One of the most powerful takeaways from OODAcon 2023 was a qualitative anecdote shared on the "Cyber Risks of Emerging Technologies" panel discussion: “We are fast approaching a “tipping point” – when …
Reorient Your Organization: Scenarios Exploring a Quantum Attack on Critical U.S. Power Grid Infrastructure
The Hudson Institute report on "Risking Apocalypse? Quantum Computers and the US Power Grid" highlights the significant threat posed by potential quantum computer attacks on the US power grid. It …
China offers AI computing ‘vouchers’ to its underpowered start-ups
China is taking steps to level the playing field for its artificial intelligence start-ups, as the country’s tech giants hog AI-training computing resources already squeezed by US chip restrictions. …
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OODA CEO Matt Devost and OODA Network Members Review the OODA Almanac 2024 – Reorientation
Every year, we also use one of our monthly meetings for a discussion of the annual OODA Almanac with the OODA Network. This conversation took place at the February 2024 OODA Network Member Meeting – …
Figure AI rides the humanoid robot hype wave to $2.6B valuation
Today Figure confirmed long-standing rumors that it’s been raising more money than God. The Bay Area-based robotics firm announced a $675 million. The Series B values the startup at $2.6 billion …
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Apple just killed its electric car project, shifting focus to generative AI
Apple is canceling one of its open secret projects -- building an autonomous electric car, and shifting most of the 2,000 employees working on it to focus on generative AI efforts instead. The …
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Female popes? Google’s amusing AI bias underscores a serious problem.
On Friday morning, when I first sat down to write this column, Google’s new Gemini AI was having problems that seemed mostly amusing. The internet had discovered that it would generally refuse to …
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Two Chinese Supercomputers (with Mystery Hardware Components) Go Online
Conspicuous, controversial and notorious is the Chinese unwillingness to participate in global benchmarking list of the world's most powerful supercomputers. So, the "top 500" list goes out - with …
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Microsoft and OpenAI Issue a Stark Report and a $10M Bounty from the State Department
Competing cyber capabilities (on a spectrum from nation-state to non-state actors alike) and cyber-based conflict will continue to restructure, reformulate, and transform the very essence of what …
Global AI Developers Need to Set Some Standards – Now
Recently a collaboration between Microsoft and OpenAI found that nation state actors with ties to China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia have been engaged in leveraging artificial intelligence …
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