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An Executive Guide to AI

Sep 5, 2024 | pipelinepub.com | Mark Cummings

By: Mark Cummings, Ph.D. Last year at this time, any company that mentioned AI in its quarterly report saw its stock go up. Those days are over. Now enterprises are struggling to show financial returns on those early investments. There are still rewards for investment in AI, but analysts are more discriminating. Going forward, enterprises that have announced AI initiatives in previous quarters that don’t report benefits from them in the current quarter are going to see negative repercussions.
AI Risks for IT Operations (IT Ops)

Aug 8, 2024 | pipelinepub.com | Mark Cummings

By: Mark Cummings, Ph.D. The advent of PCs with built in AI added to the existing online AIs is creating new challenges for IT Ops. The recent announcements of Co-Pilot from Microsoft, Gemini from Google, AI embedded in MacOS, plus the ability to run GenAI on PCs, promise productivity increases but open the door to new vulnerabilities in cybersecurity, privacy, and maintenance of proprietary information assets.
GenAI & IoT Use Cases

Jul 8, 2024 | pipelinepub.com | Mark Cummings

By: Mark Cummings, Ph.D. IoT technology produces many different streams of data. AI is very good at finding patterns in what otherwise appears to be unrelated data. Applying AI to oceans of IoT-generated data is likely to produce new and valuable insights. Although there are significant questions about how this can best be done for the general good, such an application of GenAI is likely to become part of the emerging GenAI-driven paradigm.
Risks: The Dark Side of Generative AI (GenAI)

Apr 2, 2024 | pipelinepub.com | Mark Cummings

By: Mark Cummings, Ph.D. Much has been written in the last year about the negative side effects of generative AI. This article provides a good general understanding, including a general background and taxonomy, of the negative side effects, as a way to organize thinking about them. The development of generative AI (GenAI) started in approximately 2017 and its power is rising exponentially.
Fundamentals Asia: Hong Kong, Singapore, & Tokyo

Feb 9, 2024 | mondaq.com | Lucy Frew |John Cartwright |Mark Cummings |James Gaden

Welcome to our 2024 Asia Fundamentals series, hosted in Hong Kong, Singapore and Tokyo.
Preventing GenAI Social Engineering Attacks| Pipeline Magazine

Feb 4, 2024 | pipelinepub.com | Mark Cummings

By: Mark Cummings, Ph.D. Social engineering attacks are a very serious problem that GenAI is turbocharging. Existing solutions focusing on training and procedures are helpful but insufficient. Organizations need automated social engineering defensive tools. Existing large vendors lack the technology, expertise and economic incentives to provide these fully adequate solutions.
Fundamentals Asia: Hong Kong, Singapore, & Tokyo | JD Supra

Jan 31, 2024 | jdsupra.com | John Cartwright |Mark Cummings |Lucy Frew

Every year, we track certain key data from new funds that we help our clients launch. By reviewing this data, comparing it with similar surveys and incorporating insights from our conversations with clients, we aim to draw out the key themes of the year and offer some predictions about how these trends may develop. Please see full publication below for more information. Download PDF
BVI Annual Return | JD Supra

May 19, 2023 | jdsupra.com | Matthew Cowman |Mark Cummings |Nicholas G Davies

IntroductionThe BVI Business Companies Act (as amended) (the "Act") introduced the requirement for BVI companies to file an annual return (otherwise known as a financial return) with its registered agent, with effect from 1 January 2023. The BVI Government has now published the BVI Business Companies (Financial Return) Order, 2023 (the "Order") which provides a template form of the annual return and some further guidance for the industry.