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Amazon deletes devs’ tokenmaxxing leaderboard to minimize costs

An unofficial initiative to promote the use of AI internally has come unstuck.

By Maxwell Cooter

May 29, 20262 mins

Artificial IntelligenceBudgetingIT Management

Nvidia unveils generative physical AI platform, agentic AI advances at CES

Nvidia has announced world foundation models (WFMs) for creating generative physical AI to power autonomous factories and warehouses, traffic control systems, and even surgical rooms.

By Thor Olavsrud

Jan 6, 2025 7 mins

Generative AI Nvidia Technology Industry

With o3 having reached AGI, OpenAI turns its sights toward superintelligence

OpenAI’s newest, most performant model, announced in December, has passed the ARC-AGI test, purportedly outperforming most humans. Now Sam Altman says the company is looking to go far beyond that.

By Taryn Plumb

Jan 6, 2025 6 mins

Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft will invest $80B in AI data centers in fiscal 2025

More than half of these data centers are expected to be built in the US, Microsoft President Brad Smith said.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Jan 6, 2025 1 min

Cloud Computing Data Center Microsoft Azure

Critical warning from Microsoft: .NET install domains changing

Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions installation tools ‘dependent on some of the resources,’ the company says; less than two weeks to make the change.

By Lynn Greiner

Dec 27, 2024 1 min

Devops Libraries and Frameworks

Network problems delay flights at two oneworld Alliance airlines

American Airlines flights were grounded for up to an hour on Dec. 24, while 71 JAL flights were delayed and four cancelled on Dec. 26.

By Peter Sayer

Dec 26, 2024 1 min

DDoS Networking Transportation and Logistics Industry

Tech supply chains at risk as the US launches probe into China’s legacy chip dominance

The Biden administration has alleged that China’s dominance stems from anti-competitive practices, including cyber intrusions, forced technology transfers, and underpricing chips by 30% to 50% — often below production costs.

By Gyana Swain

Dec 24, 2024 7 mins

Supply Chain Technology Industry

Trump taps Sriram Krishnan for AI advisor role amid strategic shift in tech policy

The appointment signals a strategic focus on AI innovation, data governance, and US enterprise competitiveness.

By Gyana Swain

Dec 23, 2024 4 mins

Generative AI Laws and Regulations Technology Industry

SAP customers still slow to deploy AI broadly

Organizations are interested in leveraging AI to optimize internal processes and analyze data for insights, but security, data quality, and governance remain hurdles.

By Thor Olavsrud

Dec 23, 2024 5 mins

ERP Systems IT Strategy SAP

GAO report says DHS, other agencies need to up their game in AI risk assessment

Findings reveal agencies responsible for US critical infrastructure have work to do; analyst is not surprised.

By Paul Barker

Dec 20, 2024 5 mins

Artificial Intelligence Security

WordPress.org statement threatens possible shutdown for all of 2025

The move likely won’t have direct impact on most enterprise users, but indirect impact — which could be just as bad — is a definite possibility.

By Evan Schuman

Dec 20, 2024 1 min

Content Management Systems Open Source

Does SAP reward systematic bullying?

Female former employees of SAP’s BPM division Signavio are making serious accusations against a senior manager — and the company management.

By Florian Maier and Manfred Bremmer

Dec 20, 2024 3 mins

Business Process Management IT Management SAP

Salesforce’s Agentforce 2.0 update aims to make AI agents smarter

The second release of Salesforce’s agentic AI platform offers an updated reasoning engine, new agent skills, and the ability to build agents using natural language.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Dec 18, 2024 8 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Salesforce

The European Data Protection Board advised national regulators to allow personal data to be used for AI training, as long as the final product doesn’t reveal personal information.

By Evan Schuman

Dec 18, 2024 1 min

Artificial Intelligence Compliance Data Governance

Infosys co-founder says 70-hour workweek is India’s answer

The consulting giant’s Narayna Murthy still believes 70 hours per employee weekly will help Indian citizens living in poverty by making India innovation No. 1.

By Viktor Eriksson and CIO staff

Dec 18, 2024 2 mins

IT Consulting Services Outsourcing Technology Industry

US government AI Task Force offers recommendations — but are they really helpful to enterprises?

The voluminous report addresses key challenges, including readying a workforce with AI skills, keeping data centers sustainable, and ensuring data quality and security in areas such as financial services — but some criticize it for being vague, unhel

By Taryn Plumb

Dec 17, 2024 7 mins

Artificial Intelligence Compliance Laws and Regulations

On Arm PC return rates and CEO posturing

Intel’s interim co-CEO claims retailers are seeing high returns of Arm PCs, but analyst says enterprise purchasers know better than to buy without checking for compatibility with corporate applications.

By Paul Barker

Dec 17, 2024 5 mins

Enterprise Intel Qualcomm

OpenAI continues to get pushback, but only stands to gain from going for-profit

Meta and Zuckerberg have echoed rival Elon Musk’s call to keep OpenAI as a non-profit, but for OpenAI, there’s really nothing to lose in going to a for-profit model.

