The European Commission has appointed a group of AI specialists to outline how businesses should comply with forthcoming AI regulations.
The group includes prominent figures like AI pioneer Yoshua Bengio, former UK government adviser Nitarshan Rajkumar, and Stanford University fellow Marietje Schaake.
Enterprises are becoming increasingly impressed by the robust security of Macs, and Apple is locking its platform down even more firmly with macOS Sequoia and a couple of changes to improve defenses against malware and “camfecting.” This reflects the company’s continued mission to ensure platform security by design. Gatekeeper empowerment The first change is the biggest. Apple’s Gatekeeper protection is designed to…
Announced in 2021, Microsoft Loop was officially rolled out to business customers in November 2023 and to individual users in June 2024. The new tool includes both text snippets that can be embedded in certain Microsoft 365 apps and a standalone app where employees can collaborate in shared workspaces. It’s a little hard to wrap…
Apple has once again tweaked its terms of business for developers as it continues to seek alignment with Europe’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) while looking to protect its business. The latest changes followed accusations from the European Commission that the conditions Apple had made so far to meet the DMA did not go far enough. Regulators felt the terms prevented developers from…
OpenAI said its project Strawberry has graduated to a new family of large language models (LLMs) that the company has christened OpenAI o1. The new family of models, which also includes an o1-mini version for cost efficiency, according to the company, can be differentiated from the latest GPT-4o models basis their reasoning abilities. “We’ve developed…
Lenovo expects increased demand for AI-powered PCs as enterprises aim to enhance productivity with new technology while upgrading outdated hardware and software, according to Amar Babu, the company’s Asia-Pacific president. “The technology itself is a key driver,” Babu said, noting that AI enables a personalized user experience that, once adopted, will lead to significant productivity…
Qualcomm is reportedly exploring the possibility of acquiring parts of Intel’s chip design business to enhance its product portfolio. This potential move comes as Intel faces financial difficulties, prompting the company to consider divesting certain business units and assets, according to a Reuters report. Qualcomm has been evaluating various parts of Intel’s design operations, with…