Steven NatielloUber admits covering up massive 2016 data breach in settlement with US prosecutorsverified_publisherThe Verge - Andrew J. HawkinsUber admitted to covering up a massive cybersecurity attack that took place in October 2016, exposing the confidential data of 57 million customers and drivers, as part of a settlement with the US Department of Justice to avoid criminal prosecution. In order to not be prosecuted for the cover-up, …
Steven NatielloHow Nvidia is helping telcos take advantage of artificial intelligenceverified_publisherVentureBeat - Zeus KerravalaThe infusion of artificial intelligence (AI) into everything is literally changing our lives on a day-to-day basis. People use speech interfaces, purchase items based on recommendations, and sign into phones with facial recognition routinely because it makes their lives easier. However, one of the …
Steven NatielloOnline pricing algorithms are gaming the system, and could mean you pay moreverified_publisherNPR - Ziad BuchhIf you've shopped online recently, you may have had this experience: You find an item, add it to your cart, and then when you get around to paying, the price has increased. You can thank pricing algorithms. These are computer programs that look at factors such as supply, demand and the prices …
Steven NatielloOpinion: OpenAI’s DALL-E 2 is the big tech equivalent of ‘soylent green’verified_publisherTNW - Tristan GreeneThis article contains spoilers for the 1973 film “Soylent Green.” It’s a hot AI summer out here for everyone who has even the slightest interest in putting the “art” in artificial intelligence. I’m talking about DALL-E 2 and OpenAI’s announcement that its incredible text-to-art generator would be …
Steven NatielloHow to make the most of your AI/ML investments: Start with your data infrastructureverified_publisherVentureBeat - Alexander Lovell, FivetranThe era of Big Data has helped democratize information, creating a wealth of data and growing revenues at technology-based companies. But for all this intelligence, we’re not getting the level of insight from the field of machine learning that one might expect, as many companies struggle to make …
Steven NatielloDeepMind details AI work with YouTube on video compression and AutoChapters9to5Google - Abner LiBesides research, Alphabet’s artificial intelligence lab is tasked with applying its various innovations to help improve Google products. DeepMind today detailed three specific areas where AI research helped “enhance the YouTube experience.” Since 2018, DeepMind has worked with YouTube on a label …
