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How Intel's FaceCatcher hopes to eradicate real-time deepfakes
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artificial intelligence (AI)

How Intel's FaceCatcher hopes to eradicate real-time deepfakes

The company’s ‘blood flow’ breakthrough could banish deepfakes to history
30 Mar 2023
Microsoft Security Copilot could be a seismic success for the tech industry
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Security

Microsoft Security Copilot could be a seismic success for the tech industry

The tool has been greeted with overwhelming excitement from security professionals and stands to change the lives of threat analysts forever
29 Mar 2023
Can Google Cloud realistically challenge GitHub Copilot with its Replit partnership?
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artificial intelligence (AI)

Can Google Cloud realistically challenge GitHub Copilot with its Replit partnership?

Replit’s 20 million-strong developer base brings “added leverage and an established community” which could challenge Microsoft’s dominance
29 Mar 2023
Tech pioneers call for six-month pause of "out-of-control" AI development
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artificial intelligence (AI)

Tech pioneers call for six-month pause of "out-of-control" AI development

The call to action follows rising concerns over the potential risks of powerful new generative AI systems
29 Mar 2023
Inside Mozilla’s mission to champion 'trustworthy' AI development
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artificial intelligence (AI)

Inside Mozilla’s mission to champion 'trustworthy' AI development

Amid a rapid acceleration in generative AI, Mozilla has launched a new startup to champion trust, transparency, and responsibility
28 Mar 2023
Organisations could soon be using generative AI to prevent phishing attacks
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artificial intelligence (AI)

Organisations could soon be using generative AI to prevent phishing attacks

Training an AI to learn a CEO's writing style could prevent the next big cyber attack
27 Mar 2023
The best of both worlds: Building a successful hybrid workplace
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Whitepaper

The best of both worlds: Building a successful hybrid workplace

Research reveals that delivering consistent cloud collaboration experiences to users is critical to future ways of working
27 Mar 2023
Why the floppy disk may never die
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Server & storage

Why the floppy disk may never die

The age-old floppy disk storage medium is still in demand despite continued attempts to kill it
27 Mar 2023
Calls for AI models to be stored on Bitcoin gain traction
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artificial intelligence (AI)

Calls for AI models to be stored on Bitcoin gain traction

AI model leakers are making moves to keep Meta's powerful large language model free, forever
24 Mar 2023
Can generative AI change security?
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artificial intelligence (AI)

Can generative AI change security?

The latest developments in artificial intelligence could empower threat actors, but firms should carefully consider whether it fits their stack before…
24 Mar 2023
Podcast transcript: Can generative AI change security?
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artificial intelligence (AI)

Podcast transcript: Can generative AI change security?

Read the full transcript for this episode of the ITPro Podcast
24 Mar 2023
ChatGPT privacy flaw exposes users’ chatbot interactions
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artificial intelligence (AI)

ChatGPT privacy flaw exposes users’ chatbot interactions

OpenAI has not expanded on the flaw in detail, nor indicated its reach
23 Mar 2023
Why is big tech choosing Nvidia for AI?
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artificial intelligence (AI)

Why is big tech choosing Nvidia for AI?

The firm has cemented a place for itself in the AI economy with a wide range of partner announcements including Adobe and AWS
23 Mar 2023
GitHub launches GPT-4-powered GitHub Copilot X
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artificial intelligence (AI)

GitHub launches GPT-4-powered GitHub Copilot X

The open source platform promised a "ChatGPT-like experience" for developers with an AI chat interface embedded within their IDEs
22 Mar 2023
Accenture bolsters industrial AI services with Flutura acquisition
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artificial intelligence (AI)

Accenture bolsters industrial AI services with Flutura acquisition

Bangalore-based AI specialist will help “power industrial AI-led transformation” for Accenture’s global clients
22 Mar 2023
Can regulation shape cryptocurrencies into useful business assets?
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cryptocurrencies

Can regulation shape cryptocurrencies into useful business assets?

Although the likes of Bitcoin may never stabilise, legitimising the crypto market could, in turn, pave the way for more widespread blockchain adoption
22 Mar 2023
What is 'steal now, crack later'?
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cyber security

What is 'steal now, crack later'?

The rise in quantum computing this decade is pushing cyber criminals into stealing encrypted business data with the hopes of cracking it in the future
21 Mar 2023
Blockchain engineering jobs especially threatened by automation and ChatGPT
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artificial intelligence (AI)

Blockchain engineering jobs especially threatened by automation and ChatGPT

Blockchain engineers, software developers, and web designers are all at high risk, according to new research
20 Mar 2023
Generative AI vs AI detection tools: Inside the arms race
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artificial intelligence (AI)

Generative AI vs AI detection tools: Inside the arms race

Intellectual property (IP) rights and academic concerns could drive demand for AI detection software that can pick out machine-generated content from …
20 Mar 2023
GPT-4 shouldn’t worry anybody – we just need to be better
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artificial intelligence (AI)

GPT-4 shouldn’t worry anybody – we just need to be better

Although generative AI tools like GPT-4 and ChatGPT have many industries worried, humans just need to find new ways to prove their worth
18 Mar 2023
Microsoft 365 Copilot aims to transform meeting prep and productivity
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artificial intelligence (AI)

Microsoft 365 Copilot aims to transform meeting prep and productivity

Context is king for Microsoft's new productivity AI, which can draw together data from across Microsoft 365 to eliminate prep time
17 Mar 2023
Baidu unveils 'Ernie' AI, but can it compete with Western AI rivals?
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artificial intelligence (AI)

Baidu unveils 'Ernie' AI, but can it compete with Western AI rivals?

Technical shortcomings failed to persuade investors, but the company's local dominance could carry it through the AI race
16 Mar 2023
2023 Spring Statement brings 'enhanced' tax incentives to tech SMBs
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Policy & legislation

2023 Spring Statement brings 'enhanced' tax incentives to tech SMBs

A package of incentives for quantum and AI research was also announced in pursuit of cementing the UK's status as a ‘science superpower’
15 Mar 2023