Ange Nash, Chief Information Officer at AA Insurance, and one of our top CIO50 New Zealand alumni, reflects on her career in technology and how to encourage more young women into the industry. Growing up in Taihape on an army base in Waiouru New Zealand, I was a typical rural kid, but with technology…
In my recent column, I delved into the challenges enterprises face in integrating AI into the workplace and outlined strategies for CISOs to monitor or control the use of AI effectively. The focus was on ensuring safe generative AI practices within organizations. Here are the key recommendations I provided: AI training implementation: Introduce AI training…
Generative AI’s outputs still reflect a considerable amount of gender and sexuality based bias, associating feminine names with traditional gender roles, generating negative content about gay subjects, and more besides, according to a new report from UNESCO’s International Research Centre on Artificial Intelligence. The report, published today, centered on several individual studies of bias, including…
The construction industry in many countries around the world is facing a labor shortage crisis. The workforce is aging, fewer young people are entering the field, and those who are working have to take on longer hours to meet the demand. The issue particularly acute in Japan, where strict overtime regulations started in 2024. For…
Social sustainability is good for business. It can help to unlock new markets, attract and retain customers, build trust and credibility, and spark innovation. And companies are taking it seriously: a recent NTT report found that more than 40 percent of executives surveyed said social sustainability is a top imperative for their C-suite and Board…
Greg Beltzer has been beta testing key generative AI technologies for the past six months and is eager to capitalize on them when released this spring. As head of technology for the US division of RBC Wealth Management, Beltzer says one feature in particular, Prompt Builder, will enable more than 2,100 advisors in RBC US’s…
The potential for generative AI copilots to transform businesses has created a lucrative opportunity for vendors vying to become the go-to platform for building AI assistants. On Wednesday, Salesforce unleashed its latest offering in the race for the prize with Einstein 1 Studio, a new set of low-code/no-code AI tools for accelerating the development of…
An expert on digital transformation, leadership, and innovation, John Rossman is the bestselling author of three books, including The Amazon Way, which translates Amazon’s leadership and tactics into actionable steps that businesses can apply to accelerate their digital transformations. He was an early Amazon executive himself, with key responsibilities in launching the Amazon Marketplace business…
Cybersecurity remains top priority for business and technology leaders alike. In collaboration with CyberWire, we help you to keep a pulse on the cybersecurity landscape by gathering some of the top movements and stories. ThreatHunter.ai Halts Hundreds of Attacks in the past 48 hours: Combating Ransomware and Nation-State Cyber Threats Head-On CyberWire ThreatHunter AI, an…
La quantità di aziende che hanno già implementato l’intelligenza artificiale generativa o che la stanno esplorando in modo attivo sta crescendo in maniera esponenziale. Se guardiamo al recente passato, nel novembre del 2022, il suo tasso di utilizzo era quasi, limitato com’era ai generatori di immagini o di testi, cioè gli unici strumenti allora disponibili.…