Revenge of the Thinking Machines
IT security pros are gearing up in earnest for the newest threat to corporate security: viruses, malware and similar cybersecurity attacks turbocharged with artificial intelligence (AI). The reason: Just as AI is remaking every other part of the digital world with applications that can think for themselves and grow smarter over time, the wonder technology is also being hijacked by hackers to imbue already dangerous cyber threats with machine intelligence and creativity.
While artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly being applied on a massive scale to alter the very nature of how the world works, it turns out AI is also very good at making everyday drudgery disappear.
Businesses eagerly awaiting the next generation of computing—blazingly fast quantum computers—can expect to see select applications run on the uber technology as early as 2020, according to Jorg Esser, a partner at business consulting firm Roland Berger.
Businesses dismayed by the monthly (and often continuously rising) costs of online email marketing providers have a cost-effective solution: Pay once for email marketing software that can run in-house and forget all the other costs.
Since July, Google Chrome started turning businesses away from your website if it deemed your site to be unencrypted.
As the mist clears on the great promises of artificial intelligence (AI), rubber-meets-the-road AI tools are beginning to emerge for social-media marketers who are looking for a gem-like polish on their text and full optimization of their campaigns on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and the like.
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While the wonders of artificial intelligence (AI) are often hyped beyond recognition, AI-powered recruitment software is actually offering real advantages to businesses. Scores of firms are currently using AI-driven recruitment software to automatically crawl the web for the kind of job candidates they want, auto-interview them via text chat or video on the spot, and then auto-schedule the most promising candidates for follow-up interviews by the person who does the hiring. Other programs automatically rifle through résumés submitted at your website for candidates with the exact qualifications you want. And still others design neuroscience games your job candidates can play, which glean the people who best exhibit the traits, skills and characteristics you’re looking for.
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