AI’s future could be ‘open-source’ or closed. Tech giants are divided as they lobby regulators

AI’s future could be ‘open-source’ or closed. Tech giants are divided as they lobby regulators

Tech leaders have been vocal proponents of the need to regulate artificial intelligence, but they’re also lobbying hard to make sure the new rules work in their favor. That’s not to say they all want the same thing. Facebook parent Meta and IBM on Tuesday launched a new group called the AI Alliance that’s advocating … Read more

Former Sony execs laying down data security gambit to tech giants

Former Sony execs laying down data security gambit to tech giants

When Kazumasa Sato was assigned to Sony Corp.’s information technology section as a fresh economics graduate in 1980, he was baffled. Maintaining an information system using IBM mainframe computers was not precisely what he envisioned doing at one of the country’s most famous tech companies known for innovative products such as the iconic Walkman cassette … Read more