Dataiku
OCTOBER 11, 2023
In the first article of this series , we discussed how AI influences our daily lives and, in the second article , we learned how to handle the risks inherent in all AI, risks further highlighted by the incredible interest in ChatGPT and related Generative AI products.
TechCrunch
OCTOBER 11, 2023
Sony Group announced today that it has established Sony Innovation Fund: Africa (SIF: AF), a program that will support the growth of entertainment businesses in Africa. Appropriately, the Tokyo multinational conglomerate, through Sony Ventures Corporation (SVC), has earmarked $10 million for early-stage startups in gaming, music, film and content distribution.
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CIO
OCTOBER 11, 2023
According to market researchers at Gartner 1 , “Utilities are faced with unprecedented challenges.” While international conflict, economic uncertainty and climate change are affecting businesses of all kinds, energy companies and utilities are also dealing with aging infrastructure, constant cyberattacks, increased regulation and rising customer expectations.
TechCrunch
OCTOBER 11, 2023
Kinktober. Whumptober. Kisstober. Flufftober. Goretober. October is a bacchanal of fan fiction, from romantic one-shots about unconventional character pairings to delicious smut that’ll make you reconsider your own sense of morality — all inspired by the month’s countless themed writing challenges.
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While data platforms, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and programming platforms have evolved to leverage big data and streaming data, the front-end user experience has not kept up. Holding onto old BI technology while everything else moves forward is holding back organizations. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) aren’t built for modern data platforms and don’t work on modern architectures.
CIO
OCTOBER 11, 2023
These are testing times for CIOs. A complex mix of macroeconomic instability, technological advancements, and digital disruption has businesses in search of IT leaders who can rise to the occasion and turn what could be intractable challenges into business opportunities. The bad news from early 2023 Forrester research suggests that many CIOs aren’t ready to meet these fresh demands.
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CIO
OCTOBER 11, 2023
Enterprises are looking to AI to boost productivity and innovation, and one-third of organizations with an interest in the technology have hired or are looking for a chief AI officer, according to new research from Foundry, publisher of CIO.com. For its AI Priorities Study 2023 , Foundry surveyed IT decision-makers who have either implemented AI and generative AI technologies in their organizations, have plans to, or are actively researching them.
TechCrunch
OCTOBER 11, 2023
U.K.-based startup Yepic AI claims to use “deepfakes for good” and promises to “never reenact someone without their consent.” But the company did exactly what it claimed it never would.
CIO
OCTOBER 11, 2023
SAP is doubling the time between major releases of S/4HANA Cloud private edition from one year to two — at the same time promising to release new feature packs every six months or so to keep up the pace of innovation. It is also extending maintenance to seven years, from five today. The changes will take effect with the 2023 release of software, which is now generally available.
TechCrunch
OCTOBER 11, 2023
Anysphere, a startup building what it describes as an “AI-native” software development environment, called Cursor, today announced that it raised $8 million in seed funding led by OpenAI’s Startup Fund with participation from former GitHub CEO Nat Friedman, Dropbox co-founder Arash Ferdowsi and other angel investors.
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Many organizations today are unlocking the power of their data by using graph databases to feed downstream analytics, enahance visualizations, and more. Yet, when different graph nodes represent the same entity, graphs get messy. Watch this essential video with Senzing CEO Jeff Jonas on how adding entity resolution to a graph database condenses network graphs to improve analytics and save your analysts time.
N2Growth Blog
OCTOBER 11, 2023
In the evolving Private Equity arena, a quintessence of proficient leadership is imperative to navigate the complexities and render substantial value. The journey from meticulous deal-making to managing assets proficiently has put an unprecedented emphasis on acquiring and retaining the right talent. However, the reality is at odds with the requisite, shedding light on a pertinent concern in the industry.
TechCrunch
OCTOBER 11, 2023
Google’s Cloud Spanner is now half the cost of Amazon’s DynamoDB “for most workloads,” Google says. And Google doesn’t want you to forget it.
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 11, 2023
In the face of escalating complexities, organizations are increasingly relying on teams to tackle these intricate issues and drive pivotal organizational decisions. To extract maximum value from team dynamics, leaders must remain mindful of potential biases that may impact team dynamics and to actively steer and fine-tune team processes. Specifically, the authors urge leaders to address a decision-making bias they call the solution fixation trap, which emerges when a team rushes into discussing
TechCrunch
OCTOBER 11, 2023
Character.AI, the a16z-backed AI chatbot startup from ex-Google AI researchers, is out today with a new feature for its subscribers.
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In the rapidly-evolving world of embedded analytics and business intelligence, one important question has emerged at the forefront: How can you leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance your application’s analytics capabilities? Imagine having an AI tool that answers your user’s questions with a deep understanding of the context in their business and applications, nuances of their industry, and unique challenges they face.
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 11, 2023
Companies often get into trouble because they make the wrong assumptions about what is valuable to stakeholders. A good way to avoid this trap is to reflect where your company sits on these three scales, which you should do in the order presented: commoditized vs. customized; rational vs. emotional; and assessable vs. unknowable.
