Microsoft has opened up the OpenAI-enabled features in Bing, which were previously available as a limited preview. The expanded preview comes just days after the company rolled out new pricing for Bing API, which has seen a licence fee hike for developers who want to use Bing’s service in their own systems. The open […]
Artificial intelligence (AI) might be getting a lot of press at the moment, but let’s cut through the hype and look at where the field really is today. Currently, all AIs are what is known as weak AI – that is, they can only solve problems in one domain. Strong AI – artificial intelligence […]
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has begun an initial consultation looking into competition and consumer protection considerations in the development and use of artificial intelligence (AI) foundation models. The development of AI touches on a number of important issues, including safety, security, copyright, privacy and human rights, as well as the ways markets […]
Technology decision-makers across the UK and Ireland are increasingly prioritising spending their budgets on cloud-based IT projects, with half of those respondents to a TechTarget/Computer Weekly poll describing their organisations as operating on a “cloud-first” basis. That’s one of the key findings of the UK and Ireland-focused segment of the TechTarget/Computer Weekly IT Priorities […]
Google has rolled out a passkey option that people can use to sign into its services alongside traditional authentication methods, and proclaimed a major step towards a “passwordless future”. Released in advance of the annual World Password Day security marketing jamboree, the Google passkey is the culmination of a year-long, multi-party effort between Apple, […]
Age UK wants banks to accelerate the creation of physical banking hubs as research shows 40% of over-65s don’t bank online. As high street banks continue to shutter branches at a rapid rate, the charity for the old has warned of “banking deserts” that could see over four million Brits at risk of financial […]
The Welsh government has today launched a Cyber Action Plan for Wales, outlining four priorities to bolster the country’s cyber security resilience and industry, and bringing together government, industry, academia and law enforcement. Part of the Digital Strategy for Wales, which set out to create more user-friendly services and a stronger digital economy, the […]
Video-sharing social media platform TikTok has fixed a potentially dangerous vulnerability in its application that could have allowed a malicious actor to view and monitor user activity on mobile and desktop devices. Discovered by red teamers working at Imperva – a supplier of data protection offerings – the bug was caused by a window […]
A national anti-fraud strategy, launched today, will target digitally enabled fraud and scams, taking the fight to the criminal underground and stopping fraudsters from ever reaching their victims, the government has claimed. Earlier today, prime minister Rishi Sunak tabled a number of key measures designed to make it harder for criminals to use modern […]
Data classification is an essential pre-requisite to data protection, security and compliance. Firms need to know where their data is and the types of data they hold. Organisations also need to classify data to ensure it has the right level of protection and whether it is stored on the most suitable type of storage […]