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Digital transformation #mindcandy 27 May 2025
Today’s topics are data readiness, programming trends, AI infrastructure, a supercomputer in space, AI blackmail, selling personal data and internet speed.
CIOs should prioritise data readiness for Agentic AI
https://futureiot.tech/cios-should-prioritise-data-readiness-for-agentic-ai/
Traditionally, cost was seen as the primary barrier to AI adoption; however, it now ranks low on the list of concerns, with only 10% of respondents citing it as a significant issue. Instead, the focus has shifted to more complex challenges around data accuracy and quality, now highlighted by 19% of decision-makers.
Stay Ahead: 8 Top Programming Trends for Developers
https://programminginsider.com/stay-ahead-8-top-programming-trends-for-developers/
Software development success requires two steps: predicting industry movement and constructing strategies to benefit from this movement.
AI infrastructure matters
https://www.verizon.com/business/en-nl/resources/articles/scalable-ai-infrastructure/
As organizations step up to higher levels of maturity in AI deployments, the requirements for AI-capable infrastructure become more critical.
China begins assembling its supercomputer in space
https://www.theverge.com/news/669157/china-begins-assembling-its-supercomputer-in-space
Each of the 12 satellites has an onboard eight-billion parameter AI model and is capable of 744 tera operations per second (TOPS) — a measure of their AI processing grunt — and, collectively, ADA Space says they can manage five peta operations per second, or POPS.
AI system resorts to blackmail if told it will be removed
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpqeng9d20go
The AI model was capable of “extreme actions” if it thought its “self-preservation” was threatened.
Gen Z is willing to sell their personal data—for just $50 a month
https://www.fastcompany.com/91338997/gen-z-selling-personal-user-phone-data-to-verb-app-privacy
A new app, Verb.AI, wants to pay the generation that’s most laissez-faire on digital privacy for their scrolling time.
4.5 million times faster internet? Aston University makes it possible
This rate is the fastest ever recorded, achieved by utilizing specific new wavelength bands that have not been previously used in fiber optic systems.
