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Machine Learning & AI

OpenAI’s Dysfunctional Thanksgiving: 5 Key Players in Coup Drama OpenAI’s Dysfunctional Thanksgiving: 5 Key Players in Coup Drama

The San Francisco startup OpenAI provided the one of the biggest tech dramas in recent memory with the shock firing of CEO Sam Altman and subsequent (and ongoing) maneuvering.

byShane Snider, Senior Writer, InformationWeek

Nov 21, 2023

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6 Min Read

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Machine Learning & AI

OpenAI Investors Mulling Lawsuit After Altman Firing: Report OpenAI Investors Mulling Lawsuit After Altman Firing: Report

Nov 21, 2023

1 Min Read

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Machine Learning & AI

500-plus OpenAI Workers Demand Board Resignations in Letter 500-plus OpenAI Workers Demand Board Resignations in Letter

Nov 20, 2023

2 Min Read

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, who shocked the tech world by hiring fired Open AI CEO Sam Altman, is seen speaking at an event in Seattle.

Machine Learning & AI

Weekend OpenAI Drama Ends with Huge Microsoft Power Play Weekend OpenAI Drama Ends with Huge Microsoft Power Play

Nov 20, 2023

4 Min Read

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Cyber Resilience

Defending Logistics After Cyberattack on DP World Australia Defending Logistics After Cyberattack on DP World Australia

byJoao-Pierre S. Ruth

Nov 20, 2023

6 Min Read

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, during the AI safety summit, the first global summit on the safe use of artificial intelligence.

Machine Learning & AI

OpenAI Board Boots CEO Sam Altman, President Quits OpenAI Board Boots CEO Sam Altman, President Quits

Nov 17, 2023

3 Min Read

A Tesla Cybertruck sits on display at the Petersen Automotive Museum “Inside Tesla” exhibit on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022, in Los Angeles.

Blind Passion, Tesla’s Cybertruck, and Elon’s Engineering Quandary

Blind Passion, Tesla’s Cybertruck, and Elon’s Engineering Quandary

byJoao-Pierre S. Ruth, Senior Editor

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Cyber Resilience

Understanding the Ransomware Attack Fallout on China’s ICBC

Understanding the Ransomware Attack Fallout on China’s ICBC

byCarrie Pallardy, Contributing Reporter

Machine Learning & AI

To AI Hell and Back: Finding Salvation Through Empathy

To AI Hell and Back: Finding Salvation Through Empathy

byShane Snider, Senior Writer, InformationWeek

Cyber Resilience

Top US Gov’t CISO Details Zero-Trust Strategy Race

Top US Gov’t CISO Details Zero-Trust Strategy Race

byShane Snider, Senior Writer, InformationWeek

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BetterCloud’s Politis on Founders Finding ‘Fast-Moving Water’

BetterCloud’s Politis on Founders Finding ‘Fast-Moving Water’

byJoao-Pierre S. Ruth, Senior Editor

Machine Learning & AI

Balancing Act: Knowing When AI’s Risk is Worth Reward

Balancing Act: Knowing When AI’s Risk is Worth Reward

byShane Snider, Senior Writer, InformationWeek

Cyber Resilience

How CISOs Can Navigate Cybersecurity Regulations: Forrester Panel

How CISOs Can Navigate Cybersecurity Regulations: Forrester Panel

byShane Snider, Senior Writer, InformationWeek

Cyber Resilience

SolarWinds Fires Back at SEC Fraud Charges

SolarWinds Fires Back at SEC Fraud Charges

byShane Snider, Senior Writer, InformationWeek

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Machine Learning & AI

Deepfakes Get Weaponized in the Gaza War

Deepfakes Get Weaponized in the Gaza War

bySamuel Greengard, Contributing Reporter

Cyber Resilience

Latest Okta Breach: Stolen Credentials and Third-Party Risk

Latest Okta Breach: Stolen Credentials and Third-Party Risk

byCarrie Pallardy, Contributing Reporter

Machine Learning & AI

Elon Musk’s ChatGPT Rival Grok Enters AI Fray

Elon Musk’s ChatGPT Rival Grok Enters AI Fray

byShane Snider, Senior Writer, InformationWeek

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10 Rising US Tech Hubs to Know About

10 Rising Tech Hubs to Know About

byShane Snider, Senior Writer, InformationWeek

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Machine Learning & AI

What Does the New AI Executive Order Mean for Development, Innovation?

