Tag: IBM

Google to IBM: How big tech giants are embracing Nvidia’s new hardware and software services

Join leaders in Boston on March 27 for an exclusive night of networking, insights, and conversation. Request an invite here. Nvidia has gone all in to push the boundaries of computing at the ongoing GTC conference in San Jose. CEO Jensen Huang, donning a black leather jacket, addressed a packed crowd (the event looked more […]

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IBM’s AI assisted SSD gives the middle finger to ransomware attackers

IBM has developed an AI assisted storage security technology that can intercept and disable ransomware. It’s been integrated into IBM’s enterprise tier FlashCore modules. The simple explanation is that it is able to scan all I/O data in real time, and halt unauthorized encryption operations before they have a chance to do damage. IBM detailed […]

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SimplrOps emerges as a silent titan in AI-driven Cloud ERP management

SimplrOps, a fast-growing enterprise AI startup, has achieved profitability and signed several major corporate clients like Deloitte and IBM in just three years — all without taking any venture capital funding. VentureBeat can also exclusively report that SimplrOps has now extended its strategic partnership with Deloitte, marking another milestone in its discreet yet swift ascendance […]

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VCs look to AI data centers, local LLMs, and domain models for growth

Looking to break out of the slowdown in deal activity and exit values, venture capital firms are going all in on emerging AI opportunities that show the potential to deliver long-term growth. Pitchbooks’ latest Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Report released today reflects the continued challenges VCs face, starting with dropping deal activity and exit […]

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When is ART useful? When it’s IBM’s Adversarial Robustness Toolbox for AI

IBM is hoping to advance the state of the art for artificial intelligence (AI) security with an open source project called the Adversarial Robustness Toolbox (ART). Today, ART is being made available on Hugging Face as a set of tools that will help AI users and data scientists reduce potential security risks. While ART on […]

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How audio-jacking using gen AI can distort live audio transactions

Weaponizing large language models (LLMs) to audio-jack transactions that involve bank account data is the latest threat within reach of any attacker who is using AI as part of their tradecraft. LLMs are already being weaponized to create convincing phishing campaigns, launch coordinated social engineering attacks and create more resilient ransomware strains.  IBM’s Threat Intelligence […]

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How enterprises are using open source LLMs: 16 examples

VentureBeat and other experts have argued that open-source large language models (LLMs) may have a more powerful impact on generative AI in the enterprise. More powerful, that is, than closed models, like the ones behind OpenAI’s popular ChatGPT, or competitor Anthropic. But that’s been hard to prove when you consider examples of actual deployments. While […]

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Exclusive: What will it take to secure gen AI? IBM has a few ideas

As organizations increasingly look to benefit from the power of generative AI, security is a growing challenge. Today technology giant IBM is taking aim at gen AI risks with the introduction of a new security framework aimed at helping customers address the novel risks posed by gen AI. The IBM Framework for Securing Generative AI […]

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What!? Did Elon Musk Just Endorse Tweet Saying Students at HBCUs Have Low IQs?

Elon Musk endorsed a tweet Tuesday that suggested graduates from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have IQs approaching “borderline intellectual impairment.” This isn’t the first time the billionaire celebrated blatant bigotry on his platform in recent months. In November, Musk promoted a tweet that said Jews push “hatred against whites.” Dealing With Grief? “They’re […]

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WTF! Elon Musk Seems to Endorse Tweet Saying Students at HBCUs Have Low IQs

Elon Musk endorsed a tweet Tuesday that suggested graduates from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have IQs approaching “borderline intellectual impairment.” This isn’t the first time the billionaire celebrated blatant bigotry on his platform in recent months. In November, Musk promoted a tweet that said Jews push “hatred against whites.” Dealing With Grief? “They’re […]

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Why attackers love to target misconfigured clouds and phones

Join leaders in San Francisco on January 10 for an exclusive night of networking, insights, and conversation. Request an invite here. Data breaches tripled between 2013 and 2022, exposing 2.6 billion personal records in the past two years, with 2023 on its way to being a record year. These findings are from a recent report […]

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Why attackers love to target misconfigured clouds and phones

