Agriculture won’t keep us fed without inclusive digital transformation
Amidst a host of socio-economic and humanitarian crises brought about by the greatest health crisis of the last century, the COVID-19 pandemic has added another dire problem to the planet’s unending human struggles: uncontrolled hunger. The UN and its agencies reported that in 2022 alone, between 691 and 783 million people faced hunger, an increase […]
Responsible Cloud Migration – Overcoming the Data Security Challenge
Since the world went digital the value of data has been unprecedented, and as businesses race to adopt the latest tech to optimise and monetise their data it is set to increase in value at an exponential rate. However, whilst data is widely regarded as an organisation’s main asset, data accountability is rarely owned, which […]
How manufacturing companies can avoid AI overreach and not fall into the growing gap between hype and adoption
Manufacturers face growing pressure to quickly produce increasingly complex and higher-quality products to meet customer demand. While AI appears to be a logical solution, the reality is that up to 80% of AI projects either never reach completion or don’t meet their objectives, resulting in failure or cancellation. Gone are the days of experimenting with […]
Legal consequences for victims of cyberattacks are piling up
Falling victim to a cyberattack is bad enough, but there’s a chance that it also leaves companies open to lawsuits should they be found to have failed to adequately protect private data or disrupted other businesses. Several pharmacy groups and healthcare providers in the USA have filed a class action lawsuit against the payments service […]
Limitations and Loopholes in the E.U. AI Act
Beware: Generative AI creates ‘hallucinations’. Leading AI and ethics expert, Professor Sandra Wachter of the Oxford Internet Institute, part of the University of Oxford, spoke to us about the EU AI Act and what inspired her to write her new essay, ‘Limitations and Loopholes in the E.U. AI Act and AI Liability Directives: What This Means […]
Artificial Intelligence and AIOps may be the key to understanding today’s world of exploding data
The Library of Babel — a short story by Jorge Luis Borges published in 1941 — might not be on everyone’s reading list. Nor is it likely to make the bestseller chart any time soon. But it does have a bit of a following, especially among those interested in computer science and information theory. For those […]
Putting individuals back in charge of their own identities
From letting hotels keep copies of our passports to handing over IDs for car hire or air travel, we seldom think twice about the implications of physically sharing our identity documents. By now, we’ve gotten accustomed to exchanging personal information in return for a product or service we value – but we need to be […]
The Role of Edge Infrastructure in Digitized Commercial Facilities of the Future
There’s a lot of discussion about commercial facilities’ “digital transformation.” But what exactly is digital transformation? Why is it critical for today’s commercial facilities? And what technology enables this transformation? According to Gartner, 91% of businesses are engaged in some form of digital initiative, and for 87% of senior business leaders, digitalization is a priority. Interestingly, […]
Paris 2024 Could Set A New World Record, But Not By The Athletes
Paris 2024 expected to see “eight to ten times more” cyberattacks than Japan’s 450 million With Paris 2024 now finished, security teams were braced against the heightened threat of cyberattacks facing this year’s Games. Previous Games, and any large sporting event for that matter, have seen threat actors increase their activity looking to monetise their […]
Three ways firms can protect themselves from AI cybersecurity risks
Across the world, we are seeing a rise in the number of cyber-attacks, with research finding an 8% spike in global cyber-attacks in the second quarter of this year – the most significant increase in the last two years. Accelerated digitalisation across our professional and personal lives, increasingly sophisticated attack techniques used by cybercriminals as […]