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Major hack hit NY Business Council – over 47,000 people affected, here’s how to stay safe
BCNYS suffered a cyberattack in February, and discovered it in August Sensitive personal, payment, and healthcare information, was stolen There’s no evidence of in-the-wild abuse yet The Business Council of New York State (BCNYS), an association representing businesses, chambers of commerce, and professional organizations across New York, has confirmed it…
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Coming for your job? Most Americans now fear AI will cause widespread cuts for humans
71% of US citizens believe AI could cause permanent job loss Only one in three think AI is helpful in education Unemployment rates are broadly unchanged A new Reuters/Ipsos study has found nearly half (47%) of Americans believe AI is bad for humanity, and in terms of more than just…
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Why Baidu’s Ernie matters more than DeepSeek
A few months ago, Chinese LLM DeepSeek-R1 made headlines. The world was introduced to an open-source AI model that matched OpenAI o1’s reasoning abilities at a fraction of the cost. A relatively obscure startup topped Apple’s App Store rankings and sent shockwaves through global stock markets. DeepSeek’s breakthrough proved AI…
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The rise of sovereign clouds: no data portability, no party
The rise of sovereign clouds has become inevitable as regulatory demands, and geopolitical pressures push enterprises to rethink where their data resides. Localized cloud environments are increasingly becoming essential, allowing organizations to keep their data within specific jurisdictions to meet compliance requirements, and provide risk mitigation. But sovereign clouds can’t…
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Almost all GenAI pilots companies deploy are failing – so are they really worth the hype?
Many AI models aren’t as effective as they’re marketed to be, report claims 95% of surveyed companies have seen very little impact from their LLMS Specialisation is the key to successful AI adoption New research by MIT’s NANDA initiative has claimed the vast majority of GenAI initiatives attempting to drive…
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Top casino gaming firm Bragg says it was hit by a cyberattack – but the hackers may not have struck the jackpot
Gaming company Bragg spotted an attack on its systems recently It says no data was stolen, and no encryptor deployed No threat actors claimed responsibility yet Bragg Gaming Group, a Canadian company which provides casinos with software, games, and backend platforms, has confirmed it recently suffered a cyberattack, but fortunately…
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