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SGA. A champion. A Canadian.

Age is a number. Sacrifice and maturity is a characteristic. - Sam Presti.

Ok good to know I won't miss anything.

Anthropic study: Leading AI models show up to 96% blackmail rate against executives | VentureBeat share.google/qygf0hwZug8V... #ciosky

"Before ChatGPT distorted Eugene Torres’s sense of reality and almost killed him, he said, the artificial intelligence chatbot had been a helpful, timesaving tool." Now that's a great lead. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/t...

BTW a proven global extinction event has already occurred during Earth's history due to ocean acidification. www.nature.com/articles/nat...

HPE reports that the cost of cybercrime is expected to reach $10.5 trillion this year and projects an increase to $13.82 trillion by 2028. That is comparable to the entire legitimate U.S. tech sector. #CIOsky #cybersecurity www.hpe.com/us/en/newsro...

New Great Seal of Canada just dropped.

Google and Meta search both report that Cape Breton Island has its own time zone 12 minutes ahead of mainland Nova Scotia time because they are both drawing that information from a Beaverton article I wrote in 2024

My new personality.

The White House is sticking to its post-quantum cryptography plan for US federal agencies, targeting 2030 as the deadline to migrate transportation layer systems. That's in line with the 2022 law. #CIOsky #quantumencryption www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Here's a signal that shows how AI is a game-changer in security. N-able says its threat hunting team enhanced its capabilities by 153 times with AI. My question is - how enhanced were the adversaries using AI? #SOC #cybersec #CIOSky

LLMs are like a goldfish in an expensive aquarium. Their memory is limited and the aquarium requires several GPUs working to create a suitable environment. My insights and more in CNBC today: www.cnbc.com/2025/06/03/a... #CIOsky #genAI #claude #agenticAI

Another chapter in the creative backlash against AI. This use case seems particularly wrongheaded, as not only does the AI work harm human creators, but it's degrading the scientific quality of the journals. #CIOsky #genAI #AIbacklash

Bad news, companies...

"The ruling also strikes down separate tariffs Trump imposed on China, Canada, and Mexico, which the administration justified as a reaction to fentanyl trafficking." #tariffs #CIOsky

My latest on @forbes.com Technology Council - don't rely on predictions to make bets on the future but use foresight methodology to prepare yourself for uncertainty. A look back at how #foresight methods helped me identify some key trends over the years. www.forbes.com/councils/for... #CIOsky

My latest on @forbes.com Technology Council - don't rely on predictions to make bets on the future but use foresight methodology to prepare yourself for uncertainty. A look back at how #foresight methods helped me identify some key trends over the years. www.forbes.com/councils/for... #CIOsky

If I can ask AI what to do with my old tablet, then why do I need this article?

CIO agendas are dominated by futureproofing their organizations and reaping value from AI investments www.cio.com/article/3988... via @cio.com #CIOsky #CIO #enterpriseAI

Disappointing for the NDP. They pulled 1.2 million votes during the election, or >6% of the popular vote, which was down from around 17% of the popular vote in 2021. Maintaining official party status would have meant better funding. Now the road to recovery is even more difficult. #cdnpoli

How can it be that Microsoft is announcing plans to automate entire business processes with agentic AI, but OneNote doesn't have "find and replace" yet?

FYI we're already at the point where AI betrays its users venturebeat.com/ai/anthropic... #agenticAI #genAI #CIOsky

Who will win the agentic AI race to capture the enterprise? Google owns the tech stack. Microsoft has the enterprise experience to translate capability into value. Read more in The Daily Upside www.thedailyupside.com/cio/enterpri... #CIOsky #agenticAI #microsoftBuild #GoogleIO

*Looks both ways* Whispers: "Mortgage comparison is my guilty pleasure."

SGA: Born in Toronto. Raised in Hamilton. FIBA medalist. MVP of the NBA. Champion of the NBA next? www.sportsnet.ca/nba/article/... #SGA #NBA #MVP

[deep breath] increasingly think a radio/library mandatory licensing scheme is the best thing creative industries can hope to win from AI companies, and they [we] should start mobilising around that goal before the status quo shifts to "fully unrecompensed use"

There was a nation-wide Bell internet outage this morning. A reddit thread recounting people's disruptions: www.reddit.com/r/bell/comme... #BellFibe #outage #CIOSky

Why so many IT projects go so horribly wrong www.economist.com/business/202... From The Economist

This is some Star Trek shit.

Hope for a dope pope. Nope? Cope don't mope.

Fascinating "deepfake" use case here www.404media.co/i-loved-that... #genAI #CIOsky #deepfake #AIavatar

OpenAI says it wants to partner with governments on "democratic AI." But governments outside the US will surely wonder if they are letting a Trojan Horse through their gates. My thoughts and more: www.computerworld.com/article/3980... #OpenAI #democraticAI #sovereignAI #genAI #CIOsky

There best be a genetically-engineered mammoth that pulls the zamboni around the ice at intermission.

Amazing to see how widely and vehemently this is being rejected by fans. It just goes to show the reputation risk that brands are taking on when they leverage AI for creative work right now. #genAI #creatorbacklash

This man REALLY wanted to ensure that Switch 2 preorder #nintendo #gamestop financialpost.com/pmn/business...

Weird how many similarities there are between Canada and Australia's recent elections www.cbc.ca/news/world/a...

"Artificial intelligence tools can help speed some important research, but transforming the pace at which science progresses will require addressing deep cultural and institutional barriers, too." A new article from Bulletin editorial fellow Abi Olvera. ⬇️

Some good insights from Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists that could apply to the enterprise domain as well, highlighting how AI could increase throughput for ideas to pursue and create a challenge to better facilitate the application of human judgment. thebulletin.org/2025/04/ai-c... #CIOsky