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What The C-Suite Needs To Know About The Annual Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community

Every year the US intelligence community produces a succinct report designed to provide a high level overview of threats. This is issued to coincide with testimony by the Director of National Intelligence and the biggest agencies of the IC, CIA, DIA, NSA and FBI. This year’s report follows a theme that the world is growing…
Leadership, Management, Decisionmaking and Intelligence

We continue our effort to underscore certain patterns and themes found throughout the OODAcast library of over 80 conversations with leaders and decision-makers, on topics such as leadership, empowering a team, finding the right people, clear decision-making while operating in a low information environment, the qualities and best practices of a true leader, the future…
The Putin Profile: Takeaways from our Interview with a CIA, FBI, and Military Psychologist

Today we recorded an OODAcast with long time colleague Dr. Scott Shumate who has 33 years of national security experience with both the Central Intelligence Agency as an undercover operations officer and the Department of Defense with the Counterintelligence Field Activity as a Senior Executive level director of Behavioral Science support to the departments investigative…
Open-Source Intelligence Resources: The UNHRC Operational Data Portal – Ukrainian Refugees

Human Rights Council is an inter-governmental body within the United Nations system responsible for strengthening the promotion and protection of human rights around the globe and for addressing situations of human rights violations and making recommendations on them. The Operational Data Portal (ODP) was created in 2011 to enable UNHCR’s institutional responsibility to provide any…
Intelligence Gathering Tools and Analysis, Strategic Thinking and Uncertainty

We continue our effort to underscore certain patterns and themes found throughout the OODAcast library of over 80 conversations with leaders and decision-makers, on topics such as leadership, empowering a team, finding the right people, clear decision-making while operating in a low information environment, the qualities and best practices of a true leader, the future…
Open-Source Intelligence Resources: Bellingcat and the Russia-Ukraine Monitor Map

Bellingcat (an innovative open-source investigative journalism network and business model) has been in our research arsenal for a while – ripe for a post to introduce our readers to their tools, investigations, and innovative approach to networked journalism. The war in Europe has now put Bellingcat in the spotlight, based on the growing popularity of…
Ukraine-Russia War Threat to Space Security Update

The space security and space war aspects of the current Russian invasion of Ukraine have manifested in various ways since the beginning of the war. However, it was preceded by months of build-up, as massive military vehicle parks were created at various places along the Russian and Belarusian borders – all viewed from space. The…
Russia Is Not Following Its Own Blueprint for Success in Cyberspace Against Ukraine

More than a week into its invasion of Ukraine, by many accounts the Russian military effort is not going as well as expected. Some movements have stalled, impacting Russian force supplies and prompting a 40-mile convoy to address these shortcomings. There is a general consensus Moscow has miscalculated its ability in winning the conflict quickly,…
Project Hamilton: The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and The MIT Digital Currency Initiative

Based on the recent release of our Web3 Cyber Incident Database, we continue with our brief survey of crypto and digital currency initiatives from around the globe, all of which are officially sanctioned to enhance national competitive advantage. Today we provide an analysis of the major central bank digital currency (CBDC) initiative in the U.S.,…
The Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Perspectives for the C-Suite Decision-Maker

As we have previously mentioned, the Russian aggression against Ukraine will have impacts far beyond the region. All companies and all government organizations (including those at local and state levels) should evaluate the potential impact of these hostilities on operations. This post is the next in a series of reports on this threat and mitigation…
A No Hype Assessment On Starlink Security In Combat Environments: There are risks and mitigation measures

The full Starlink system is an incredible capability. High quality engineering was applied to reimagine the every component of the architecture, including ground stations to control the architecture, satellites which communicate with each other and the ground, and new terminals with advanced antennas that can track satellites without need for a gimbal. The ground element…
Goodbye to All That

The conflict in Ukraine has validated a number of assumptions cyberspace strategy and intelligence thinkers have been promulgating for over 20 years. The use of cyber attacks in conjunction with the traditional components of armed conflict, for example. Likewise, the involvement of “patriotic hackers” in an armed conflict, with or without the approval of the…
Chinese Company Outs U.S. Cyber Espionage and Sends a Message

In late February 2022, Qi An Pangu Lab, a Chinese cybersecurity company, “declassified” technical details of a cyber espionage campaign allegedly perpetrated by an elite hacking group working under the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA). Per the company’s findings, these state actors dubbed the “Equation Group” by the cybersecurity community created an advanced backdoor that…
Full Log4Shell Attack Chain-Enabled Conti Ransomware Gang Supports Russia; Ukrainian Gang Member Retaliates

