It’s an omnichannel world, and we’re just living in it. Back in 2021, quantitative marketer and author of Freemium Economics Eric Seufert declared that “everything is an ad network” due to factors like the uptick in privacy restrictions, the industry moving past third-party cookies, and the rise of first-party data. If anything, 2023 has shown how accurateContinue reading “2023 proved that everything is an AD network.”
Category Archives: Microsoft
Why the EU’s AI Act was so hard to pass.
Over two years since it was first proposed, policymakers in Brussels were still debating core contents of the EU’s landmark AI regulations hours before reaching a deal. When European lawmakers reached a provisional deal on landmark artificial intelligence rules last week, they had reason to celebrate. The EU AI Act reached a long-awaited climax on Friday following not onlyContinue reading “Why the EU’s AI Act was so hard to pass.”
Prompt engineering leading AI software design innovations.
“You can have GitHub Copilot from me when you pry it from my cold, dead hands,” a Microsoft engineer says. Ask John Montgomery, Microsoft corporate VP of product, how he thinks AI is affecting his work, and he’ll tell you that he’s bullish on the technology—particularly GitHub’s programming helper Copilot. “You can have GitHub CopilotContinue reading “Prompt engineering leading AI software design innovations.”
Microsoft rebrands its AI-powered Bing Chat as Copilot.
The company has also announced more Copilot AI features for its 365 apps. Microsoft is rebranding Bing Chat and is now simply calling it “Copilot,” giving its generative AI assistant a consistent identity across its products. Similarly, Bing Chat Enterprise will also just be known as Copilot, and it will be generally available starting on December 1.Continue reading “Microsoft rebrands its AI-powered Bing Chat as Copilot.”
What’s a zero-day attack (and how can you prepare for one)?
Zero-day attacks are especially difficult to defend against because by their very nature, no one sees them coming. On Nov. 24, 2021, an Alibaba Cloud Security engineer noticed that a certain string of text, when inserted into Java’s logging utility Log4j, could execute remote code. Cue the alarms, as vendors, security experts, and end-users spread theContinue reading “What’s a zero-day attack (and how can you prepare for one)?”
Microsoft wants more robots in data centers.
Microsoft is “creating a team dedicated to the automation of data center operations,” according to executive Sean James. Microsoft is hiring a human to lead the robot revolution (in data center automation). As reported by the Register, Microsoft posted a job listing in the second week of October for a team manager for hardware robotics in its automationContinue reading “Microsoft wants more robots in data centers.”
Microsoft wants Firefox to make Bing its default search engine.
Not even by switching browsers will you be able to escape Bing. Historically, Microsoft’s Bing has always played second fiddle to Google. Chances are that if you used it, it was because you fired up a Microsoft-made browser (Internet Explorer back in the day or Edge now) and either quickly replaced it or changed itsContinue reading “Microsoft wants Firefox to make Bing its default search engine.”
Microsoft Broke a Chrome Feature to Promote Its Edge Browser.
Windows borked a feature that let you change your default browser, and some users saw popups every time they opened Chrome. It’s the 1990s again for Microsoft. Microsoft issued a Windows update that broke a Chrome feature, making it harder to change your default browser and annoying Chrome users with popups. An April Windows updateContinue reading “Microsoft Broke a Chrome Feature to Promote Its Edge Browser.”
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