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GAO report says DHS, other agencies need to up their game in AI risk assessment
A new report from the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) appears to indicate that no US federal agency reporting into the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) knows the full extent or probability of harm that AI can do the nation’s critical infrastructure. In the report, released earlier this week, it concluded the DHS needs to…
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2025 Big Data Management Predictions
The GenAI revolution has raised expectations for what enterprises can do with data. But it has also exposed some serious shortcomings in how enterprises manage data. That’s the backdrop against which we will dig into this batch of big data management predictions. Getting access to data has always been a challenge for analytics and AI.…
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Hugging Face shows how test-time scaling helps small language models punch above their weight
Given enough time to “think,” small language models can beat LLMs at math and coding tasks by generating and verifying multiple answers.Read More
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Enabling human-centric support with generative AI
It’s a stormy holiday weekend, and you’ve just received the last notification you want in the busiest travel week of the year: The first leg of your flight is significantly delayed. You might expect this means you’ll be sitting on hold with airline customer service for half an hour. But this time, the process looks…
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Pairing live support with accurate AI outputs
A live agent spends hours each week manually documenting routine interactions. Another combs through multiple knowledge bases to find the right solution, scrambling to piece it together while the customer waits on hold. A third types out the same response they’ve written dozens of times before. These repetitive tasks can be draining, leaving less time…
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AI and Collaboration at the Forefront in Domo’s Latest Report
The pace with which data is created, analyzed, and shared continues to accelerate. The relentless flow of data contributes to a growing torrent of information, shaping how individuals and businesses engage with the world, but what does this constant stream of data really look like? Domo, the AI and data products platform, has released its…
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Perplexity’s Carbon integration will make it easier for enterprises to connect their data to AI search
With the acquisition of Carbon, Perplexity will expand the knowledge pool powering its AI search engine, making its responses more relevant. Read More
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This Tropical Virus Is Spreading Out of the Amazon to the US and Europe
Oropouche virus has posed little threat outside South America in the past, but land-use change, the climate crisis, and international travel all appear to be spreading this insect-borne disease to new places.
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WordPress.org statement threatens possible shutdown for all of 2025
Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg on Friday announced a shutdown of almost all services on WordPress.org, the open source project site that’s the home of the software, plugins, and the WordPress community, but was unclear on when the shutdown would end. This move sharply increases the uncertainty surrounding WordPress, which is the software that runs roughly…
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I Used AI to Do All of My Holiday Shopping
Chatbots aren’t very good at picking gifts, but that didn’t stop me from burning the planet in a quest for the perfect baking equipment.