In early February, a cybercrime crackdown by Russian authorities included the arrest of members of the REvil gang. Overall, follow-up reports suggested a growing sentiment that the Russian authorities were out to optimize the appeasement value to the U.S. of the arrests. We later suggested that the REvil Gang arrest was possibly a false flag…
Cyber Incident Reporting Rule for Critical Infrastructure Approved by U.S. Senate

Hours before the State of the Union address, the Senate unanimously passed the Strengthening American Cybersecurity Act, which is actually various bills that have now been made into one piece of legislation. Months ago, the measures had previously been removed from the annual defense policy bill.

Briefs

Apple and Google Launch Cross-Platform Feature to Detect Unwanted Bluetooth Tracking Devices

On Monday, Apple and Google officially announced the release of a new feature that notifies Android and iOS users is a Bluetooth tracking device is being used to track them. According to a joint statement made by the companies, the new feature “will help mitigate the misuse of devices designed to help keep track of…
Europol Investigating Breach After Hacker Offers to Sell Classified Data

Europol is launching an investigation following the announcement by a black hat hacker offering to sell classified data allegedly stolen from Europol systems. On May 10, the hacker known as IntelBroker declared that he had gained access to Europol systems and had stolen classified, For Official Use Only (FOUO) data. This classified data includes personal…
West, Russia manage limited cooperation in Arctic despite chill in ties

In March, Arctic nations conducted a simulation of a large oil spill as part of a virtual training exercise just off of northern Norway. Russia also participated in the simulation, signifying cooperation between the West and Russia in the polar region. Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, relations between the West and…
Russia puts submarine-launched Bulava intercontinental missile into service

On Tuesday, Russian state media announced the introduction of its submarine-launched Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile to its nuclear arsenal. Since the inception of the war in Ukraine, Putin has warned against direct intervention by NATO troops with potential consequences including nuclear conflict. In March, Putin declared that Russia’s nuclear forces were “technically ready” for such…
OpenAI could debut a multimodal AI digital assistant soon

OpenAI has been showing some of its customers a new multimodal AI model that can both talk to you and recognize objects, according to a new report from The Information. Citing unnamed sources who’ve seen it, the outlet says this could be part of what the company plans to show on Monday. The new model…
UAE Releases New Falcon AI Model to Challenge Meta, OpenAI

A research arm of the Abu Dhabi government has released an updated version of Falcon, its artificial intelligence model, that a senior official said outperforms rivals and proves the emirate is a “serious player” in the global AI race. Falcon is a large language model like OpenAI’s GPT and Google’s Gemini — computing systems that power…
Why Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen is confident we’ll all adapt to AI

Today, I’m talking with Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen. Shantanu’s been at the top of my list of people I’ve wanted to talk to for the show since we first launched — he’s led Adobe for nearly 17 years now, but he doesn’t do too many wide-ranging interviews. I’ve always thought Adobe was an underappreciated company…
Exploration-focused training lets robotics AI immediately handle new tasks

Reinforcement-learning algorithms in systems like ChatGPT or Google’s Gemini can work wonders, but they usually need hundreds of thousands of shots at a task before they get good at it. That’s why it’s always been hard to transfer this performance to robots. You can’t let a self-driving car crash 3,000 times just so it can…
Gen AI Has Already Taken the World by Storm. Just Wait Until It Gets a Quantum Boost

When Lawrence Gasman was looking for a PhD topic back in the 1970s, computing labs were already abuzz with smart people proposing clever studies in artificial intelligence. “But the problem was we had nothing to run them on,” he says. “The processors needed just didn’t exist.” It took half a century for computing power to…
Ukraine’s Military Chief Admits ‘Difficult Situation’ in Kharkiv Region

Ukraine’s military chief has admitted his forces are facing a “difficult situation” in the northeastern region of Kharkiv, where thousands of people have fled their homes as Russian forces continue to advance. The intense battles have forced at least one Ukrainian unit to withdraw, leaving behind more land to Russian forces across less defended settlements…
About 300,000 Gazans Have Fled Rafah, U.N. Says

