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Unlocking AI’s Coding Edge Without the Compliance Headaches

Unlocking AI’s Coding Edge Without the Compliance Headaches

AI coding assistants boost developer productivity and code quality, but they can also introduce legal landmines, such as inadvertently incorporating open-source code with incompatible licenses. CIOs and IT leaders must proactively govern AI-generated code to mitigate IP risks and ensure responsible adoption throughout the software development lifecycle.
Weights But No Code: The Half-Truth of Open Models

Weights But No Code: The Half-Truth of Open Models

​In the AI gold rush, all that glitters is not “open.” Confusing open-weight models with open-source ones can lead to compliance missteps and missed innovation. CIOs must understand this difference to better align their IT strategy or risk steering their organization off course.
Unraveling the Local Loop: A Guide to Safer Locally Deployed AI

Unraveling the Local Loop: A Guide to Safer Locally Deployed AI

Organizations are increasingly adopting large language models (LLMs) to enhance operations and decision-making. While deploying these models locally offers significant advantages in terms of data sovereignty and control, it also presents unique security challenges that cannot be overlooked. IT executives who have, or are planning, a local LLM deployment should make sure it is implemented securely, ethically, and effectively to avoid data breaches and operational risks.
Transforming KYC with Self-Sovereign Identity: A Secure, Streamlined Future

Transforming KYC with Self-Sovereign Identity: A Secure, Streamlined Future

Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) systems can revolutionize identity management by enabling individuals to securely control and share their digital identities, reducing reliance on centralized providers. Discover how implementing SSI can enhance Know Your Customer (KYC) processes, boost security, and ensure compliance.
Revolutionize Your Cybersecurity Posture with Digital Twin Technology

Revolutionize Your Cybersecurity Posture with Digital Twin Technology

Cyberattacks are becoming more complex, prompting organizations to explore innovative solutions like digital twin technology. A digital twin is a virtual system replica that enables proactive cybersecurity threat detection and risk management. CISOs should consider integrating digital twin technology into their security frameworks to strengthen defences and stay ahead of evolving cyber threats.
Small Enterprises, Big AI: How to Use LLMs to Stop Financial Fraud

Small Enterprises, Big AI: How to Use LLMs to Stop Financial Fraud

Traditional fraud detection methods are resource-intensive and difficult to implement and maintain. Leveraging large language models (LLMs) offers a more efficient approach. LLMs can analyze vast amounts of data in real time, identifying fraud with less complexity. CIOs at SMEs should consider incorporating LLMs into their fraud detection systems to strengthen security while simplifying operations.
Hocus Promptus: Generating Images with a Click

Hocus Promptus: Generating Images with a Click

AI models facilitate the quick generation of images for websites, social media, applications, and more. AI-generated images save money compared to hiring a graphic designer who could charge US $60/hour. SMEs may be unable to hire a prompt engineer, but becoming adept in image generation only takes practice. IT leaders and marketing professionals in SMEs can look to AI image generation as a cost-effective strategy for marketing images.
Is The GQL Standard the Future of Property Graph Databases?

Is The GQL Standard the Future of Property Graph Databases?

Graph databases are excellent for storing large amounts of data and investigating the complex relationships between data. There are many existing property graph querying languages due to there being no accepted standard. The GQL standard for property graph databases, published in April 2024, is a contender to replace proprietary graph query languages. Read this article to get the information you need about this new standard and why it is important.
ChatGPT Edu: AI’s Charge Towards Higher Education

ChatGPT Edu: AI’s Charge Towards Higher Education

ChatGPT Edu aims to bring responsible AI use to educational institutions. Despite its security and privacy features, there are still concerns with ChatGPT Edu and other similar AI products. CIOs and education technologists can read this article to learn about ChatGPT Edu’s strengths and shortcomings.
The LLM Takeover: AI For All

The LLM Takeover: AI For All

AI is becoming a necessary software feature for vendors to stay relevant and ahead of their competition. One major issue with AI in software is the trust that your business data is private and protected. Without this trust, your data could be used by your software vendor or third parties to train their AI models. This article discusses how to manage software with AI to protect your data.