Data

CIO Upside

The Drawbacks of Synthetic Data in AI Development

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Using fake data is “not a panacea” to the security woes these models face.

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CIO Upside

How to Find the ‘Perfect Hybrid’ For Your Enterprise

‘We rushed into the cloud. It’s not necessarily the answer.’

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Patent Drop

Workplaces Face a Balancing Act with Generative AI Monitoring

Where should businesses draw the line with large language model utilization?

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CIO Upside

How CIOs Can Prepare for the Not-So-Distant Quantum Security Threat

‘What’s more concerning is that people are just waiting and doing nothing’

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Artificial Intelligence

The Less You Know, the Better: Tech Moves Toward Data Minimization

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‘At the end of the day, wherever that data is, it has to be protected’

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Patent Drop

Into the Future: The Patent Drop Highlight Reel

What the years of writing about Big Tech’s IP has taught us.

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Healthcare

23andMe Gives Up on its Drug Development Dream

A treasure trove of genetic data may hold the key to a revolution in drug development, but it offers no clues for building a business.

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Patent Drop

IBM May Pay Closer Attention to AI Risk Amid Model Boom

The context in which an AI model is used can change how much risk it presents, and who it affects.

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Patent Drop

OpenAI Patent Could Improve Voice AI Models’ Focus

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OpenAI wants to work on its active listening skills.

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Patent Drop

Microsoft Wants to Solve Inaccuracy, Hallucination in AI Models

hallucination in AI is a pervasive, core issue that might not be easily solvable.

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Social Media

LinkedIn Deepens Its Facebookification with AI Data Scraping

Reports have surfaced that LinkedIn is quietly opting its users in to data scraping so it can train its large language models.

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International Economics

China Brings in Subsidies for Smartphones

On Friday, Beijing announced that a trade-in program that previously applied to big appliances and cars will now be widened to smartphones.

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Private Equity

Will Private Equity Fuel a Big Year for IPOs?

As the New Year rolls in, Wall Street is preparing for a slew of listing announcements from private equity-backed firms.

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Private Equity

All in the Franchise: Why Private Equity Loves the Business Model

It’s understandable if you failed to notice one meaty if unglamorous trend on Wall Street: Private equity’s love affair with franchising.

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