The main United Nations agency aiding Palestinians in Gaza said early Sunday that about 300,000 people had fled over the past week from Rafah. The Israeli government issued new evacuation orders in Rafah and elsewhere in Gaza, deepening fears that the Israeli military was preparing to invade the city despite international warnings. The World Food…
Blinken Says U.S. Has Not Ruled Out Withholding More Military Aid From Israel

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken stated that the United States has not ruled out withholding more military support to Israel’s campaign against Hamas if Israel undertakes a major attack on Rafah. Last week, the White House imposed a delay on the delivery of 3,500 bombs out of concern over the potential harm to civilians…
FBCS Collection Agency Data Breach Impacts 2.7 Million

Debt collection agency Financial Business and Consumer Solutions (FBCS) says the personal information of 2.7 million was impacted in the recent data breach. FBCS revealed that it has identified 724,000 affected individuals. The compromised personal information includes names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and account information. FBCS says it secured the impacted systems immediately…
Exploited Chrome Zero-Day Patched by Google

A Chrome 124 update patches the second Chrome zero-day that has been found to be exploited in malicious attacks in 2024. The zero-day is tracked as CVE-2024-4671 and it has been described by Google as a high-severity use-after-free bug in the Visuals component. No information is available on the attacks exploiting CVE-2024-4671, but Chrome vulnerabilities…
Healthcare Giant Ascension Hacked, Hospitals Diverting Emergency Service

Ascension, a non-profit that runs one of the largest healthcare systems in the United States, is scrambling to contain a cyberattack that is currently causing disruption and “downtime procedures” at hospitals around the country. Ascension has about 142,000 employees managing hundreds of hospitals and 40 senior living facilities across the United States. The healthcare giant…
How dependent is China on US artificial intelligence technology?

The Biden administration plans to put guardrails on U.S.-developed artificial intelligence (AI) models that power popular chatbots like ChatGPT to safeguard the technology from countries such as China and Russia, Reuters has reported. But China in the past year has built its own domestic generative AI industry and has been urging its companies to avoid…
OpenAI could unveil its Google search competitor on Monday

OpenAI is reportedly gearing up to announce a search product powered by artificial intelligence on Monday that could threaten Google’s dominance. That target date, provided to Reuters by “two sources familiar with the matter,” would time the announcement a day before Google kicks off its annual I/O conference, which is expected to focus on the…
Tech Titans, Startups Bet Big Bucks on AI’s Future

Tech giants and startups are investing billions in AI infrastructure, training and development, with Microsoft planning a $3.3 billion AI data center in Wisconsin, startup Atlan raising $105 million for its AI-ready data stack, and Mistral AI seeking funds at a $6 billion valuation for open-source language models, underscoring the high stakes in the race…
Robot dogs armed with AI-aimed rifles undergo US Marines Special Ops evaluation

The United States Marine Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC) is currently evaluating a new generation of robotic “dogs” developed by Ghost Robotics, with the potential to be equipped with gun systems from defense tech company Onyx Industries, reports The War Zone. While MARSOC is testing Ghost Robotics’ quadrupedal unmanned ground vehicles (called “Q-UGVs” for short)…
Apple might bring AI transcription to Voice Memos and Notes

Apple’s plans for AI on the iPhone could bring real-time transcription to its Voice Memos and Notes apps, according to a report from AppleInsider. The new feature is expected to arrive with iOS 18 and will reportedly let you see a running transcription of your audio recordings in either app. While Notes currently doesn’t let…
Accenture Lands $789 Million Contract to Bolster U.S. Navy Cybersecurity

Accenture Federal Services, a subsidiary of Accenture (NYSE: ACN), has secured a $789 million contract from the U.S. Navy to enhance cybersecurity across maritime forces globally as part of the SHARKCAGE initiative. The contract aims to establish a unified and continuous security perimeter for the Navy’s networks and systems. Accenture will collaborate closely with the…
500,000 Impacted by Ohio Lottery Ransomware Attack

The Ohio Lottery disclosed this week that a cyberattack conducted by the ransomware group DragonForce last year has affected over half a million individuals. The breach, revealed in December 2023, led to the shutdown of certain systems by the Ohio Lottery to contain the incident. DragonForce claimed responsibility for the attack and released over 90…
Exploited Chrome Zero-Day Patched by Google

Google released Chrome 124 update, addressing a zero-day vulnerability, CVE-2024-4671, which the company stated is being actively exploited in the wild. The vulnerability, classified as a high-severity use-after-free bug in the Visuals component, was reported by an anonymous researcher on May 7 and promptly patched within two days. While details on any bug bounty remain…
Healthcare Giant Ascension Hacked, Hospitals Diverting Emergency Service

