Tue.Feb 06, 2024

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Regulations on Government Use of AI

Ooda Loop

In a previous post in this series we raised a question: Is the US Government Over-Regulating AI? That post discussed the word “decontrol” as a concept whose time has come in discussion of AI use in the government.

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‘Boomerang’ CIOs: IT leaders level up by coming back

CIO

When Matt Postulka left Arbella Insurance Group as deputy CIO at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, he didn’t intend to look back. Postulka aspired to become a CIO — and he achieved it, landing a job as CIO and senior vice president of technology and operations at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. It made sense to leave Arbella because “there was a great leader in place” and “I was feeling that CIO was several years away,” Postulka explains.

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Restrict GitHub branches to specific prefixes

Xebia

Many people follow some kind of naming format for their branches. Be it because they’re using GitHub Flow or Git Flow or because they’ve created their own meaningful naming patterns. With the new Rulesets you can enforce branches with specific patterns. It was a bit confusing to me at first, because I had to think in inverse to make this rule work.

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UK commits over $125 million to address AI challenges

CIO

Amid growing concerns about the adverse effects of AI, the British government has announced a $125 million (£100 million) investment to support regulators and advance research and innovation in AI. Close to $113 million (£90 million) is being allocated to establish nine new research hubs throughout the UK, alongside a collaboration with the US on responsible AI.

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Enterprise ABM Marketing Tools: A Marketers Guide

Savvy B2B marketers know that a great account-based marketing (ABM) strategy leads to higher ROI and sustainable growth. In this guide, we’ll cover: What makes for a successful ABM strategy? What are the key elements and capabilities of ABM that can make a real difference? How is AI changing workflows and driving functionality? This Martech Intelligence Report on Enterprise Account-Based Marketing examines the state of ABM in 2024 and what to consider when implementing ABM software.

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Find the AI Approach That Fits the Problem You’re Trying to Solve

Harvard Business Review

AI moves quickly, but organizations change much more slowly. What works in a lab may be wrong for your company right now. If you know the right questions to ask, you can make better decisions, regardless of how fast technology changes. You can work with your technical experts to use the right tool for the right job. Then each solution today becomes a foundation to build further innovations tomorrow.

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Does Using AI Assistants Lead to Lower Code Quality?

DevOps.com

AI assistants are changing the way code gets made, and much of this is for the better. But what's the impact on code quality?

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IOWN and the Next Internet

CIO

We’re moving into an era of AI and advanced technologies. A better, more sustainable future is on the horizon. But there is a major roadblock preventing progress: the limitations of our communication networks and computing infrastructure. In fact, computing and networking have already reached a limit due to increasing power consumption, data bandwidth, and the need for faster response time due to new innovative services and the massive amount of data being transmitted.

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10 Key Features of AI Code Assistants

DevOps.com

Here are 10 key features to look for when choosing an AI coding assistant to help automate the tedious aspects of software development.

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Designing a Great Early-User Program

Harvard Business Review

Early user programs are critical to the success of products. But B2B companies often are disappointed with their results. The problem is the way they are designed and implemented. This article provides a process that can make a big difference in helping companies do a better job of choosing early users and harvesting valuable information. They can have a significant impact on the success of a new product launch.

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Revolutionize QA: GAPs AI-Driven Accelerators for Smarter, Faster Testing

GAP's AI-Driven QA Accelerators revolutionize software testing by automating repetitive tasks and enhancing test coverage. From generating test cases and Cypress code to AI-powered code reviews and detailed defect reports, our platform streamlines QA processes, saving time and resources. Accelerate API testing with Pytest-based cases and boost accuracy while reducing human error.

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Improving Cost, Efficiency AND Sustainability? Yes, It’s Possible

Dell EMC

Dell APEX PC-as-a-Service boosts productivity and reduces costs while supporting the circular economy.

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Stuck on a Problem? Try Switching Up Your Approach

Harvard Business Review

A conversation with Cheryl Strauss Einhorn on decision-making dexterity.

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Salesforce Adds Ability to Apply Custom Security Policies to APIs

DevOps.com

Salesforce added the ability to customize API security policies to the Mulesoft Anypoint API management platform.

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OODA Almanac 2024 – Reorientation

Ooda Loop

The year 2024 will require a reorientation to new realities, largely driven by the acceleration of disruptive technologies grinding against the inertia of stale institutions that would rather we snack on the comfort food of the past than the buffet of the future.

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4 AI Hacks to Make Sales Teams More Efficient

Over the last two years, there’s been a 76 percent increase in AI adoption across sales organizations. The reason for its rise? AI increases teams’ productivity by predicting and automating actions that require manual effort. In other words, the research that takes reps hours, AI can do in seconds. For sales teams, AI opens up a world of new possibilities, including automating outreach, identifying best-fit buyers, and keeping CRMs flush with fresh data.

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IoT Data Streaming for Building Private Wireless Networks

Confluent

Confluent enables real-time, reliable, scalable, and secure communication between IoT devices, applications, and backend systems. Streamline data processing and unlock analytics to boost productivity and time to market while lowering infrastructure costs.

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Deepfake scammer walks off with $25 million in first-of-its-kind AI heist

Ooda Loop

On Sunday, a report from the South China Morning Post revealed a significant financial loss suffered by a multinational company’s Hong Kong office, amounting to HK$200 million (US$25.6 million), due to a sophisticated scam involving deepfake technology.

