In a revolutionary move, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Commissioner Caroline D. Johnson has put forward a series of recommendations aimed at the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and decentralized finance (DeFi). This proposal marks a crucial moment for regulatory approaches to emerging technologies in the financial sector. Commissioner Johnson’s initiative not only outlines potential…

How is artificial intelligence reshaping the notion of original scholarship? How are faculty using the technology in their research and teaching, and what are administrators doing with the tools to streamline their work? A May 1 symposium convened by Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) considered the many ways AI is already changing the…

Artificial Intelligence (AI) swiftly transforms our digital space, exposing the potential for misuse by threat actors. Offensive or adversarial AI, a subfield of AI, seeks to exploit vulnerabilities in AI systems. Imagine a cyberattack so smart that it can bypass defense faster than we can stop it!  Offensive AI can autonomously execute cyberattacks, penetrate defenses,…

After having gone over a lot of the background of his journey with chatGPT and Open AI in a recent talk, Sam Altman also talked a little bit about how he envisions artificial superintelligence gaining ground. He described potential for either a “utopic” or “dystopic” scenario, with ever more powerful sentient engines having more foundational…

Protection from vandalism and burglary are always top-of-mind considerations when deciding to invest in a security system, but this is just scratching the surface when it comes to the myriad duties today’s advanced security systems can perform. Today’s systems have evolved considerably, transforming from a basic alarm system to an uber-intelligent, universal control system. With…

As part of NVIDIA’s AI Enterprise software available on AWS Marketplace, developers will gain access to an expanding AI model library through standard APIs. This integration with Amazon SageMaker and AWS ParallelCluster is designed to streamline deployment and management of machine learning models and high-performance computing clusters on AWS. Additionally, NIMs can be orchestrated using…

AUSTIN, Texas — Both houses of the Texas legislature are looking into potential implementation and regulation of artificial intelligence, with committee hearings to investigate the topic over the summer. On Monday, the House Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies held its preliminary hearing. In opening, committee chair Giovanni Capriglione, R-Southlake, played an audio…

GitHub Copilot stands as a market-leading AI-powered coding assistant. Engineered to enable developers to produce superior code with greater efficiency, Copilot operates on the foundation of OpenAI’s Codex language model. This model is trained on both natural language and a broad database of public code, allowing it to offer insightful suggestions. From completing entire lines…

Daniel Pereira is research director at OODA. He is a foresight strategist, creative technologist, and an information communication technology (ICT) and digital media researcher with 20+ years of experience directing public/private partnerships and strategic innovation initiatives.

Law enforcement agencies and prosecutors from Colorado to New York have turned to a little-known artificial intelligence tool in recent years to help investigate, charge and convict suspects accused of murder and other serious crimes. But as the software, called Cybercheck, has spread, defense lawyers have questioned its accuracy and reliability. Its methodology is opaque,…