AI & ML

TL;DR Azure Local is best understood as a distributed infrastructure platform governed through a common Azure control plane. The electrical grid metaphor works because applications, data, and compute remain close to the locations consuming them, while identity, policy, monitoring, security, and automation provide consistent operating standards across the estate. The metaphor also needs boundaries. Centralized

TL;DR AI ROI is a monitored condition, not a permanent project status. A production AI use case should be described as currently realized and certified only while its baseline, outcome, complete cost, quality, risk, and operating assumptions remain valid. An AI system can remain technically healthy while its business case deteriorates. Provider pricing can change.

TL;DR VCF 9.1 changes the economics and architecture of VMware disaster recovery by allowing virtual machines on vSAN, VMFS, and NFS datastores to replicate into a vSAN ESA target. It also supports fan-in designs where multiple source clusters use one centralized recovery site. The important design point is that a shared recovery site is not

ChatGPT maker seeks to dismiss blockbuster case as it prepares to launch its own AI device

Plus, looking ahead to the jobs report

OpenAI and Google invest heavily in voice systems as main way to interact with a new generation of AI agents

Getting a company to implement recommended changes is a contact sport that only humans can play

Point72 and Citadel among firms hit by audio phishing schemes

Routine cybersecurity testing of frontier AI models sparked a series of unexpected security incidents—the most serious case arising when Anthropic’s Mythos 5 model attempted to insert malicious code into an open source software application and created fake identities to deceive the human developers maintaining the project. The security incidents occurred during a cyber evaluation of

Old.reddit.com’s days appear to be numbered. Reddit has strayed from saying that it will shutter the website, which many long-time Redditors prefer for its layout, navigation, and fewer feed recommendations. In a blog post today, Reddit made a vague statement about upcoming “changes” to Old Reddit: Read full article Comments