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Accenture creates a regulatory document authoring solution using AWS generative AI services

AWS Machine Learning - AI

This post is co-written with Ilan Geller, Shuyu Yang and Richa Gupta from Accenture. Bringing innovative new pharmaceuticals drugs to market is a long and stringent process. Companies face complex regulations and extensive approval requirements from governing bodies like the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). A key part of the submission process is authoring regulatory documents like the Common Technical Document (CTD), a comprehensive standard formatted document for submitting applications,

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NinjaOne Grabs $1.9B Valuation After $232M Series C

Crunchbase News

Not all big funding rounds go to generative AI companies. NinjaOne , which provides endpoint management, security and monitoring, raised a $231.5 million Series C led by Iconiq Growth. The minority investment values the Austin, Texas-based firm at $1.9 billion. Monitoring and securing endpoints has been a main pillar of cybersecurity since the industry started.

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Prevent Data Breaches With Zero-Trust Enterprise Password Management

Keeper Security is transforming cybersecurity for people and organizations around the world. Keeper’s affordable and easy-to-use solutions are built on a foundation of zero-trust and zero-knowledge security to protect every user on every device. Our next-generation privileged access management solution deploys in minutes and seamlessly integrates with any tech stack to prevent breaches, reduce help desk costs and ensure compliance.

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Article: How Platform and Site Reliability Engineering Are Evolving DevOps

InfoQ Culture Methods

Companies are now looking to grow and more effectively manage DevOps with platform engineering and site reliability engineering roles. No one has these roles perfectly carved out right now — there’s just too much to do and not enough people to do it — but knowing where these three disciplines do and don’t overlap will help organizations evolve and take advantage when they are ready.

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Space Infrastructure Stayed Aloft In Tough Funding Climate

Crunchbase News

The past few quarters have been a sluggish period for funding to scads of startup technology sectors. Spacetech, however, is not one of them. Last year, investors poured more than $4.6 billion globally into startups in the space travel and satellite categories, as well as space-related aerospace sectors, per Crunchbase data. Supersize rounds went to companies developing everything from satellite networks to space stations.

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CodeSOD: Return Country

The Daily WTF

Let's say you have a database table containing a list of countries. Given the primary key of a country in that table- an arbitrary ID field- you need to look up the name of that country. Curtis 's predecessor dropped this solution: function return_country ( $id ) { $sql = "SELECT * FROM countries" ; $qry = db_query ( $sql ); if ( mysql_num_rows ( $qry )> 0 ){ while ( $row = mysql_fetch_assoc ( $qry )){ $a [ $row [ 'id' ]] = $row [ 'name' ]; } } else { return ar

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The 5 Dimensions of Energy to Lead Effectively

CEO Insider

In the evolving landscape we all work within, leadership has undergone a profound transformation. The world has changed and so have we. With so much going on, we need to be mindful of our energy and that of others and not just our physical energy but our energy across the five key facets that make […] The post The 5 Dimensions of Energy to Lead Effectively appeared first on CEOWORLD magazine.

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How to Create Sales Email Sequences That Convert

Modern go-to-market teams know it takes more than one email to break through the noise. Multiple touchpoints means more ways to get your pitch right — and, potentially, more ways to be wrong. The good news? Once you know how to write compelling, one-off emails to entice prospective customers, you can easily do the same across a short sequence of emails.

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How to Stay Grounded Through Organizational Chaos

Harvard Business Review

Changes at work can stir up anxiety, anger, and frustration. Being affected by these dynamics isn’t a sign of weakness. It’s normal not to feel normal for a while. In this article, the author outlines six strategies to try to help yourself stay grounded amidst uncertainty.

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Deploy large language models for a healthtech use case on Amazon SageMaker

AWS Machine Learning - AI

In 2021, the pharmaceutical industry generated $550 billion in US revenue. Pharmaceutical companies sell a variety of different, often novel, drugs on the market, where sometimes unintended but serious adverse events can occur. These events can be reported anywhere, from hospitals or at home, and must be responsibly and efficiently monitored. Traditional manual processing of adverse events is made challenging by the increasing amount of health data and costs.

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Understanding Healthcare Command Center and its Impact on Patient Care

Daffodil Software

Not too long ago, healthcare was all about personal connections between doctors and patients, using handwritten notes and talking directly. But as healthcare grew and more information about patients came in, it became clear that we needed a better and more organized way of doing things. Hospitals and clinics had to change how they worked, aiming for smoother processes, quicker decision-making, and better communication among healthcare workers.

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Sports betting apps are exploding, and experts worry about young users

The Hustle

Want to see a really big number? Here: Americans wagered $106B+ on sports between January and November 2023. That was made possible by a 2018 Supreme Court ruling that ended a federal ban on sports betting. Today, it’s legal in 38 states. In most of those states, the minimum age to bet is 21 ; in the rest, it’s 18. But now, more underage Americans are making wagers through unregulated apps.

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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Data Sovereignty and OpenTelemetry

Honeycomb

In today’s economic and regulatory environment, data sovereignty is increasingly top of mind for observability teams. The rules and regulations surrounding telemetry data can often be challenging to interpret, leaving many teams in the dark about what kind of data they can capture, how long it can be stored, and where it has to reside. In the past, addressing these issues at scale was a costly endeavor.

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How To Implement Code Reviews Into Your DevOps Practice

Dzone - DevOps

DevOps encompasses a set of practices and principles that blend development and operations to deliver high-quality software products efficiently and effectively by fostering a culture of open communication between software developers and IT professionals. Code reviews play a critical role in achieving success in a DevOps approach mainly because they enhance the quality of code, promote collaboration among team members, and encourage the sharing of knowledge within the team.

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Detect Caps Lock with JavaScript

David Walsh

Anyone is capable of having their caps lock key on at any given time without realizing so. Users can easily spot unwanted caps lock when typing in most inputs, but when using a password input , the problem isn’t so obvious. That leads to the user’s password being incorrect, which is an annoyance. Ideally developers could let the user know their caps lock key is activated.