MY TAKE: The AI magic is back — whether it endured depends on Amazon’s next moves

MY TAKE: The AI magic is back — whether it endured depends on Amazon’s next moves

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I ran an experiment this week that I did not expect to be instructive, and it was. Related: How ChatGPT is becoming Microsoft Office The setup was simple. I had been working through a spontaneous personal essay — about cognitive … (more…) The post MY TAKE: The AI magic is ... Read More
News alert: Qevlar AI raises $30M to turn security alerts into actionable defense insights across SOCs

News alert: Qevlar AI raises $30M to turn security alerts into actionable defense insights across SOCs

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PARIS, March 10, 2026 — Qevlar AI, a leader in AI for transforming security operations centres (SOCs), has raised $30 million in funding for its autonomous AI SOC platform. The funding will support development of technology designed to turn … (more…) The post News alert: Qevlar AI raises $30M to ... Read More
MY TAKE:   ChatGPT is turning into Microsoft Office — and power users are paying the price

MY TAKE: ChatGPT is turning into Microsoft Office — and power users are paying the price

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Something has been shifting inside the tools millions of us use every day, and it’s worth naming out loud. Related: AI is becoming a daily routine Over the past several months I’ve watched ChatGPT change. Not in some abstract, version-number … (more…) The post MY TAKE: ChatGPT is turning into ... Read More
GUEST ESSAY: Real cyber risks arise when small flaws combine and alerts are viewed in isolation

GUEST ESSAY: Real cyber risks arise when small flaws combine and alerts are viewed in isolation

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Security teams are drowning in signals. Alerts fire. Logs accumulate. Dashboards light up. Yet breaches still unfold quietly, often through a series of low-level actions that never trigger a single catastrophic alarm. Related: How ‘observability’ drives security Attackers do not … (more…) The post GUEST ESSAY: Real cyber risks arise ... Read More
MY TAKE: The Pentagon punished Anthropic for red lines it accepted from OpenAI hours later

MY TAKE: The Pentagon punished Anthropic for red lines it accepted from OpenAI hours later

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KINGSTON, Wash. — On Friday afternoon, President Trump ordered every federal agency to stop using Anthropic’s AI technology. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth followed by designating the company a “supply-chain risk to national security,” a label the government typically reserves for … (more…) The post MY TAKE: The Pentagon punished Anthropic ... Read More
GUEST ESSAY: The hidden risks lurking beneath legal AI — permission sprawl, governance drift

GUEST ESSAY: The hidden risks lurking beneath legal AI — permission sprawl, governance drift

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In many law firms today, leadership believes their data is secure. Policies are documented, annual reviews are completed, and vendor questionnaires are answered with confidence. On paper, the safeguards look strong. Related: The cost of law firm breaches Yet in … (more…) The post GUEST ESSAY: The hidden risks lurking ... Read More
MY TAKE: Transparent vs. opaque — edit Claude’s personalized memory, or trust ChatGPT’s blindly?

MY TAKE: Transparent vs. opaque — edit Claude’s personalized memory, or trust ChatGPT’s blindly?

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After two years of daily ChatGPT use, I recently started experimenting with Claude, Anthropic’s competing AI assistant. Related: Microsofts see a  ‘protopian’ AI future Claude is four to five times slower generating responses. But something emerged that matters more than … (more…) The post MY TAKE: Transparent vs. opaque — ... Read More
Staying ahead of digital certificate outages

STRATEGIC REEL: Certificate expiration is speeding up — outpacing legacy management

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The clock on digital trust is about to speed up — and many organizations are not prepared for what comes next. Related: The Google Bazel tool outage TLS certificates — the quiet backbone of secure online communication — are headed … (more…) The post STRATEGIC REEL: Certificate expiration is speeding ... Read More
SHARED INTEL Q&A: AI retrieval systems can still hallucinate; deterministic logic offers a fix

SHARED INTEL Q&A: AI retrieval systems can still hallucinate; deterministic logic offers a fix

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AI hallucination is still the deal-breaker. Related: Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) strategies As companies rush AI into production, executives face a basic constraint: you cannot automate a workflow if you cannot trust the output. A model that fabricates facts becomes … (more…) The post SHARED INTEL Q&A: AI retrieval systems ... Read More
MY TAKE: From ‘holy mackeral’ to ‘daily routine’ — AI vendors maneuver to commandeer your life

MY TAKE: From ‘holy mackeral’ to ‘daily routine’ — AI vendors maneuver to commandeer your life

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An email from Claude landed in my inbox Friday morning with a subject line that stopped me cold: “Using Claude for your everyday life.” Related: AI’s fortune teller effect Not “Unlock the power of AI” or “Transform your productivity.” Just… … (more…) The post MY TAKE: From ‘holy mackeral’ to ... Read More