Ian Barker

2 weeks ago | betanews.com | Ian Barker

As enterprises roll out more AI applications, GPUs are in high demand to provide the computing power required to meet the demands of certain AI workloads. But GPUs aren't the only game in town, there's rising interest in AI accelerators as customers seek choice and flexibility when it comes to their businesses. Last month, Intel and IBM announced a collaboration the availability of Intel Gaudi 3 AI accelerators on IBM Cloud.

2 weeks ago | betanews.com | Ian Barker

Cybersecurity teams are often overwhelmed by an endless backlog of vulnerabilities, but not all of them are high risk. Traditional exposure management emphasizes identifying and prioritizing risks, but without validation, teams often spend time remediating issues that don't even put critical assets at risk. Dr. Süleyman Özarslan, co-founder of Picus Security and VP of Picus Labs, believes that exposure validation represents the missing piece in risk management.

3 weeks ago | betanews.com | Ian Barker

The needs of development and security teams often seem to be in conflict. Developers want speed of delivery while security wants stability and safety. These competing interests can be made worse by the security tools that developers are expected to use. We spoke to Mackenzie Jackson, developer advocate at Aikido Security, to discuss why security tools are failing developers and what can be done about it.

3 weeks ago | betanews.com | Ian Barker

A new report from Object First shows that, based on data from freedom of information requests, only 47 percent of UK public sector organizations back up critical systems daily. This is despite more than 28,000 data breaches reported across National Health Service (NHS) trusts, local councils, and educational institutions over the past three years, exposing personal, health, and financial data.

3 weeks ago | betanews.com | Ian Barker

If you've written a book or composed some music or engaged in any other form of creative endeavour, the chances are that AI will have used it as part of its learning process. This appropriation of copyright material is controversial since the original creator doesn't benefit. BN: How are tech companies using data to train AI? JD: Most of the AI systems in the news or flying through your social media streams are systems built around Artificial Neural Networks (ANN).