Report Identifies Rise in Phishing-as-a-Service Attacks Cybersecurity researchers at Trustwave are warning about a surge in malicious e-mail campaigns leveraging Rockstar 2FA, a phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) toolkit designed to steal Microsoft 365 credentials. The tool poses a significant threat, bypassing multifactor …

New Amazon Nova Models Aim to Redefine Generative AI Performance By John K. Waters 12/04/24 Amazon Web Services (AWS) has introduced Amazon Nova, a cutting-edge suite of foundation models (FMs) for generative AI. The Nova family is designed …

OpenStax Celebrates 25th Anniversary OpenStax is celebrating its 25th anniversary as 2024 comes to a close. The open educational resources (OER) initiative from Rice University has served almost 37 million students in 153 countries and saved students nearly $3 billion in …

Report Highlights Security Risks of Open Source AI A new report, “The State of Enterprise Open Source AI,” from Anaconda and ETR, surveyed 100 IT decision-makers on the key trends shaping enterprise AI and open source adoption while also underscoring …

Data Integration Market: Cloud Giants Down, AI Up While data integration is seemingly a natural fit for cloud giants’ computing platforms, the cloud lags in the data integration market, which is being hugely transformed by AI. “By 2027, AI assistants …

University of Florida Invests in Supercomputer Upgrade for AI, Research The University of Florida has announced plans to upgrade its HiPerGator supercomputer with new equipment from Nvidia. The $24 million investment will fuel the institution’s leadership in AI and research, …

Global Tech Execs Expect Advancements in AI to Increase Security Threats Forty-one percent of global tech executives in a recent NetApp survey said they believe advancements in AI will significantly increase security threats. The firm’s second annual Data Complexity Report …

Rubrik Upgrades Data Protection Platform for Speedier Threat Hunting Data security specialist Rubrik is upgrading its data protection platform to allow for quicker recoveries in the familiar backup & recovery process. The new Turbo Threat Hunting functionality more quickly scans …

Congressional Task Force Releases Recommendations for AI Governance By John K. Waters 01/07/25 The bipartisan House Task Force on Artificial Intelligence recently released its recommendations to bolster American leadership in AI. The task force, co-chaired by Reps. Jay …

Report Makes Business Case for Responsible AI A new report commissioned by Microsoft and published last month by research firm IDC notes that 91% of organizations use AI tech and expect more than a 24% improvement in customer experience, business …