Author: Advanced AI Bot
When you think of attacking or defending computer systems, you probably think of software viruses and the corresponding anti-virus software. But MIT’s 6.5950 class teaches secure hardware design — how to attack and defend CPUs from bad actors. Interested? The course is open source, so you can follow along as long as you don’t mind not getting a grade. Browsing some of the lecture slides shows that the material isn’t as stuffy as you might imagine. A slide about side channel attacks, for example, features an article called “And Bomb the Anchovies,” which says that Washington DC pizza places know…
Good data quality is crucial for successful data and analytics initiatives and is increasingly pivotal to artificial intelligence impact. D&A leaders, including chief data and analytics officers, are also having to contend with an ever-more complex business environment, with ever-more complex data needs and challenges. This is being further compounded by the growing need for AI-ready data. The demand for AI-ready data is adding fresh impetus to investment in data quality improvement, although making the business case for this is notoriously challenging. With this in mind, D&A leaders must take tangible and pragmatic steps to understand, address and control data…
Rumors claim Trump consulted chatbots On social media, rumors swirled that the Trump administration got these supposedly fake numbers from chatbots. On Bluesky, tech entrepreneur Amy Hoy joined others posting screenshots from ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and Grok, each showing that the chatbots arrived at similar calculations as the Trump administration. Some of the chatbots also warned against the oversimplified math in outputs. ChatGPT acknowledged that the easy method “ignores the intricate dynamics of international trade.” Gemini cautioned that it could only offer a “highly simplified conceptual approach” that ignored the “vast real-world complexities and consequences” of implementing such a trade…
Pages, Keynote, and Numbers have all received updates. Apple has updated its iWork suite of Pages, Numbers, and Keynote to version 14.4, bringing more Apple Intelligence and other changes and improvements to its productivity software. On Thursday, Apple rolled out updates to Pages, Numbers, and Keynote. This time around, many of the updates are identical for each app, as Apple tries to keep its productivity suite consistent across the three products. The most notable update is powered by Apple Intelligence. Users on Mac, iPad, and iPhone can now make text edits using Writing Tools directly in their documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. Users can…
New reports out today from Crunchbase Inc. and PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor reveal that global venture capital rebounded sharply in the first quarter of 2025, posting its strongest performance since mid-2022. However, both datasets point to a growing division in the startup ecosystem where a small set of companies and sectors, particularly artificial intelligence, are capturing an outsized share of investment. According to Crunchbase, total global startup funding reached $113 billion in the first quarter, up 17% from the previous quarter and an impressive 54% year-over-year. Though the headline figure is positive, the number was slanted by one single deal: OpenAI’s…
Learn more about the newest 2025 Samsung Neo QLED TV launch here.From March Madness games to rewatching every episode of ‘Severance’ in order to actually figure out what is happening, everyone spends time in front of the TV for one reason or another. If you like Samsung electronics, you know about the popular Frame television that transforms your living room into a museum with gorgeous wall art as opposed to a big black screen. Now, the on-screen innovation has been elevated once again.Samsung just unveiled the new Neo QLED TV with the promise of revolutionizing the way we consume entertainment,…
Two leading AI labs, OpenAI and Anthropic, just announced major initiatives in higher education. It’s the constant one-upping we’ve all become familiar with: this week, Anthropic dropped their announcement at 8 AM Wednesday, while OpenAI followed with nearly identical news at 8 AM Thursday.For Anthropic, this week’s announcement was its first major academic push. It launched Claude for Education, a university-focused version of its chatbot. The company also announced partnerships with Northeastern University, London School of Economics (LSE), and Champlain College, along with with Internet2, which builds university tech infrastructure, and Instructure (maker of Canvas) to increase “equitable access to…
By Sanket Saurav Interest in DevSecOps has surged in recent years — but many people probably don’t know what it is, or why it has become especially important for tech companies in the age of AI. When building software, someone has to make sure it doesn’t contain bugs that can later be exploited by bad actors. Today’s AI code generation tools can produce vast amounts of code quickly, but often with many hidden vulnerabilities. Adopting DevSecOps helps tech companies mitigate these risks, but it’s a relatively new approach. Twenty years ago, most companies deployed their code using three teams: development…
Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More American Express is a giant multinational company with roughly 80,000 employees, so as you can imagine, something’s always coming up with IT — whether it be a worker struggling with WiFi access or dealing with a laptop on the fritz. But as anyone knows firsthand, interacting with IT—particularly chatbots—can be a frustrating experience. Automated tools can offer vague, non-specific responses or walls of links that employees have to click through until they get to the one that actually solves their problem—that…
OpenAI’s new image-generation feature is on track to be one of the company’s most popular product launches ever. According to Brad Lightcap, who oversees day-to-day operations and global deployment at OpenAI, over 130 million users have generated more than 700 million images since the upgraded image generator launched in ChatGPT on May 25. “[W]e appreciate your patience as we try to serve everyone,” Lightcap wrote in a post on X on Thursday. “[The] team continues to work around the clock.” Lightcap added that India is now the fastest-growing ChatGPT market. OpenAI’s new image generator, which launched for all ChatGPT users…