Ascension, a major healthcare provider in the United States, is grappling with a significant cyberattack affecting various computer systems, including electronic health records and patient communication portals. The attack, discovered on May 8, has prompted the activation of downtime procedures and the suspension of non-emergent elective procedures across several hospitals. Emergency medical services have been…
Philippines, US Simulate Mock Invasions in Largest Ever War Games

Troops from the United States and the Philippines have launched Javelin missiles and fired howitzers to simulate repelling a maritime invasion along the coast of the South China Sea, in a show of force capping joint war games held in China’s maritime backyard. They capped the largest ever Balikatan, or “shoulder-to-shoulder,” joint military exercises between…
Key Takeaways from China’s Xi European Tour to France, Serbia and Hungary

Chinese President Xi Jinping has concluded a five-day tour of Europe, after visiting France, Serbia and Hungary, where he touted Beijing’s vision of a multipolar world and held talks on trade, investments, and Russia’s war in Ukraine. Xi’s main aim with the visit, analysts say, was pushing for a world where the United States is…
Gaza Ceasefire Talks End With No Deal as Israel Ramps Up Rafah Attacks

The Israeli military has ramped up its attacks in Rafah, and hit Gaza City while crippling humanitarian aid operations across the Palestinian territory as ceasefire talks ended without a deal. 110,000 Palestinians have fled Rafah. Israeli troops are advancing in the east of the city in close combat operations and conducting air raids. Earlier this…
Breach Grows Between Biden and Israel’s Leaders Over Rafah Invasion

Israeli leaders declared on Thursday that they would not be deterred by President Biden’s threat to withhold more arms shipments if the military launched a major assault on densely populated areas of Rafah. Their comments made clear the widening rift between Israel and the United States over the war and the prospect of a full-scale…
Alibaba rolls out latest version of its large language model to meet robust AI demand

Alibaba Cloud said on Thursday it released the latest version of its large language model after more than 90,000 deployments by companies. Jingren Zhou, chief technology officer of Alibaba Cloud, said in a statement the firm has seen “many creative applications of the models from across the industries,” including consumer electronics and gaming. “We look…
Game Theory Can Make AI More Correct and Efficient

Imagine you had a friend who gave different answers to the same question, depending on how you asked it. “What’s the capital of Peru?” would get one answer, and “Is Lima the capital of Peru?” would get another. You’d probably be a little worried about your friend’s mental faculties, and you’d almost certainly find it…
DeepMind is experimenting with a nearly indestructible robot hand

A new robot hand provides extremely fast and flexible finger movements, while also being tough enough to survive intense damage. That durability helps the hand, which is already being used in Google DeepMind’s robotics experiments, during the trial-and-error learning required to train artificial intelligence. This latest robotic hand developed by the UK-based Shadow Robot Company…
ChatGPT maker OpenAI exploring how to ‘responsibly’ make AI erotica

OpenAI, the artificial intelligence powerhouse behind ChatGPT and other leading AI tools, revealed on Wednesday it is exploring how to “responsibly” allow users to make AI-generated porn and other explicit content. The revelation, tucked in an extensive document intended to gather feedback on the rules for its products, troubled some observers, given the number of…
New AI search engine Upend emerges from stealth, powered by 100 LLMs

As Google and Microsoft continue to revamp their search engines with generative AI models, smaller players are going in all to challenge them with their AI-first offerings. Case in point: Upend, a Canadian startup that has just emerged from stealth to empower students and professionals with gen AI search driven by some of the best…
Iran warns it will change nuclear doctrine if ‘existence threatened’

Iran could be pushed into building a nuclear weapon if Israel threatens its existence, an adviser to the country’s supreme leader has warned. “We have no decision to build a nuclear bomb but should Iran’s existence be threatened, there will be no choice but to change our military doctrine,” said Kamal Kharrazi, an adviser to…
Biden Says the U.S. Will Not Supply Israel With Weapons to Attack Rafah

If Israel launches a long-threatened assault in southern Gaza, President Biden said he would block the delivery of weapons that could be fired into densely populated areas of Rafah, where more than a million Palestinians are sheltering. However, Mr. Biden said the United States would still ensure Israel’s security, including the Iron Dome missile defense…
Tens of Thousands Have Fled Rafah Since Monday, U.N. Says

