Wirral Council has begun work on using Microsoft Fabric as its data platform, in a bid to deliver machine learning and advanced data analytics for council services, operations and planning. The council is one of the five metropolitan boroughs in Merseyside, and is responsible for delivering most of the local government services. The data platform…
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Neema Raphael left San Francisco in 2003, and headed to New York to apply his tech know-how to the enterprise sector. He soon landed a job at Goldman Sachs, and within five years, the self-confessed “tech nerd”, who knew nothing about the finance sector, was part of a team helping the banking giant survive one…
Chief data officer interview: Neema Raphael, Goldman Sachs Read More »
Artificial intelligence and its various sub-categories are playing an increasingly major role in cyber security. In a study conducted for Egress last year, 77% of cyber security leaders said they use a product that incorporates AI. When we dig in, however, we found only 66% of those using AI-based security products stated they ‘fully understand’…
AI has a place in cyber, but needs effective evaluation Read More »
I believe a part of making sense out of the issue of artificial intelligence (AI) in the world of cyber comes down to definitions. AI is the idea that a machine can mimic human intelligence, while machine learning (ML) teaches a machine how to perform a task and identify patterns. A lot of cyber security…
Does AI have a future in cyber security? Yes, but only if it works with humans Read More »
AI is currently at the centre of countless discussions, with these as likely to be positive as negative. We’ve covered the risks this technology introduces; this time we’ll look at the opportunities that ground-breaking AI provides cyber security professionals in terms of the strategies and tools it enables to manage the security of the huge…
AI-enhanced cyber has potential, but watch out for marketing hype Read More »
The Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) unveiled its latest Stampede supercomputer for open science research projects, Stampede3. TACC anticipates that Stampede3 will come online this fall and will deliver its full performance in early 2024. The supercomputer will be a crucial component of the U.S. National Science Foundation’s (NSF) ACCESS scientific supercomputing ecosystem, and it…
TACC’s Stampede3 Supercomputer Uses Intel’s Xeon Max with HBM2E and Ponte Vecchio Read More »
Google has lifted the lid on how artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are assisting it with helping consumers and businesses shrink the environmental footprint of their activities by allowing them to make real-time adjustments that can curb their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Details of its work in this area can be found in…
Google reveals how AI and machine learning are shaping its sustainability strategy Read More »
Generative AI – including services such as ChatGPT and Google Bard – looks like being the next wave of business automation. In IT, a growing number of suppliers now have some artificial intelligence (AI) or machine learning (ML) capabilities built into their management tools. Much of the day-to-day work of IT departments can benefit from…
Generative AI: Automating storage and backup management Read More »
Very few organisations would have launched two new programmes of work by sharing a stage with the artist behind a hot pink puppet-robot hybrid that interrogates subjects about their data use. So the Open Data Institute’s (ODI) London Data Week launch of the Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs) and participatory data programmes as part of our…
Privacy and participation – technologies to open data for innovation Read More »
It feels like we’ve been talking about the potential of AI and machine learning for years. So much so, that some people may have become sceptical about the extent to which it will all actually happen. But now, the remarkable rise of generative AI shows that it’s here and it’s real. ChatGPT and other generative…
We have lift off… The opportunities and risks of generative AI Read More »
