Microsoft’s latest research identifies a new type of organization known as the Frontier Firm, where on-demand intelligence requirements are managed by hybrid teams of AI agents and humans. The report identified real productivity gains from implementing AI into organizations, with one of the biggest being filling the capacity gap — Read more…
A draft executive order from the Trump administration proposes integrating AI into K-12 education by directing federal agencies to promote AI literacy, train teachers, and establish public-private partnerships. The draft is marked ‘predecisional’ and could be subject to change before it is signed, or it could be abandoned. Titled “Advancing Read more…
Researchers have uncovered a new supply chain attack called Slopsquatting, where threat actors exploit hallucinated, non-existent package names generated by AI coding tools like GPT-4 and CodeLlama. These believable yet fake packages, representing almost 20% of the samples tested, can be registered by attackers to distribute malicious code. Slopsquatting, as Read more…
Over 100 mid-market software companies are caught in a dangerous “squeeze” between AI-native startups and tech giants, according to a new AlixPartners study released Monday. The consulting firm warns many face “threats to their survival over the next 24 months” as generative AI fundamentally reshapes enterprise software. The squeeze reflects Read more…
An October 2024 study by Software AG suggests that half of all employees are Shadow AI users, and most of them wouldn’t stop even if it was banned. The problem is the ease of access to AI tools, and a work environment that increasingly advocates the use of AI to Read more…
Google is offering all U.S. college students a free year of its Gemini Advanced AI tools through its Google One AI Premium plan, as part of a push to expand Gemini’s user base and compete with ChatGPT. It includes access to the company’s Pro models, Veo 2 video generation, NotebookLM, Read more…
Meta has disabled Apple Intelligence features across its iOS applications, including Facebook, WhatsApp, and Threads. The block affects Writing Tools, which enable text creation and editing via Apple’s AI, as well as Genmoji generation. Users cannot access these features via the standard text field interface in Meta apps. Instagram Stories Read more…