VR live streaming immerses a viewer directly in an event. This immersion can increase online viewership and may boost profit. Technology leaders in media companies can use VR to elevate their live streams.
The transformative potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in local government operations is undeniable. AI offers opportunities to streamline processes, improve decision-making, and enhance public service delivery. Many local governments face challenges in implementing AI, including outdated legacy systems, data interoperability issues, and a lack of necessary digital skills within their organizations. These factors make it difficult for them to fully adopt and benefit from AI technologies. This article guides Data Officers and Tech Leaders within local governments on how to proactively adopt AI by assessing and modernizing their processes for seamless community benefits.
As Large Language Models (LLMs) become more integrated into business solutions, more instances of how they perpetuate social bias can be identified. Companies using LLMs must recognize that the model's output may reflect inherent biases, which can have adverse business implications. Developers and users of LLMs should implement bias mitigation strategies to ensure outputs align with organizational values.
Food security is affected by issues such as rising population, labor shortages, climate change, and pests. Decision makers in government and agriculture associations can use agriculture technology (Agtech) with AI to strengthen food security and make food production resilient to these issues in their country.
Natural disasters, such as Hurricane Beryl in July 2024 and Hurricane Helene in September 2024, destroy infrastructure and cripple telecommunication networks. This prevents disaster relief organizations from providing aid to those in need. Deployable systems can quickly restore telecommunications and improve public safety. Government officials tasked with emergency management must invest in deployable systems to make their country’s networks more resilient to natural disasters.
Cyberattacks on SMEs have surged, causing disruptions, financial losses, and potential business closures. Cyber insurance mitigates these impacts by covering risks like ransomware and data breaches. Business owners and security leaders must understand their coverage needs to obtain optimum cyber insurance and ensure business continuity.
As quantum computers threaten to break traditional cryptographic methods, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released the first post-quantum cryptography standards that offer crucial protection for digital infrastructure. Security experts should read this article to understand the urgency of transitioning to post-quantum cryptography and how to prepare their organizations for future cybersecurity challenges.
Cybersecurity software from vendors like CrowdStrike offers improved protection by having OS kernel access and using automatic updates to prevent zero-day attacks. This approach backfires when a bug is pushed in an update and the machine crashes due to errors at the kernel level. The CrowdStrike outage in July 2024 is an example of this issue. This downtime greatly affects operations and causes revenue loss. CISOs and IT cybersecurity teams can use agentless cybersecurity software to prevent such crashes.
Enterprise data loss threatens business continuity and wastes resources in an attempt to recover the data. A mobile-centric environment also suffers from these problems. Enterprise data on smartphones can be lost due to a successful cyberattack, a lost or stolen device, or damaged components. It is even common for software updates to brick phones or create malfunctions for services or components. IT managers must implement data redundancy measures for mobile devices to prevent business disruptions.
The European Union (EU) AI Act aims to foster trustworthy AI by mandating compliance from all enterprises, including SMEs. This Act impacts SMEs by requiring adherence to ethical guidelines and transparency, making it crucial to understand and navigate these regulations. The European Commission (EC) has released various provisions for SMEs and startups along with the AI Act to ease its effects, boost innovation and enable opportunities to assist these businesses with their compliance efforts. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) must understand these provisions and how to leverage them to foster innovation and ensure compliance.
