ServiceNow announced an expansion of its AI Control Tower, transforming what began last year as a governance dashboard into what the company now describes as a command center for managing AI assets across an entire enterprise, including those running outside ServiceNow’s own platform. The updated AI Control Tower, shipping as part of ServiceNow’s Australia platform…
AI + ML With help from Google and Intel, Big Blue brings new automation to Db2 IBM has added support for Google Vertex AI and Intel Gaudi to boost the AI-based management of its stalwart Db2 database. With the update to its Db2 Genius Hub, launched earlier this year, Big Blue is now promising an…
AI + ML Brussels says it’s simplification, critics may call it retreat Europe’s much-hyped AI rulebook just hit the regulatory equivalent of “snooze for 16 months” after Brussels quietly caved to industry pressure and agreed to simplify and delay key parts of the AI Act. European Union lawmakers and member states reached a provisional agreement…
Software Plus a petition for the UK Civil Service to go FOSS by default Negative reactions are mounting against the UK National Health Service’s plan to back away from open source – and you can add your voice. On Monday, The Register reported that the management at the NHS told its tech leadership to wall…
AI + ML Always bet on backpropagation If you’ve ever read Anthropic’s disclaimer that responses generated by Claude may contain mistakes and thought, “That’s what I need to spice up financial operations,” you’re in luck. Anthropic has released a set of financial agent templates designed to allow its Claude AI service to better assist with…
Security Fortunately, it was a legit contractor who guessed it PWNED Welcome back to PWNED, the weekly column where we turn a white hot spotlight onto the cracks and crevices in company security and write about those who have let their guard down, often in the name of convenience, incompetence, or just plain laziness. Today’s…
AI + ML High-speed connectivity without NVLink baggage Astera Labs unveiled an alternative to Nvidia’s NVSwitch for building rack-scale AI systems on Tuesday, claiming it will work with nearly any accelerator. The AI fabric switch, codenamed Scorpio X, crams 320 lanes of PCIe 6.0 connectivity into a single ASIC with 5.12 TB/s of bidirectional bandwidth….
AI + ML You did remember to opt out of AI, didn’t you? Google Chrome will steal 4Â GB of disk space from your computer for its local large language model unless you opted out. It’s called weights.bin and it’s stored in a folder called OptGuideOnDeviceModel. What’s more, if you track down the file and delete…
Legal GDPR Article 15 doesn’t care if you want to make money by selling users’ data back to them A LinkedIn feature the average non-paying user likely only glances past could end up setting a legal precedent in the EU regarding how companies treat customer data that they’ve processed. Take a look at your LinkedIn…
Public Sector Roles span eGates, passports, visas, asylum applications, and enterprise services – yours for up to £105K The Home Office’s digital division is recruiting three chief technology officers (CTOs) for migration and borders and enterprise services, each paid £81,000 to £105,000 a year. It is looking for two CTOs for Migration and Borders Digital,…