Always interesting.

https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2023-09-13-gartner-identifies-five-technologies-that-will-transform-the-digital-future-of-enterprises

Gartner Identifies Five Technologies That Will Transform the Digital Future of Enterprises

Gartner, Inc. today highlighted five technologies that will transform the digital future of organizations. They include digital humans, satellite communications, tiny ambient IoT, secure computation and autonomic robots.

Perspective.

https://fpf.org/blog/how-data-protection-authorities-are-de-facto-regulating-generative-ai/

HOW DATA PROTECTION AUTHORITIES ARE DE FACTO REGULATING GENERATIVE AI

Generative AI took the world by storm in the past year, with services like ChatGPT becoming “the fastest growing consumer application in history.” For generative AI applications to be trained and function immense amounts of data, including personal data, are necessary. It should be no surprise that Data Protection Authorities (‘DPAs’) were the first regulators around the world to take action, from opening investigations to actually issuing orders imposing suspension of the services where they found breaches of data protection law.

… Defined broadly, DPAs are supervisory authorities vested with the power to enforce comprehensive data protection law in their jurisdictions. In the past six months, as the popularity of generative AI was growing among consumers and businesses around the world, DPAs started opening investigations into how the providers of such services are complying with legal obligations related to how personal data are collected and used, as provided in their respective national data protection law. Their efforts are focusing currently on OpenAI as the provider of ChatGPT. Only two of the investigations have resulted until now in official enforcement action, be it preliminary, in Italy and South Korea. Here is a list of known open investigations, their timeline, and key concerns:

Useful?

https://www.bespacific.com/how-to-use-google-lens-on-the-iphone/

How to Use Google Lens on the iPhone

How to Geek: “What is Google Lens? – Google Lens is a neat little feature that can identify real-world objects, like signs, buildings, books, plants, and more using your phone’s camera. And it gives you more information about the object. It’s available in the Google Photos app, but if you don’t use Google Photos, you can now access Google Lens in the regular Google Search app. We’ll show you how to use Google Lens in both apps.”