. That’s more than what many countries make in a year! It’s wild. But many businesses are woefully ..read more

As artificial intelligence (AI) advances, its use in fraud has surged, with nearly half of all fraud attempts now linked to AI-driven tactics. A report from Signicat highlights that 42.5% of fraud detected in financial and payment sectors is AI-enabled. This figure marks a significant shift, with a range of AI-powered tools, such as deepfakes ..read more

Google has announced a new feature that lets you search within videos using Google Lens with AI. This was announced at Google I/O 2024 and brings video search into Lens. Now you can point your camera at a video, ask a question and get AI answers based on the scene. This makes Google search even ..read more

Big news in the generative AI world, Nvidia has released NVLM 1.0, a family of multimodal large language models (LLMs) that can compete with GPT-4. Released in early October 2024, these new AI models are getting attention not just for how well they perform but for the bigger picture. NVLM 1.0 is meant to put ..read more

Fei-Fei Li, a Stanford professor and AI pioneer, has been a vocal advocate for responsible AI for years. Nicknamed the “Godmother of AI” for her work on the ImageNet dataset in 2006, Li shocked everyone recently by being skeptical of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). At an AI summit in San Francisco, she questioned the push ..read more

The AI arms race is heating up as Google is said to be working on a new reasoning model, following OpenAI’s lead. According to a Bloomberg report, multiple Google teams are building an AI that can do human-like reasoning, this is a direct response to OpenAI’s O1 model (formerly known as “Strawberry”.) But what sets ..read more

For years we’ve relied on randomized controlled trials (RCTs) as the gold standard for proving safety and efficacy of new treatments. RCTs are still important for drug development but they’re not without their flaws. Trials are conducted in controlled, idealised environments that don’t always reflect how treatments work in real life. To fill this gap ..read more

OpenAI showcased a suite of new tools at its annual DevDay conference on September 24th, 2024. The event came amidst a period of significant change for OpenAI, marked by recent high-profile executive departures. Despite the internal restructuring, OpenAI emphasized its commitment to developers and building a robust platform for creating AI-powered applications. They announced several ..read more

Pearson (FTSE: PSON.L), the world’s lifelong learning company, today announced the launch of its Generative AI Foundations certification. The program is designed to equip professionals and students, including high schoolers, with the essential skills needed to work with generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) technologies. The certification demonstrates a formal level of Gen AI proficiency for employers who ..read more

NASA astronaut Josh Cassada retired on Oct. 1, after 11 years of service to the agency across multiple programs, including 157 days in space and three spacewalks. Cassada also is a retired United States Navy captain and naval aviator with more than two decades of service. Cassada served as pilot of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission and Expedition 68 ..read more