Join leaders in San Francisco on January 10 for an exclusive night of networking, insights, and conversation. Request an invite here. Data breaches tripled between 2013 and 2022, exposing 2.6 billion personal records in the past two years, with 2023 on its way to being a record year. These findings are from a recent report […]

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IBM’s 2024 predictions show gen AI is the new DNA of cyberattacks

Are you ready to bring more awareness to your brand? Consider becoming a sponsor for The AI Impact Tour. Learn more about the opportunities here. IBM predicts attackers will strengthen their arsenals with generative AI and take their attack tradecraft to a new, more lethal level in 2024. The new year signals the start of […]

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Exclusive: Jaxon AI teams up with IBM Watson in battle against AI hallucination

Are you ready to bring more awareness to your brand? Consider becoming a sponsor for The AI Impact Tour. Learn more about the opportunities here. When an AI system hallucinates for content generation on a piece of text, it’s not an ideal situation, but it’s also not necessarily catastrophic. If an AI powering a piece […]

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IBM, Meta launch AI Alliance with over 50 tech members to advance ‘open, safe, responsible’ AI

Are you ready to bring more awareness to your brand? Consider becoming a sponsor for The AI Impact Tour. Learn more about the opportunities here. IBM and Meta launched the new AI Alliance today, in collaboration with over 50 founding members and collaborators around the world, including AMD, Anyscale, CERN, Cerebras, Cleveland Clinic, Cornell University, […]

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IBM advances Quantum Computing ambitions with generative AI power for software development

Are you ready to bring more awareness to your brand? Consider becoming a sponsor for The AI Impact Tour. Learn more about the opportunities here. Quantum computing is taking another ‘quantum’ leap forward today with new processor, system and software updates announced at the IBM Quantum 2023 Summit. The star of the announcements is the […]

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Elon Musk’s Racism Has Gotten So Bad The White House Has Called It Out

Photo: Belinda Jiao (Getty Images) X/Twitter owner and resident moron Elon Musk has gone out of his way to perpetuate racism and hatred since taking over the platform. He’s been very clear about being a proponent of free speech—which is simply a thinly veiled way to let racist slurs and hate speech proliferate on X. […]

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IBM X-Force pits ChatGPT against humans: Who’s better at phishing?

VentureBeat presents: AI Unleashed – An exclusive executive event for enterprise data leaders. Network and learn with industry peers. Learn More As it continues to evolve at a near-unimaginable pace, AI is becoming capable of many extraordinary things — from generating stunning art and 3D worlds to serving as an efficient, reliable workplace partner.  But […]

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IBM expands AWS partnership to bring generative AI to call centers, supply chains

VentureBeat presents: AI Unleashed – An exclusive executive event for enterprise data leaders. Network and learn with industry peers. Learn More IBM Consulting, the professional services arm of IBM, today announced the plan to expand its partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and re-engineer their joint solutions for enterprise clients with generative AI, targeting three […]

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EY and IBM team up on AI to automate HR processes

VentureBeat presents: AI Unleashed – An exclusive executive event for enterprise data leaders. Network and learn with industry peers. Learn More Today, consulting major EY announced it is expanding its partnership with IBM to provide enterprises with an AI solution aimed at automating HR tasks and processes. Officially dubbed EY.ai Workforce, the offering will tap […]

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IBM propels PyTorch beyond model training into AI inference

VentureBeat presents: AI Unleashed – An exclusive executive event for enterprise data leaders. Network and learn with industry peers. Learn More The open source PyTorch machine learning (ML) framework is widely used today for AI training, but that’s not all it can do. IBM sees broader applicability for PyTorch and is working on a series […]

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Move over AI, quantum computing will be the most powerful and worrying technology

Head over to our on-demand library to view sessions from VB Transform 2023. Register Here In 2022, leaders in the U.S. military technology and cybersecurity community said that they considered 2023 to be the “reset year” for quantum computing. They estimated the time it will take to make systems quantum-safe will match the time that […]

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McKinsey partners with Salesforce to offer speedy AI adoption plans for enterprises

Global consulting agency McKinsey & Company and enterprise software provider Salesforce are teaming up to help businesses in the sectors of sales, marketing, commerce, and service speed up their adoption of generative AI. The collaboration is designed to merge Salesforce’s popular customer relationship management (CRM) software, including its intelligent Einstein applications and Data Cloud, with […]

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