By Taryn Plumb

Dec 16, 2024 5 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI

SAP systems increasingly targeted by cyber attackers

Long viewed as an opaque black box, attackers are increasingly focused upon hacking into enterprise systems from SAP, according to research presented at Black Hat Europe 2024.

By John Leyden

Dec 16, 2024 1 min

Application Security Cyberattacks Data and Information Security

Gig workers behind AI training firm sue for better conditions

“Scale AI is the sordid underbelly propping up the generative AI industry,” says a lawsuit accusing the company of exploiting the workers to whom it outsources processing of AI training data.

By Jon Gold

Dec 12, 2024 1 min

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI

No support or updates for Windows 11 on machines not meeting minimum hardware requirements, says Microsoft

Ignoring those minimum requirements, such as TPM 2.0, could lead to woe, the company says.

By John E. Dunn

Dec 12, 2024 1 min

Microsoft Windows Security

By 2028, 30% of Fortune 500 companies could use AI-only service channels

Gartner’s predictions outline a future where AI-enabled channels revolutionize customer service, presenting opportunities and challenges for CIOs.

By Gyana Swain

Dec 12, 2024 5 mins

Artificial Intelligence Risk Management

Google claims quantum leap with new Willow chip

In the race for professionally usable quantum computers, Google says it has made decisive progress with its new Willow chip.

By Jürgen Hill and CIO staff

Dec 11, 2024 3 mins

Google Quantum Computing

HPE execs reveal why they cancelled $700M AI server deal

HPE’s decision to “de-book” the deal proves that suppliers are in the driver’s seat, an analyst says.

By Paul Barker

Dec 10, 2024 1 min

HPE Servers

What CIOs are in for with the EU’s Data Act

The EU law, enacted early this year, offers more opportunities for CIOs to push innovation by creating new business models based on greater access to data, and rights toward cloud service providers. But to fulfil true potential, companies will have t

By Patrizia Licata

Dec 10, 2024 10 mins

CIO Cloud Security Laws and Regulations

Key takeaways for CIOs from AWS re:Invent 2024

The updates announced at AWS’ re:Invent annual developer conference could help CIOs tackle priorities such as streamlining workflows and optimizing IT expenditure.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Dec 9, 2024 5 mins

Amazon Web Services Events

Better together? Why AWS is unifying data analytics and AI services in SageMaker

Demand for end-to-end platforms, the convergence of data and AI, and the evolution of roles in the generative AI era are all driving the change, say analysts.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Dec 6, 2024 1 min

Analytics Data Science Generative AI

Nearly 25% of SAP ECC customers unsure about their future

With end of maintenance for ERP Central Component approaching, many ECC users still don’t know exactly what their future SAP architecture will look like.

By Martin Bayer

Dec 6, 2024 3 mins

ERP Systems Enterprise Applications SAP

South Korea’s political unrest threatens the stability of global tech supply chains

As a major producer of memory chips, displays, and other critical tech components, South Korea plays an essential role in global supply chains.

By Prasanth Aby Thomas

Dec 5, 2024 5 mins

Supply Chain Technology Industry

Microsoft hit with more litigation accusing it of predatory pricing

The UK class action lawsuit accuses Microsoft of using its Windows market share to overcharge clients running it on AWS, Google, or Alibaba cloud offerings instead of Microsoft Azure.

By Evan Schuman

Dec 4, 2024 1 min

Cloud Computing Microsoft

JPMorgan Chase builds ambitious AI foundation on AWS

Global CIO Lori Beer detailed at AWS re:Invent the financial services firm’s cloud and AI journey, including an internal generative AI assistant that’s bringing efficiencies to 200,000 employees.

By Paula Rooney

Dec 4, 2024 6 mins

Amazon Web Services Events Financial Services Industry

2025 IT headcount expectations lowest in over a decade

A recent survey revealed just 36% of CIOs expect IT headcount growth in the year ahead, the lowest figure since 2011. Shifting economic outlooks and debate over AI’s impact are two key factors muddying IT hiring reality.

By Evan Schuman

Dec 4, 2024 4 mins

Budgeting Hiring IT Strategy

US expands curbs on China’s AI memory and chip tools, raising supply chain concerns

The rules impose export restrictions on equipment from manufacturers in countries including Israel, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan.

By Prasanth Aby Thomas

Dec 3, 2024 5 mins

Technology Industry

Stretching comms to the limit in the wake of a natural disaster

Tallying the devastation from recent storms in Spain is still ongoing. In addition to human loss and damage to homes and infrastructure, it represented a critical time for essential emergency workers and affected people to communicate with each other

By María Ramos Domínguez

Nov 29, 2024 8 mins

Disaster Recovery IT Skills and Training Telecommunications Industry

Uber branches out into AI data labeling

Scaled Solutions, the company’s new AI training and data labeling division, is hiring gig workers.

