Mozilla, the nonprofit behind the free and open-source Firefox web browser, is partnering with Montreal-based artificial intelligence startup Element AI to push for ethical use of AI. To that effect, the two companies are exploring the idea of data trusts, a … Continue reading →
Tim Nottoli, Walsh Construction’s chief information officer, has seen Google’s Nest and Amazon’s Ring cameras brought onto the company’s construction sites and has dealt with every type of sensor used properly and improperly on the company’s network. But recently, he … Continue reading →
Most companies that say they’re using artificial intelligence have yet to gain any value from their A.I. investments. A survey from MIT Sloan Management Review and Boston Consulting Group released Tuesday found that companies that view A.I. as merely a … Continue reading →
The number of ransomware attacks on enterprises is up 500% from this time last year. Threat actors are becoming increasingly sophisticated and targeted. Ransomware is a business, and these actors want to get paid. Researcher Madeline Cyr interviewed me to … Continue reading →
Next-generation BI is upon us, and has been for a few years now. The first generation of business intelligence, beginning in the 1980s and extending through the turn of the 21st century, relied entirely on information technology experts. It was … Continue reading →
By: eWeek Editors – Robotic process automation, acronymed RPA, has been one of the hottest areas of tech in the last two years, based on venture investment and enterprise adoption. In 2018 alone, three companies raised more than $1 billion: Automation … Continue reading →
By Zack Whittaker – Shipping tech giant Pitney Bowes has confirmed a cyberattack on its systems. The company said in a statement that its systems were hit by a “malware attack that encrypted information” on its systems, more commonly known as ransomware. “At this … Continue reading →
BY PAUL GILLIN – Irish health insurer Laya Healthcare Ltd. needs to clean up thousands of accounts each month that carry balances that are too small to bother collecting. “A customer may have a balance of $150.12 and pay $150 because … Continue reading →
If you have a smart phone with facial recognition, you may have wondered: How does your device learn to recognize your face as opposed to, say, your spouse’s face? Credit a neural network, a form of artificial intelligence increasingly used … Continue reading →
By David Roe – It is always hard to gauge who is using SharePoint, what they are using it for and what version they are using. Anything that is known about usage patterns, comes from third-party surveys as Microsoft has never … Continue reading →