Monday, March 15, 2021

Even if only used as tripwires this would be worth while.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/14/us/politics/us-hacks-china-russia.html

White House Weighs New Cybersecurity Approach After Failure to Detect Hacks



(Related) Does Congress know that Covid is not a computer virus?

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cyber-microsoft-exclusive-idUSKBN2B713L

Exclusive: Microsoft could reap more than $150 million in new U.S. cyber spending, upsetting some lawmakers

Microsoft stands to receive nearly a quarter of Covid relief funds destined for U.S. cybersecurity defenders, sources told Reuters, angering some lawmakers who don’t want to increase funding for a company whose software was recently at the heart of two big hacks.

Congress allocated the funds at issue in the COVID relief bill signed on Thursday after two enormous cyberattacks leveraged weaknesses in Microsoft products to reach into computer networks at federal and local agencies and tens of thousands of companies.





Privacy? What privacy?

https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/15/22327854/match-group-garbo-tinder-background-check-update?scrolla=5eb6d68b7fedc32c19ef33b4

Tinder will soon let you run a background check on a potential date

Only a last name or phone number needed

Tinder and other Match Group-owned apps are going to let their users run background checks on possible dates. The company announced an investment in Garbo, a nonprofit that looks to allow people to run background checks with only their first name and phone number or full name. The investment, of which Match didn’t disclose the amount, will help make the group’s tech available to Match’s users, starting with the company’s most popular app: Tinder.

This means Tinder users will be able to vet their dates with details like their arrest record or history of violence.





Are these auditors saying it takes an AI to audit AI?

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/deloitte-ai-institute-teams-chatterbox-123000280.html

Deloitte AI Institute Teams With Chatterbox Labs to Ensure Ethical Application of AI

The Deloitte AI Institute, a Center that focuses on applied Artificial Intelligence (AI) research, eminence and innovation across industries, today announced it is collaborating with Chatterbox Labs to develop Model Insights technology for Trustworthy AI, a Deloitte-branded solution that helps organizations address AI ethics by monitoring, updating and validating their AI models.

Deloitte's recent "State of AI in the Enterprise third edition study of enterprise AI adopters, found that 95% of respondents expressed concerns around ethical risks for their AI initiatives. To help companies proactively address AI ethics, the Deloitte AI Institute developed its Trustworthy AI™ framework,, which provides a guide for organizations on how to apply AI responsibly within their businesses and manage common risks and challenges related to AI ethics.





Always interesting.

https://venturebeat.com/2021/03/14/gartners-2021-magic-quadrant-cites-glut-of-innovation-in-data-science-and-ml/

Gartner’s 2021 Magic Quadrant cites ‘glut of innovation’ in data science and ML

Gartner’s Magic Quadrant report on data science and machine learning (DSML) platform companies assesses what it says are the top 20 vendors in this fast-growing industry segment.

Gartner says AI is still “overhyped” but notes that the COVID-19 pandemic has made investments in DSML more practical.

… There remains a “glut of compelling innovations” and visionary roadmaps, Gartner says. This is an adolescent market, where vendors are heavily focused on innovation and differentiation, rather than pure execution. Gartner said key areas of differentiation include UI, augmented DSML (AutoML), MLOps, performance and scalability, hybrid and multicloud support, XAI, and cutting-edge use cases and techniques (such as deep learning, large-scale IoT, and reinforcement learning).



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