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May 31, 2024

OpenAI's Ex-Safety Lead Joins Rival Anthropic. Massive Ticketmaster Breach Fuels Speculation on Hacker Tactics. US Senators express “concern” over large Microsoft contract. An MIT professor throws cold water on economic growth predictions from AI advances.

These stories and more on this “here comes reality”...


May 30, 2024

Canadian school boards sue social media companies for negative impact on student well-being.  A former AI board member reveals details about the firing of Sam Altman. Google’s search secrets are accidentally leaked.  A study conducted by Zoho reveals only 36 percent of Canadian businesses recognize AI as important for...


May 29, 2024

The US is widening the innovation gap with Europe when it comes to leveraging AI. Microsoft is pulling out the stops to convince government clients that they’ve changed their security culture. GPT outperforms financial analysts.  A Starbucks in Korea is run by robots.

And if tape is really dead, why are we...


May 28, 2024

London Drugs refused to pay ransom and data is leaked. Another epic AI fail from Google, Meta’s chief scientist tells students that large language models aren’t worth studying and more bad news on the risks of kids and online activity.

 

All this and more on this “shocking truth” edition of Hashtag Trending....


May 25, 2024

Summary

Pablo Listingart, founder and executive director of ComIT, discusses the resource shortage in cybersecurity and IT and the need to expand diversity programs and increase training opportunities. He shares his personal journey from Argentina to Canada and his passion for providing free technology and professional...