The cloud is unlimited, or so the saying goes. Turns out that is not true and the problems is not due to software or systems or any technological thing. It turns out the primary limit is power to data centers. NEW data centers. Last year new data centers opened that consumed 6 gigawatts of power […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]AI can be amazing. Sometimes. And it can be bad sometimes. This time it is good. And bad. An AI-assisted hacker, Russian speaking, used multiple generative AI services to breach more than 600 FortiGate firewalls across 55 countries in 5 weeks. Should I blame AI for this? Maybe not, but the Russian used AI to […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]It would be nice if the US did the same. We passed the “Take it Down” law, but it has not gone into effect yet (it goes into effect in May), so we don’t know how effective it will be. One problem with the law is the only organizations that can enforce it are the […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Sometimes it is not all about money. Often it is. The Pentagon is thinking about ending its love affair with Anthropic over a restriction it is placing on how the Pentagon is using their AI. That could cost the AI company $200 million. The Pentagon is pushing all four big AI companies to allow them […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Last December hackers compromised the operational technology (OT) networks in several Polish energy sector providers including renewable energy, heat and power and even a manufacturing firm. What is different about this attack is that it successfully targeted the OT networks – the networks that control how energy is produced and transmitted as opposed to the […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]You may recall that a few years ago the United States fought a war against a government which they thought was trampling personal freedoms. That was in 1776. Now a person who has been convicted of bank robbery is asking the Supreme Court to reign in the government. The government asked the Supremes not to […]
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