Tens of thousands of people have fled since an Israeli call this week to evacuate part of the southern Gazan city of Rafah, as Israeli airstrikes intensify and fears grow that an incursion by Israeli ground forces to take over a border crossing could lead to a full-scale invasion. Israel on Monday began what it…
Global Ransomware Crisis Worsens

Ransomware and extortion incidents surged by 67% in 2023, according to NTT Security Holdings’ 2024 Global Threat Intelligence Report. More than 5,000 ransomware victims were detected or posted across multiple social channels, up from approximately 3,000 in 2022. Critical infrastructure, supply chain, and financial services face the most risk. Threat actors continue to exploit vulnerabilities…
CISA Announces CVE Enrichment Project ‘Vulnrichment’

On Wednesday, the US cybersecurity agency CISA announced a new project that aims to add important information to CVE records in an effort to help organizations improve their vulnerability management processes. The project is named Vulnrichment and its goal is the enrichment of public CVE records. CISA says the information added as part of the…
Most FTX account holders will get their money back after bankruptcy

Nearly all account holders of the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX are in line to receive cash worth more than 100 per cent of their official claims, according to a plan of reorganisation filed in court on Tuesday night. FTX said it had gathered roughly $15bn, mostly from selling venture capital investments made by the exchange…
OpenAI reportedly wants to enter the search market

OpenAI has designs to take on Google in the search market. The AI startup is even hiring Google employees to pull off the feat, according to a new report. OpenAI is secretly building a new search platform that would directly compete with Google Search and Microsoft’s Bing, Bloomberg is reporting, citing a person who claims to…
Google Unveils A.I. for Predicting Behavior of Human Molecules

Artificial intelligence is giving machines the power to generate videos, write computer code and even carry on a conversation. It is also accelerating efforts to understand the human body and fight disease. On Wednesday, Google DeepMind, the tech giant’s central artificial intelligence lab, and Isomorphic Labs, a sister company, unveiled a more powerful version of…
Nvidia and Alphabet’s Intrinsic aim to revolutionize next-gen robotics

Nvidia and Alphabet’s Intrinsic have teamed up to show off advancements in robotic grasping and industrial scalability. The companies said that the landscape of robotics will further change with the integration of new AI and platform technologies. At the Automate trade show in Chicago this week, Intrinsic is unveiling advances in robotic grasping and industrial…
US eyes curbs on China’s access to AI software behind apps like ChatGPT

The Biden administration is poised to open up a new front in its effort to safeguard U.S. AI from China with preliminary plans to place guardrails around the most advanced AI Models, the core software of artificial intelligence systems like ChatGPT, sources said. The Commerce Department is considering a new regulatory push to restrict the…
Vladimir Putin: Russia’s modern-day tsar sworn in for fifth term

Vladimir Putin has been sworn in for his fifth term as Russia’s president, a stark contrast to his initial pledges to preserve democracy and nurture the country. Over his tenure, Putin has increasingly centralized power, curtailed dissent, and engaged in conflicts such as the ongoing war in Ukraine. Despite widespread international concern, Putin maintains strong…
Kim family’s master propagandist dies at 94

North Korea’s former propaganda chief, Kim Ki Nam, has passed away at 94, attributed to age-related complications for which he had been receiving treatment since 2022. Known for fostering the Kim dynasty’s personality cult, he played a pivotal role in shaping North Korea’s messaging over decades. Despite his family name’s commonality, he had no blood…
Brazil floods: ‘We’ve never experienced anything like it’

Southern Brazil is grappling with unprecedented flooding and river overflow, deemed the worst natural disaster in Rio Grande do Sul’s history. With 95 fatalities and over 130 missing, approximately 1.4 million individuals have been affected, facing challenges in accessing clean water. Torrential rains submerged towns, including Porto Alegre, where 80% of the population lacks running…
German politician attacked in library as violence spreads

German politician Franziska Giffey, a former mayor of Berlin and member of the centre-left SPD, was attacked in a local library by a man wielding a bag filled with hard contents. This incident is part of a recent string of assaults on politicians and campaign workers in Germany, particularly in eastern regions. Last Friday, Matthias…
Android Update Patches Critical Vulnerability

