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USPTO denies OpenAI’s attempts to trademark ‘ChatGPT’ and ‘GPT’

GeekWire

Patent and Trademark Office, in separate decisions issued in early February, denied OpenAI’s applications to trademark “ChatGPT” and “GPT.” OpenAI’s brand guidelines currently prevent partners and developers from using “GPT” in their product or app names “because it confuses end users.”

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Avoiding Last-Mile Challenges for Remote Workers

CIO Business Intelligence

But there’s one catch we often hear regarding productivity, and that is inconsistent Internet connections that downgrade the experience, particularly while conducting conference calls or sharing material from a home office. Best Practice 2: Internet service is an essential utility for key employees. cellular, air-gapped systems, etc.)

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Seattle-area tech exec pleads guilty in scheme to obtain and launder $5.5M in PPP loans

GeekWire

submitted at least eight fraudulent PPP loan applications on behalf of six different companies to federally insured financial institutions. In support of the fraudulent loan applications, Mohan made numerous false and misleading statements about the companies’ respective business operations and payroll expenses, according to the DOJ.

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Steps CIOs should take to protect customer data in Nigeria’s open banking systems

CIO Business Intelligence

The regulations streamline how entities who handle customer banking information will secure their systems and share details within protected application program interfaces. The Operational Guidelines for Open Banking in Nigeria published by the CBN stress that customer data security is critical for the safety of the open banking model.

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Rocket Mortgage lays foundation for generative AI success

CIO Business Intelligence

Another genAI assistant developed by Rocket analyzes applicants’ employer names to ensure that employers that could be entered under various names are understood to be one and the same, vastly speeding up the decision-making process. For example, most people know Google and Alphabet are the same employer.

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YouTube has terminated five Myanmar military-run channels as political unrest continues

The Verge

We have terminated a number of channels and removed several videos from YouTube in accordance with our community guidelines and applicable laws,” a YouTube spokesperson tells The Verge. Prior to the coup, the company also terminated 34 channels used as “influence operations” during Myanmar’s election in 2020, according to Reuters.

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What IT leaders need to know about the EU AI Act

CIO Business Intelligence

The European Parliament voted in mid-March to approve the EU AI Act , the world’s first major piece of legislation that would regulate the use and deployment of artificial intelligence applications. The untargeted scraping of facial images from the internet or security footage to create facial recognition databases is also prohibited.