By Lynn Greiner

Nov 28, 2024 3 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Outsourcing

Macy’s $154 million ‘hidden’ accounting mess shows the limits of today’s audit, GRC, and accounting systems

When Macy’s reported Monday that a lone employee hid as much as $154 million in delivery expenses for three years, requiring the company to delay its earnings announcement, it exposed holes in the number-crunching systems CIOs depend on.

By Evan Schuman

Nov 25, 2024 7 mins

Data Governance Finance and Accounting Systems Fraud

Beware the rise of ‘ghost jobs’ — fake job openings with no intent to hire

Up to one third of all published job openings are posted by companies for ulterior motives with no plan to hire. This applies more to specialist positions, such as hard-to-fill roles in IT.

By Grzegorz Kubera

Nov 25, 2024 6 mins

Careers Hiring

Salesforce adds Testing Center to Agentforce for AI agents

The Agentforce Testing Center consists of tools that can help enterprise users test and observe agents before deploying them in production.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Nov 21, 2024 3 mins

Generative AI No Code and Low Code Salesforce

Microsoft partners with industry leaders to offer vertical SLMs

Teaming up with industry partners such as Bayer and Rockwell Automation, Microsoft is adding pre-trained small language models to its Azure AI catalog aimed at highly specialized use cases.

By Thor Olavsrud

Nov 20, 2024 4 mins

Generative AI Microsoft Technology Industry

Meta creates ‘Business AI’ group led by ex-Salesforce AI CEO Clara Shih

Now Meta is looking for ways to recoup the billions it has invested in Llama.

By Peter Sayer

Nov 20, 2024 4 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Technology Industry

CEO of Salesforce AI Clara Shih has left

Adam Evans steps up to new role as EVP and GM of Salesforce AI.

By Peter Sayer

Nov 20, 2024 3 mins

Artificial Intelligence IT Leadership Salesforce

Microsoft and Atom Computing claim breakthrough in reliable quantum computing

Companies unveil a commercial quantum machine featuring 24 entangled logical qubits.

By Gyana Swain

Nov 19, 2024 1 min

Data Center High-Performance Computing Quantum Computing

Microsoft reimagines Fabric with focus on AI

The company announced a slate of enhancements to its data analytics platform, including Fabric Databases, which can provision auto-optimizing and auto-scaling AI databases in seconds.

By Thor Olavsrud

Nov 19, 2024 4 mins

Artificial Intelligence Data Management Microsoft

How Trump’s appointment of Brendan Carr as FCC chairman will affect enterprises

Net neutrality has been struggling since 2015: Trump’s pick for FCC chairman simply reinforces this reality.

By John E. Dunn

Nov 18, 2024 5 mins

Government IT Strategy Laws and Regulations

Banks bet on AI to deliver digital efficiencies

According to a recent study, banks are increasingly relying on AI to remain competitive, as numerous factors slow digital transformations.

By Manfred Bremmer

Nov 18, 2024 4 mins

Artificial Intelligence Financial Services Industry Generative AI

New framework aims to keep AI safe in US critical infrastructure

Analysts from IDC, Forrester, Info-Tech share their views on the merit of the DHS initiative, both now and moving forward.

By Paul Barker

Nov 16, 2024 8 mins

Artificial Intelligence IT Governance

Will AI-enabled ARIS redefine the role of a BP analyst?

They have no need to worry yet, says one analyst, while another says it will ‘make it necessary … to approach employment in a new way.’

By Paul Barker

Nov 13, 2024 4 mins

Artificial Intelligence Business Process Management

Survey: AI to usher in new middle management era

With junior roles likely to be squeezed out by AI in the workplace, middle management will take on a greater portion of the workforce and more specialized roles, according a Capgemini survey.

By Karin Lindström

Nov 12, 2024 2 mins

Careers IT Management

Anthropic caught up in a potential turf war: What could it mean for competition, complexity and lock-in?

Amazon is purportedly looking to invest several more billion into the builder of the Claude family of LLMs, with the stipulation that it only use the tech giant’s chips (not Nvidia’s). But what could this arrangement mean for the broader market?

By Taryn Plumb

Nov 11, 2024 5 mins

Artificial Intelligence Computer Components

Freshworks lays off 660 — about 13 percent of its global workforce — despite strong earnings, profits

The midmarket CRM vendor wasn’t explicit about the reason for the layoffs, but suggested that some roles were duplicative while others needed different skills.

By Evan Schuman

Nov 7, 2024 6 mins

Artificial Intelligence CRM Systems IT Management

UK launches platform to help businesses manage AI risks, build trust

The platform will offer guidance and resources, outlining steps for businesses to conduct impact assessments, evaluate AI systems, and check data for bias.

By Prasanth Aby Thomas

Nov 7, 2024 4 mins

Artificial Intelligence IT Governance