What Does the New AI Executive Order Mean for Development, Innovation?

byCarrie Pallardy, Contributing Reporter

Cyber Resilience

SolarWinds, CISO Targeted in SEC Lawsuit

SolarWinds, CISO Targeted in SEC Lawsuit

byShane Snider, Senior Writer, InformationWeek

United States President Joe Biden delivers remarks on Artificial Intelligence at the White House in Washington, DC on July 21, 2023.

Machine Learning & AI

Biden Pens Landmark AI Executive Order

Biden Pens Landmark AI Executive Order

byShane Snider, Senior Writer, InformationWeek

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Data Management

FTC to Require More Data Breach Reporting, Security Plan

FTC to Require More Data Breach Reporting

byShane Snider, Senior Writer, InformationWeek

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Cyber Resilience

How to Speed Cyberattack Discovery

How to Speed Cyberattack Discovery

byJohn Edwards, Technology Journalist & Author

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Cyber Resilience

International Operation Dismantles Ragnar Locker Ransomware Group

International Operation Dismantles Ragnar Locker Ransomware Group

byCarrie Pallardy, Contributing Reporter

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Big Tech Blackouts During Times of Conflict

Big Tech Blackouts During Times of Conflict

byJoao-Pierre S. Ruth, Senior Editor

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Cyber Resilience

Firms Arm US Against AI Cyberattacks

Firms Arm US Against AI Cyberattacks

byShane Snider, Senior Writer, InformationWeek

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31 Underdog Tech Hubs Now in Running for CHIPS Funding

31 Underdog Tech Hubs Now in Running for CHIPS Funding

byShane Snider, Senior Writer, InformationWeek

Observability and Monitoring Service Concept

IT Infrastructure

Investors Banking On Observability Boom

Investors Banking On Observability Boom

byShane Snider, Senior Writer, InformationWeek

Ransomware Malware Cyber Attack On Business Computer

Cyber Resilience

LockBit Redux: Ransomware Gang Demands $80M, Leaks CDW Data

LockBit Redux: Ransomware Gang Demands $80M, Leaks CDW Data

byCarrie Pallardy, Contributing Reporter

Compliance, regulation, standards, business policy and responsibility for guarding against AI and data privacy concerns.

Machine Learning & AI

US Lawmakers Mull AI, Data Privacy Regulation

US Lawmakers Mull AI, Data Privacy Regulation

byShane Snider, Senior Writer, InformationWeek

Inside of 23andMe home DNA test kit. Hand opening box of genetic testing hit.

Cyber Resilience

Hackers Leak Genetic Data Stolen from 23andMe

Hackers Leak Genetic Data Stolen from 23andMe

byCarrie Pallardy, Contributing Reporter

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Cyber Resilience

Critical Zero-Day Atlassian Bug: What CISOs Must Know

Critical Zero-Day Atlassian Bug: What CISOs Must Know

byCarrie Pallardy, Contributing Reporter

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Cyber Resilience

Internet-Wide Zero-Day Bug Fuels Largest-Ever DDoS Event

Internet-Wide Zero-Day Bug Fuels Largest-Ever DDoS Event

byDark Reading, Staff & Contributors

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Data Management

Musk, the EC Warning, and ‘Inception’-Levels of Disinformation

Musk, the EC Warning, and ‘Inception’-Levels of Disinformation

byJoao-Pierre S. Ruth, Senior Editor

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Data Management

Guinness, an Aircraft Carrier, and the History of Data

Guinness, an Aircraft Carrier, and the History of Data

byJoao-Pierre S. Ruth, Senior Editor

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