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Aili McConnon

New York

Journalist at Freelance

Tech Reporter, Editorial Lead at IBM-Think Blog

Canadian journalist; author of Road to Valor; contributing writer to the NYTimes and WSJ, fmr staff writer for BusinessWeek Magazine

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Articles

  • IBM + Scuderia Ferrari perfect a new formula for fan engagement

    2 weeks ago | ibm.com | Aili McConnon

    IBM worked closely with Ferrari to strike a balance between designing a mobile experience that pushes the boundaries of innovation while staying true to Ferrari’s design principles, distinctive voice and storied history. “The beauty of the app needed to match the luxury of the brand,” explained IBM Senior Partner Shannon Miller in his Think keynote conversation with IBM CEO Arvind Krishna.

  • Live updates: The boldest AI ideas from the Think keynote stage

    1 month ago | ibm.com | Aili McConnon |Anabelle Nicoud |Sascha Brodsky

    This comes with a caveat, she cautioned: “Now, the explosion of AI agents across the enterprise holds immense promise. But let’s be real for a minute: it also creates significant complexity.” A major culprit? Businesses are deploying agents in silos and they’re not always well-integrated into existing tools and applications.

  • From risk to resilience: Empowering cybersecurity teams with customized AI assistants | IBM

    Oct 29, 2024 | ibm.com | Aili McConnon

    Discover how tailored AI agents can boost cybersecurity effectiveness while addressing key safety concerns.

  • Large(r) language models: Too big to fail?

    Oct 14, 2024 | ibm.com | Aili McConnon

    OpenAI made history recently by securing a USD 6.6 billion investment to scale up its large language models—increasing their size, data volume and computational resources. Meanwhile, Anthropic’s CEO said his company already has USD 1 billion models in development, with USD 100 billion models coming soon. But as spending balloons, new research published in Nature suggests that LLMs may in fact become less reliable as they grow.

  • Honey, I shrunk the AI

    Sep 30, 2024 | ibm.com | Aili McConnon

    With the launch of its new lightweight Llama 3.2 models last week, Meta became the latest company to bet big on going small, following Apple, IBM, Google, Microsoft and other tech giants that have introduced small language models (SLMs) in the last 18 months. Yes, SLMs cost less, use less energy and often perform better than their larger counterparts on specialized tasks.

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Aili McConnon
Aili McConnon @AiliMcConnon
8 Oct 18

Such a thrill to introduce Ellie Kemper to 3000 inspiring Princeton women at She Roars 2018 https://t.co/7fk3sRlywH

Aili McConnon
Aili McConnon @AiliMcConnon
19 Jul 18

Today would have been Gino Bartali’s 104th Birthday. Google marked the day with a Gino doodle! #GoogleDoodle https://t.co/wYG1eo3I97 via @GoogleDoodles

Aili McConnon
Aili McConnon @AiliMcConnon
10 May 17

Curious about Cuba? Get a glimpse of how It's changing in my piece today for @nytimes https://t.co/QnUZTeR7XA