By Byron V. Acohido SAN FRANCISCO — The first rule of reporting is to follow the tension lines—the places where old assumptions no longer quite hold. Related: GenAI disrupting tech jobs I’ve been feeling that tension lately. Just arrived in the City by the Bay. Trekked here with some 40,000-plus cyber security pros and company … Read more
Generative AI (GenAI) is rapidly transforming the retail landscape in Asia/Pacific, offering chief operating officers (COOs) new opportunities to enhance operational efficiency and customer engagement. By 2027, 50% of retailers in the region are expected to adopt GenAI for product content creation, enabling dynamic personalisation, reducing content management costs by 30%, and improving conversion rates. … Read more
Ben Franklin famously said that there’s only two things certain in life — death and taxes — but were he a CIO, he likely would have added a third certainty: data growth. File data is not immune. The general rule of thumb is that file data will double every two to three years, and that … Read more
While adopting AI can be positive from a business efficiency and competitive standpoint, there’s a lack of acknowledgement regarding the dangers of these models. Recent research indicates that 67% of senior IT leaders are prioritizing GenAI for their organizations within the next 18 months. A third of these leaders (33%) consider it their top priority. … Read more
Being an academic is a vocation. We are not in it for the money (hopefully), but mostly (hopefully) for the impact that we can make on our students’ and colleagues’ lives, as well as to contribute to the process of healthy law and policy-making. It is a job with lots of responsibility, joys, surprises and … Read more