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GeekWire Podcast: Amazon CTO Werner Vogels on the rapid progress of AI, and its impact on society

GeekWire

Amazon CTO Werner Vogels sits down for a wide-ranging conversation on the GeekWire Podcast at Amazon in Seattle, focusing on issues including AI and social responsibility. GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) Early versions of generative AI were “like a dancing bear,” says Werner Vogels , the Amazon chief technology officer.

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IDC Foundry India CIO Summit 2024: How CIOs Are Transitioning into the AI Era

CIO Business Intelligence

The stage is set, and the clocks are ticking down to India CIO Summit 2024, to be held at the JW Marriott, Aerocity in India’s capital New Delhi on March 14 and 15, 2024 by IDC and Foundry, heralding the theme, The Future of IT: Rethinking Digitalization for an AI Everywhere World.

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A growing pet project: Offleash’d raises fresh cash and integrates AI to connect animal lovers

GeekWire

” The Offleash’d app ( iOS and Android ) serves as a social community for “pet parents” interested in connecting, either as friends or for dates or group events. James said Offleash’d has about 3,500 existing members and users right now, and has attracted 60,000 community members across social platforms.

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Strategic planning: How CIOs can build the best possible future

CIO Business Intelligence

Futurists and strategic planners need to stop obsessing about technology end-points and become adept at the twin interrelated skills of situation analysis and world building. Situation analysis involves diagnostically fleshing out the psycho-social-economic reality of the present — how we think, how we live, how we interact, how we work.

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MIT Report Spotlights Triple Threat Fueling Data Breach Tsunami

SecureWorld News

These three primary drivers are consistent with what I've been reading in the recent '2024 Data Breach Investigations Report' [ downloadable with a form submission ]. Attackers use this data for further attacks, like social engineering or deep fake audio and video attacks. So, it's not as simple as a Triple Threat.

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10 proyectos punteros para los responsables de TI

CIO Business Intelligence

Casi la mitad (49%) de los líderes de TI que respondieron al estudio de Foundry 2024 State of the CIO afirman que esperan desempeñar un papel más estratégico en los próximos años, mientras que otro 36% prevé un mayor énfasis en las responsabilidades de transformación. Otros informes ofrecen resultados similares.

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Serial entrepreneur Gaurav Oberoi strikes again: Lexion’s sale to Docusign shows methodical approach to building startups

GeekWire

“That social validation felt good. ” Diligent discernment From left: Lexion CTO and co-founder Emad Elwany; CEO and co-founder Gaurav Oberoi; and Chief Legal Officer Jessica Nguyen. I had this unique skill where I could make this widget, and people like the widget. That’s fun.” ”

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