TechCrunch
OCTOBER 11, 2023
The accounts were reopened to Alameda after Ellison made about $100 million to $150 million in payments of “crypto transfers” to accounts.
DevOps.com
OCTOBER 11, 2023
There is a famous quote by Peter Drucker that states, “You can’t manage what you can’t measure.” In our industry, measuring how quickly we can get working software into the hands of our customers has become a mantra for agile development teams, and it’s even being talked about in the boardrooms.
TechCrunch
OCTOBER 11, 2023
Twitch streamers can finally block banned users from watching their streams, thanks to a recent update to the platform’s anti-harassment features. Twitch first announced the feature in August.
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IT leaders know the importance of compliance at every level, but the database often gets left behind as other environments are automated for robust protection. This whitepaper emphasizes the importance of robust, auditable, and secure database change management practices for safeguarding organizational compliance. Learn how automating database compliance: Mitigates risk Protects against security vulnerabilities Helps avoid regulatory penalties Aligns database workflows with app lifecycle Turns d
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 11, 2023
Historically, technology arrives in clusters. With electrification came dynamos, generators, switch gears and power distribution system. With the printing press came the technologies to make large quantities of cheap paper and ink. Looking at these past clusters can help us understand the moment we’re in now, and what the future of AI — especially GenAI — might really look like.
TechCrunch
OCTOBER 11, 2023
U.S. securities regulators have opened a probe into the MOVEit mass-hack that has exposed the personal data of at least 64 million people, according to the company that made the affected software. In a regulatory filing this week, Progress Software confirmed it had received a subpoena from the U.S.
Aqua Security
OCTOBER 11, 2023
A new high severity vulnerability (CVE-2023-38545) was published today along with a technical blog around the popular open source project, curl. This vulnerability could potentially, under various conditions, cause a heap overflow, which might lead to unexpected behavior, crashes, or potentially code execution. Therefore, the developer community should pay extra attention to this vulnerability and remediate any potential risks to their environments.
TechCrunch
OCTOBER 11, 2023
Lyon, France-based precision fermentation startup Bon Vivant, which is using biotech techniques to reprogram yeast microorganisms to produce animal-free milk proteins with a substantially lower environmental footprint than traditional dairy, credits clarity of strategy and execution for keeping its investors enthused at a time when raising remains a challenge for many tech founders.
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Organizations look to embedded analytics to provide greater self-service for users, introduce AI capabilities, offer better insight into data, and provide customizable dashboards that present data in a visually pleasing, easy-to-access format. To better understand the factors behind the decision to build or buy analytics, insightsoftware partnered with Hanover Research to survey IT, software development, and analytics professionals on why they make the embedded analytics choices they do.
The Daily WTF
OCTOBER 11, 2023
In the cinematic classic They Live , the protagonist is a drifter named "Nada"- nothing. Zizek derives much meaning from this, which is an entertaining rant if nothing else. But Nada appears in other places, like this code found by JMM. Dim Nada As Boolean = False cn.Open() Using r As SqlDataReader = rs.ExecuteReader If r.HasRows.Equals( False ) Then Nada = True End Using cn.Close() Return Nada As bad VB.NET code goes, this is pretty mild.
TechCrunch
OCTOBER 11, 2023
Caroline Ellison prepared seven balance sheets for SBF to review with “alternative ways” of presenting their financial situation to “conceal things.
CEO Insider
OCTOBER 11, 2023
PR for CEOs requires getting a brand’s story told at the right time, in the right place, and to the right audience. While executives do what they do best to scale their companies, ongoing, strategic, and impactful PR maintains control of the brand’s narrative. Here are ten top PR agencies providing media relations, content, digital […] The post PR for CEOs is Critical for Brand Success: Top PR Firms for CEOs appeared first on CEOWORLD magazine.
TechCrunch
OCTOBER 11, 2023
Let’s not kid ourselves: The most exciting thing about the Google Pixel 8 Pro (and 8, for that matter) is the camera, and because of Google’s commanding position when it comes to computational photography, anyone interested in the state-of-the-art will be paying extra attention to this smartphone’s yearly upgrade.
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Multi-tenant architecture allows software vendors to realize tremendous efficiencies by maintaining a single application stack instead of separate database instances while meeting data privacy needs. When you use a data warehouse to power your multi-tenant analytics, the proper approach is vital. Multi-tenant analytics is NOT the primary use case with traditional data warehouses, causing data security challenges.
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 11, 2023
In every industry, many large corporations have teams that help bridge outdated, disconnected systems, and databases. Without them, there is no way companies can upgrade their technology without causing disruption to their operations. The problem is that running a company on disconnected or barely patched together systems affects employees at all levels.
TechCrunch
OCTOBER 11, 2023
To find out how the industry is reacting to this decision, TechCrunch+ spoke with one founder and four fund managers at venture firms that back women or founders of color.
DevOps.com
OCTOBER 11, 2023
In this week’s #TheLongView: VS Code drops support for Python 3.7, Windows drops VBScript, and Europe plans the fastest ARM supercomputer.
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