Four years ago, during a global pandemic and before ChatGPT became a household name, I took on the role of chief marketing officer at Optiv, a leading cybersecurity company. At that time, the world was experiencing a massive increase in cyberattacks, with rapidly rising degrees of sophistication, frequency and devastating financial impact. On top of that, the reliance on artificial...
It’s 8 a.m. on a crisp autumn day in Manhattan in 2017. I nearly drop my scalding hot cappuccino to field a call from Bloomberg asking for an immediate reaction to the arrest of an employee.
It’s 6 p.m. on Christmas Eve 2019 in Hong Kong, where the smell of tear gas is seeping into our building as protestors are directing their frustration toward several institutions. News crews are...
Asking GPT4o to “write an essay evaluating the life of Thomas Jefferson” results in seconds in a highly credible, well-structured, 6-page document outlining this historical figure’s life and impact. This demonstrates one of many provocative linguistic capabilities of generative AI (genAI), which has emerged over the last few years. These systems can quickly and effortlessly produce voluminous...
“Power shadows” are systemic biases in AI arising from the lack of diversity in the data used to train the systems. The term was coined by MIT graduate researcher Joy Buolamwini in a national contest inspired by the film Hidden Figures . According to her research, the methods used to gather data result in skewed AI algorithms and inequitable outcomes for people of color—particularly Black...
Walking to class, phone in hand, the image hits. The vice president grips a beer bong surrounded by 20-something girls. A frat party rages in the background. Real or fake? You freeze, but your thumb doesn’t. The image spreads.
That image sits at the heart of tomorrow’s politics — a complete shift upending campaigns, not by dismantling truth, but by making truth irrelevant. This system...
In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, artificial intelligence (AI) stands as a transformative force reshaping industries worldwide. It’s becoming clearer than ever that companies must leverage AI to drive efficiencies, gain insights from vast data sets, and stay competitive. At Conagra Brands, we recognize that while AI technology holds immense potential, its true value is unlocked...
Do you ever get the feeling that the artificial intelligence train is moving just a little too fast? If so, you and countless corporations have a lot in common. There’s no denying AI’s ability to transform teams and businesses, and not just to help reduce risk but to maximize and unlock value (if leveraged responsibly). But right now, as you read this, there are teams across the corporate...
Concerns about who benefits from the advancement of AI and who bears its heaviest burdens loom large in the minds of those who study the societal implications of AI and those who seek to develop and deploy that technology responsibly. These concerns are rooted in more than technological cynicism — they are grounded in extensive evidence of AI systems that reinforce bias and the fact that AI...