What Google’s antitrust trial means for your search habits, CIO News, ET CIO If government regulators prevail against Google in the biggest U.S. antitrust trial in a quarter century, it’s likely to unleash drastic changes that will undermine the dominance of a search engine that defines the internet for billions of people. As the 10-week trial probing Google’s business practices ...

Creating a cyber resilient enterprise: Abhijit Chakravarty, EVP, Kotak Bank – ET CISO https://etimg.etb2bimg.com/thumb/msid-113513848,imgsize-144586,width-1200,height=765,overlay-etciso/ciso-strategies/creating-a-cyber-resilient-enterprise-abhijit-chakravarty-evp-kotak-bank.jpg Banking and capital market firms have made significant strides in both preventing cyberattacks and recovering faster than many other industries. Their constant interactions with partners and collaborators place them in a unique position where a robust cyber resilience strategy is not just desirable but essential. Speaking ...

IT hardware companies may require global certification, CIO News, ET CIO The government may ask laptop, server and other IT hardware importers to provide an international certification attesting that their product is from a trusted source before allowing a licence-free import of it, people in the know of the matter told ET. This certification, one of the people said, could ...

No merger scrutiny of Microsoft’s hiring of Inflection staff, EU says – ET CISO https://etimg.etb2bimg.com/thumb/msid-113480139,imgsize-148464,width-1200,height=765,overlay-etciso/corporate/no-merger-scrutiny-of-microsofts-hiring-of-inflection-staff-eu-says.jpg Microsoft’s hiring of artificial intelligence startup Inflection’s staff including its co-founders will not be scrutinised under European Union merger rules, EU antitrust regulators said on Wednesday. The European Commission said seven EU countries had dropped their requests asking it to examine the deal. The move ...

Cisco launches Secure Networking approach in India, CIO News, ET CIO Cisco has launched its Secure Networking approach in India, an innovative offer that combines advanced capabilities of networking and cybersecurity. The offer is built on the concept of zero trust to provide businesses with seamless and secure connectivity to tackle the risks of cybersecurity in a hybrid world. Amid ...

South Korea opens Telegram deepfake porn probe – ET CISO https://etimg.etb2bimg.com/thumb/msid-113012217,imgsize-21870,width-1200,height=765,overlay-etciso/ot-security/south-korea-opens-telegram-deepfake-porn-probe.jpg South Korean police said Monday they had launched an investigation into encrypted messaging platform Telegram for allegedly “abetting” the distribution of so-called deepfake porn, including explicit AI generated images of teenagers. Deepfake porn includes explicit content where the faces of individuals are digitally superimposed onto other pornographic images or ...

California lawmakers pass AI safety bill, CIO News, ET CIO A bill aimed at regulating powerful artificial intelligence models passed California’s legislature on Wednesday, despite outcry that it could kill the technology it seeks to control. “SB 1047 — our AI safety bill — just passed off the Assembly floor. I’m proud of the diverse coalition behind this bill — ...

McAfee launches groundbreaking deepfake detection tool for audio – ET CISO https://etimg.etb2bimg.com/thumb/msid-112825969,imgsize-40536,width-1200,height=765,overlay-etciso/corporate/mcafee-launches-groundbreaking-deepfake-detection-tool-for-audio.jpg In response to the escalating challenge of AI-generated content, McAfee has unveiled an innovative tool designed to help users determine the authenticity of audio in videos. The McAfee Deepfake Detector addresses the rise of sophisticated Deepfake audio, which is increasingly difficult for the average user to identify. The ...

Major AI models not very transparent, says report, ET CIO Artificial intelligence (AI) based foundations models such as Meta’s Llama 2 and OpenAI’s GPT-4 are low on transparency, according to a global report. The Foundation Model Transparency Index created by a group of eight AI researchers from Stanford University, MIT Media Lab, and Princeton University, tracked 10 most popular AI ...

Big Tech wants AI to be regulated. Why do they oppose a California AI bill? – ET CISO https://etimg.etb2bimg.com/thumb/msid-112700106,imgsize-38648,width-1200,height=765,overlay-etciso/corporate/big-tech-wants-ai-to-be-regulated-why-do-they-oppose-a-california-ai-bill.jpg California legislators are set to vote on a bill as soon as this week that would broadly regulate how artificial intelligence is developed and deployed in California even as a number of tech giants have voiced broad opposition. Here is background ...