open source
AI-powered code copilots are threatening to shoot down security systems
Adoption of artificial intelligence tools in highly regulated industries is much faster than expected, Chainguard boss warns
AI
From digital candidates to broken Russian bots: How AI is impacting elections in 2024
Record-breaking numbers of people are casting ballots this year, and the agents of digital disinformation are out in full force to influence their decisions.
cryptography
British post-quantum cryptography startup raises £37m
NCSC has warned that "Migration to PQC requires more than just new algorithms. Protocols and services need to be re-engineered, because PQC typically places greater demands on devices and networks than traditional PKC..."
tenders
British airports group calls for five tech partners, dangles £45m
Fresh from a £300m bond issuance, Stansted, Manchester airports owner looks to continue a digital transformation drive.
CIO
BNY poaches BP's Leigh-Ann Russell as new CIO -- eyes sustained modernisation
CEO Robin Vince earlier cautioned BNY had "operated in a way that was vertically integrated and became siloed..."
AI
Meta’s new “CRAG” benchmark exposes depth of RAG challenge
Tests highlight stubborn hallucination and latency issues
LLMs
LLMs’ “Bullsh*t” problem, DARPA, and testing for nonsense
Defence research agency looks to challenge the "fundamental gaps between state-of-the-art AI systems and national security applications"
Adobe
“Manipulative” Adobe sued by US consumer watchdog over exit fees
Adobe says "we have a simple cancellation process" as Federal Trade Commission demonstrates quite the opposite in a legal complaint...
Databricks
"GenAI has fallen short": Can Databricks' compound models perform better?
LLMs “tend to fail” when faced with the “messy data, ambiguous language, and nuanced complexities of actual data analysis."
cybersecurity
True scale of London hospital cyberattack revealed
800 planned operations and 700 outpatient appointments were rearranged following the incident
AI
Apple’s AI approach: More model, security details pending says Cupertino, as Musk stirs the pot
From a home-grown, 3b parameter on-device model to the use of its "Talaria" tool, Apple is innovating quietly on AI. Details? Well...
Cloud
EU Cloud Certification Scheme could be "discriminatory" to Amazon, Google and Microsoft
Companies and countries clash over ENISA cloud security certification