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2018 Call for Code Winner Project OWL advances its natural disaster communication network

IBM Big Data Hub

Formed in 2018 to compete in the inaugural Call for Code Global Challenge — which it won — Project OWL is a global team of entrepreneurs focused on creating radically cost-effective and easy to use aerospace technologies. During our test, we proved 915mhz LoRa communications at high altitude on atmospheric weather balloons.

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6 business risks of shortchanging AI ethics and governance

CIO Business Intelligence

Even if the AI apocalypse doesn’t come to pass, shortchanging AI ethics poses big risks to society — and to the enterprises that deploy those AI systems. The following real-world implementation issues highlight prominent risks every IT leader must account for in putting together their company’s AI deployment strategy.

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Agile Technology and Big Data Improve the State of Cybersecurity

Smart Data Collective

The risk of data breaches is rising sharply. The number increased 56% between 2017 and 2018. Cybersecurity experts are using data analytics and AI to identify warning signs that a firewall has been penetrated, conduct risk scoring analyses and perform automated cybersecurity measures.

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The Countdown to DORA

CIO Business Intelligence

In fact, under DORA, the complexity of the supply chain or the lack of EU presence are both considered risk factors. Financial institutions accustomed to a regulatory environment primarily designed to assess financial risk and stability will now have to take the potential risk posed by their ICT operations just as seriously.

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Private cloud makes its comeback, thanks to AI

CIO Business Intelligence

As we are testing and dipping our toes in the water with AI, we are choosing to keep that as private as possible,” he says, noting that the public cloud has the horsepower needed for many LLMs of today but his company has the option of adding GPUs if needed via its privately owned Dell equipment. We have no choice. Semple says.

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How Genetic Algorithms and Machine Learning Apply to Investments

Smart Data Collective

Modern machine learning and back-testing; how quant hedge funds use it. This is according to Barclay Hedge founder and President Sol Waksman in his July 2018 statement. Similarly, hedge funds often use modern machine learning and back-testing to analyze their quant models. Machine learning tests. Pre-train tests.

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How Italian CIOs produce value with gen AI

CIO Business Intelligence

Having overcome the initial perplexity about ChatGPT, Maffei tested gen AI in coding activity and found great benefits. The evolution of the chatbot For Alpitour World, the first experiments with traditional AI date back to 2018, conducted in an internal IT laboratory and in a protected research context.