FinCEN Issues Alert on Fraud Schemes Involving Deepfake Media Targeting Financial Institutions

WASHINGTON—Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an alert to help financial institutions identify fraud schemes associated with the use of deepfake media created with generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools. The alert explains typologies associated with these schemes, provides red flag indicators to assist with identifying and reporting related suspicious activity, and reminds financial institutions of their reporting […]
FinCEN Issues Alert on Fraud Schemes Involving Deepfake Media Targeting Financial Institutions

Mastering Cloud Cost Management: Strategies for a Dynamic Landscape

As cloud computing continues to revolutionize business infrastructure, organizations face the challenge of managing escalating cloud costs effectively. Arun Gopalakrishna, a specialist in cloud strategies, delves into the complexities of cloud cost management and provides actionable insights for optimizing expenses in an ever-evolving digital world.
Cloud computing offers immense benefits, including scalability, flexibility, and potential cost savings. The market, projected to grow from $545.8 […]
Mastering Cloud Cost Management: Strategies for a Dynamic Landscape

House AI Task Force wants to marry light touch regulations with sector-specific policy

Members from the House AI Task Force on Wednesday reiterated their priorities for artificial intelligence legislation introduced in the lower chamber, with a focus on keeping humans at the center of AI technologies and their applications while maintaining a light-tough regulatory approach.
Speaking during an interview with WTOP recorded in September and aired on Wednesday, Reps. Don Beyer, D-Va., and Jay Obernolte, R-Calif., shed light on what the task force will focus on in its forthcoming […]
House AI Task Force wants to marry light touch regulations with sector-specific policy

Zscaler: Valuation Unlock Riding On Cloud Cybersecurity Locks

When a company management clearly mentions in its financials that they continue to expect net losses for the company in the foreseeable future, the investors are left with two questions. 1) Whether the business has enough competitive offering or economic moat
Analyst’s Disclosure: I/we have no stock, option or similar derivative position in any of the companies mentioned, and no plans to initiate any such positions within the next 72 hours. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my […]
Zscaler: Valuation Unlock Riding On Cloud Cybersecurity Locks

Artificial intelligence is helping improve climate models – The Economist

THE DIPLOMATIC ructions at COP29, the United Nations climate conference currently under way in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku, are based largely on computer models. Some model what climate change might look like; others the cost of mitigating its effects.
Climate change and fish farming are endangering its future
The key is minimising the disruptive effects of ventilation
The pay dirt could be 15 times richer than natural deposits
Companies that bet on the right one could win big
Levels of the […]
Artificial intelligence is helping improve climate models – The Economist

AEC Execs Talk Challenges, Trends, Artificial Intelligence – Arkansas Money & Politics

Any listing of the coolest jobs on the planet would have to include healthy representation from the architecture, engineering and construction industries. Cool, though, rarely translates to easy.
The AEC industries have experienced a wild ride the last few years with the COVID-19 pandemic, stressed supply chains, spiking materials costs and a shortage of workers.
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AEC Execs Talk Challenges, Trends, Artificial Intelligence – Arkansas Money & Politics

Artificial Intelligence Market to Grow by USD 41.02 Billion (2024-2028), Driven by Rising …

NEW YORK, Nov. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Report on how AI is redefining market landscape – The global artificial intelligence market size is estimated to grow by USD 41.02 billion from 2024-2028, according to Technavio. The market is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 30.9% during the forecast period. Rise in adoption of cloud-based applications and services is driving market growth, with a trend towards increasing digitalization and internet penetration. However, lack of skilled professionals […]
Artificial Intelligence Market to Grow by USD 41.02 Billion (2024-2028), Driven by Rising …

Wisconsin Workforce Event Teaches Business Leaders About Artificial Intelligence

SUPERIOR, Wis. — Wisconsin business leaders, got involved in the discussion of Artificial Intelligence on Wednesday as a forum, a part of the Winning with Wisconsin Workforce series was held in Superior.
The Northwest Wisconsin Workforce Investment Board and Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development hosted the event. It brought small and large business leaders across different industries together.
People shared firsthand experiences with AI and learned how to use the tool in the […]
Wisconsin Workforce Event Teaches Business Leaders About Artificial Intelligence

AI developers discover 'Donald Trump neuron', expert says | Fox Business

Horizon Investments CIO Scott Ladner breaks down biotech stocks and drug development on ‘The Claman Countdown.’
Artificial intelligence (AI) recognizes images and the name of President-elect Donald Trump so much that the phenomenon is referred to as a "Donald Trump neuron," expert Chris Olah says.
Olah, one of the co-founders of the AI lab "focused on the safety of large models" named Anthropic, according to his blog biography, appeared on the "Lex Fridman Podcast" […]
AI developers discover 'Donald Trump neuron', expert says | Fox Business

Aurora approves consultant for use of artificial intelligence at City Hall – Chicago Tribune

In particular, residents were concerned because when the city held an event on AI last June, city employees, people in the industry and officials from other cities were invited, but not the general public.
“Was there an open invitation to the public?” said Ald. Edward Bugg, 9th Ward.
Michael Pegues, the city’s chief information technology officer, said the event was not open to the public, although aldermen were invited and some did attend. He called the event “a sort of […]
Aurora approves consultant for use of artificial intelligence at City Hall – Chicago Tribune