Month: May 2024

In a bid to fortify the United States Department of Defense’s cybersecurity infrastructure, the Defense Information Systems Agency is harnessing the power of artificial intelligence (AI) through strategic integration. Steve Wallace DISA Chief Technology Officer Steve Wallace shed light on the agency’s initiatives during a recent interview. “We are actively collaborating with industry and within the department to seamlessly integrate AI into our defensive posture. This involves ensuring the department’s evolving needs are met by leveraging AI capabilities.” Wallace applauded the longstanding relationship between DISA and industry, noting the ongoing…

ArmorCode AI Correlation brings data fusion to the industry’s leading ASPM platform, marking a significant step forward for enterprise security governance SAN FRANCISCO, May 06, 2024–(BUSINESS WIRE)–RSA CONFERENCE – ArmorCode, the leading provider of AI-powered Application Security Posture Management (ASPM) for managing risk across applications, infrastructure, and the software supply chain, today announced the general availability of AI Correlation in the ArmorCode ASPM Platform. ArmorCode is ushering in a new era of innovation by leveraging data fusion to deliver a level of correlation that’s never been seen before, powered by…

There are huge gaps in their existing 9 million records Tel Aviv, Israel: Researchers in Israel are turning to artificial intelligence (AI) to comb through piles of records to try to identify hundreds of thousands of Jewish people killed in the Holocaust whose names are missing from official memorials. More than six million Jews were murdered by the Nazis during the Second World War, a genocide commemorated across the world on Monday on Yom HaShoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day. In the build-up to those commemorations, staff at the Yad Vashem…

EVANSTON, Ill., May 06, 2024–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Given strong client adoption of its cloud-based platforms and products, ZS, a global management consulting and technology firm, announced today the launch of a dedicated ZS Platform and Products business unit formed to speed further innovation and expansion of its software-as-a-service (SaaS) offerings. Since introducing SaaS products over a decade ago, ZS has made strong investments in its analytics platforms, AI tools and cloud technology. ZS’s SaaS advancements have produced actionable insights for clients in industries ranging from life sciences to technology, food and beverage,…

If you’re curious about emerging tech, it’s harder to imagine a cooler job than Allison Duettmann’s. She’s the CEO of the Foresight Institute, a think tank founded in 1986 that’s devoted to advancing science and tech that’s arguably undervalued — fields like nanotechnology, space exploration, and harnessing cryptography to build safer AI. Allison Duettmann is speaker on the AI Stage at Consensus 2024, in Austin, Texas, May 29-31. Duettmann lives in the world of Big Future Ideas. She’s the coauthor of “Gaming the Future: Technologies for Intelligent Voluntary Cooperation”; she’s…

Researchers are developing artificial intelligence tools that use snapshots to help farmers identify pests and protect their crops. Larger image. Photo montage courtesy of Aditya Balu. AMES, Iowa – Iowa State University researchers developing large, vision-based artificial intelligence tools to identify and eventually recommend controls for agricultural pests are one of the first teams to win computing support from the new National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource Pilot. The award will provide the Iowa State researchers with one million “node hours” of supercomputing time on the $60 million Frontera supercomputer at…

You’re unlikely to see Berkshire Hathaway chairman Warren Buffett adding artificial intelligence stocks to his vast portfolio anytime soon. At the annual meeting of Berkshire shareholders on Saturday, Buffett fielded a question about AI’s impact on traditional industries, and said he didn’t know anything about the technology, but “that doesn’t mean I deny its existence or importance or anything of the sort.” One of AI’s applications that stuck out to the legendary investor: its potential utility for fraudsters. “When you think about the potential for scamming people … if I…

You’re unlikely to see Berkshire Hathaway chairman Warren Buffett adding artificial intelligence stocks to his vast portfolio anytime soon. At the annual meeting of Berkshire shareholders on Saturday, Buffett fielded a question about AI’s impact on traditional industries, and said he didn’t know anything about the technology, but “that doesn’t mean I deny its existence or importance or anything of the sort.” One of AI’s applications that stuck out to the legendary investor: its potential utility for fraudsters. “When you think about the potential for scamming people … if I…

Researchers develop new AI tool for fast and precise tissue analysis to support drug discovery and diagnostics May 6, 2024 Editors’ notes This article has been reviewed according to Science X’s editorial process and policies. Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content’s credibility: fact-checked peer-reviewed publication trusted source proofread by Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore Nature Genetics (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41588-024-01664-3″> BANKSY’s neighborhood-based feature augmentation strategy for clustering. Credit: Nature Genetics (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41588-024-01664-3 A team of scientists from A*STAR’s Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) and…

(Bloomberg) — Jones Lang LaSalle Inc.’s chief executive officer said demand is soaring for data centers as corporate America embraces artificial intelligence, creating a rare bright spot in a commercial-property market faced with rising office vacancies. Most Read from Bloomberg “It’s the hottest asset class at the moment,” CEO Christian Ulbrich said Monday in a Bloomberg Television interview. “When you believe in AI, the demand for data centers will only go up.” An AI spin on real estate adds to the technology’s emerging footprint in the US economy beyond the…

US Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall rode on an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Controlled F-16 Fighter Jet over the Californian Desert. It was only last month that Kendall made an announcement before the US Senate Appropriation Committee’s defense panel that he intended to fly this aircraft controlled by autonomous systems powered by AI. He flew to the Edwards Air Force Base, as per a report on Fox News. The F-16 was controlled by AI called Vista and it flew at a speed of over 550mph. There were also two other F-16’s…