This week, Google released a series of security updates for Android, addressing a total of 26 vulnerabilities, including a critical-severity flaw in the System component (CVE-2024-23706) affecting Android 14. This bug could potentially allow attackers to escalate their privileges on vulnerable devices, as noted in Google’s advisory. The updates include patches for various components such…
Brandywine Realty Trust Hit by Ransomware

Last week, Philadelphia-based real estate firm Brandywine Realty Trust (NYSE: BDN) experienced a ransomware attack that disrupted some of its business applications, as disclosed in a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Monday. The incident, which occurred on May 1, involved unauthorized access to portions of its IT environment, where file-encrypting…
Healthcare Cybersecurity Firm Blackwell Raises $13 Million

Blackwell Security, a cybersecurity solutions provider focused on the healthcare sector, has secured $13 million in funding in a round led by General Catalyst and Rally Ventures. This investment will support the expansion of Blackwell’s Managed Healthcare Extended Detection and Response (MHXDR) solution and its offerings in the US market. Blackwell’s MHXDR platform integrates various…
New ‘TunnelVision’ Technique Leaks Traffic From Any VPN System

Leviathan Security Group has issued a warning about a new VPN bypass technique called TunnelVision, which exploits a DHCP design flaw (CVE-2024-3661) to redirect VPN traffic off the tunnel and onto the local network. By manipulating route tables, attackers can force traffic through their own DHCP server, intercepting and potentially modifying it. This technique, termed…
Defense think tank MITRE to build AI supercomputer with Nvidia

A key supplier to the Pentagon and U.S. intelligence agencies is building a $20 million supercomputer with buzzy chipmaker Nvidia to speed deployment of artificial intelligence capabilities across the U.S. federal government, the MITRE think tank said Tuesday. MITRE, a federally funded, not-for-profit research organization that has supplied U.S. soldiers and spies with exotic technical…
Apple’s new M4 chip is focused on AI

Apple’s next-generation chip, the M4, is coming to the new iPad Pro. The new OLED iPad Pro models will include the upgraded chip, which is focused on improving performance for AI-related tasks in iPadOS. During an event on Tuesday, Apple focused heavily on the M4’s AI capabilities. A new neural engine makes it “an outrageously…
Nvidia’s DrEureka outperforms humans in training robotics systems

Large language models (LLMs) can accelerate the training of robotics systems in super-human ways, according to a new study by scientists at Nvidia, the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Texas, Austin. The study introduces DrEureka, a technique that can automatically create reward functions and randomization distributions for robotics systems. DrEureka stands for Domain…
Gen AI Pricing Changes In 2024

There seems to be a disconnect between the forward-looking communications by CEOs or other senior people and what we see actually happening in enterprises. Almost every CEO says generative AI will be hugely transformative. It will restructure business. There is a lot in the press with examples of firms making big investments in generative AI. But…
OpenAI says it’s building a tool to let content creators ‘opt out’ of AI training

OpenAI says that it’s developing a tool to let creators better control how their content’s used in training generative AI. Called Media Manager, the tool — once it’s released — will allow creators and content owners to identify their works to OpenAI and specify how they want those works to be included or excluded from AI…
Apple Is Developing AI Chips for Data Centers, Seeking Edge in Arms Race

Apple has been working on its own chip designed to run artificial intelligence software in data center servers, a move that has the potential to provide the company with a key advantage in the AI Apple has been working on its own chip designed to run artificial intelligence software in data center servers, a move…
How Bad Is A.I. for the Climate?

The boom in artificial intelligence has minted billions in (paper) wealth for tech giants like Microsoft and Amazon. But there’s an overlooked set of winners as well: utilities and energy companies. The power demands of the huge data centers that underpin the A.I. revolution keep growing. Wall Street is taking notice — but the climate…
Biden administration plans $285M in CHIPS Act funding for digital twins

President Joe Biden’s administration is looking to fund efforts that improve semiconductor manufacturing by using digital twins. Digital twins are virtual models used to test and optimize physical objects and systems. For example, auto manufacturers are looking to use digital twins of their factories to experiment with new manufacturing processes without disrupting production. The Biden administration announced…
Stack Overflow signs deal with OpenAI to supply data to its models

OpenAI is collaborating with Stack Overflow, the Q&A forum for software developers, to improve its generative AI models’ performance on programming-related tasks. As a result of the partnership, announced Monday, OpenAI’s models, including models served through its ChatGPT chatbot platform, should get better over time at answering programming-related questions, the two companies say. At the same…