A Microsoft manager claims OpenAI's DALL-E 3 has security vulnerabilities that could allow users to generate violent or explicit images (similar to those that recently targeted Taylor Swift). GeekWire reported Tuesday the company's legal team blocked Microsoft engineering leader Shane Jones' attempts to alert the public about the exploit. The self-described whistleblower is now taking his message to Capitol Hill. "I reached the conclusion that DALL·E 3 posed a public safety risk and should be removed from public use until OpenAI could address the risks associated with this model," Jones wrote to US Senators Patty Murray (D-WA) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA 9th District), and Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson (D). GeekWire published Jones' full letter. Jones claims he discovered an exploit allowing him to bypass DALL-E 3's security guardrails in early December.

OpenAI is on its third CEO in three days, after appointing Emmett Shear as interim CEO, less than 72 hours after its board ousted former CEO Sam Altman in a shock move on Friday Nov. 17, claiming he had not been "consistently candid in his communications with the board." The company said on Friday it was replacing Altman with chief technology officer Mira Murati but over the weekend, multiple publications reported that Altman was in talks with the OpenAI board to return as CEO. After the departures of Altman and chairman and president Greg Brockman, who resigned, the board comprises chief scientist Ilya Sutskever and three independent directors: Quora CEO Adam D'Angelo, tech entrepreneur Tasha McCauley, and Helen Toner of D.C.-based think tank the Center for Security and Emerging Technology. Bloomberg reported that Murati was negotiating for Altman and Brockman to return to OpenAI, and that Microsoft boss Satya Nadella was playing a central role in the talks. The negotiations ultimately came to nothing, and on Sunday evening Pacific time, reports emerged that OpenAI was appointing Shear as CEO.

On 17 November, OpenAI's board of directors unexpectedly fired the company's CEO Sam Altman. The board cryptically announced that Altman "was not consistently candid in his communications with the board, hindering its ability to exercise its responsibilities". This led to a wave of rumours about the reason for the decision. Within hours, Greg Brockman, the president of OpenAI, was also removed from the board and three senior researchers – Jakub Pachocki, Aleksander Madry and Szymon Sidor – also quit. Brockman later resigned from the company.

Sechrist Industries, Inc., the pioneer of monoplace hyperbaric chambers and air/oxygen mixers, has introduced their new, proprietary Sechrist Cloud System. Unique to Sechrist Industry customers, the Hyperbaric Information Tracking System has all the key and important information about customers' Sechrist Monoplace Hyperbaric Systems always at their fingertips, available online, 24/7. Company President, Deepak Talati remarked: "Sechrist believes that coming up with solutions to make the workload for clinicians and technicians easier is important so that more time can be spent caring for patients. The Sechrist Cloud Hyperbaric Information Tracking System puts all key chamber information in one easy to access location eliminating the need for binders and paper. Our goal at Sechrist is to make record keeping paperless and always accessible. The Sechrist Cloud System is designed to provide our customers with more time for patient care and less time managing paper."

Business automation and digital transformation have become key to securing the future of businesses around the world. One of the more recent extensions of the concept of transformation is hyperautomation. Hyperautomation technology takes automation opportunities one step further. The term was coined by industry analytics and consultancy firm Gartner. Gartner defines hyperautomation as a "business-driven, disciplined approach that organizations use to rapidly identify, vet, and automate as many business and IT processes as possible." The concept combines automation tools and technologies with emerging technologies.

Cyber threats are real and constantly evolving, and responsible cybersecurity is looming.[1] This confluence of factors makes cybersecurity more important than ever. However, this article is not a detailed account of cyber threats or the necessity of cybersecurity. It is 2022, and I will assume you already know these realities. Instead, this article is about research, specifically how to pursue research properly, based on my experience with two different research programs at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).

Federal agencies and their Federal Systems Integrator (FSI) partners are considering how to tap into artificial intelligence (AI) to advance their missions. The National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence is calling on Federal leaders to double research and development spending on AI, to $32 billion by Fiscal Year 2026. As with any new technology, there is uncertainty on the best way to move from pilot projects in the lab to fully implemented production solutions. MeriTalk recently sat down with Bob Venero, CEO of Future Tech Enterprise, Inc., to talk about how agencies and FSI's can overcome barriers to get AI programs up and running quickly, and contribute to mission success. MeriTalk: We know Federal agencies are dipping their toes into using emerging technology including AI and machine learning (ML) to support a wide range of projects.

In line with our'Company In Focus' issue, Shaip has been recognized as one of the outstanding service providers that have set major benchmarks across the industry with their exclusive offerings. As we sat down for an informal conversation with the CEO – Vatsal Ghiya, we came across some phenomenal insights into the Artificial Intelligence industry. This freewheeling conversation with him gave us valuable nuggets of knowledge that we believe will help our readership bag better insights of the AI World. THE PREFACE Shaip is a comprehensive data management platform designed for organisations that are looking to solve AI-related issues to ensure a smarter, swifter and better workflow. The company has been supporting all aspects of AI-training data by seamlessly scaling the client's people, platform & processes to develop AI/ML models.

CLARA Analytics ("CLARA"), the leading provider of artificial intelligence (AI) technology in the commercial insurance industry, announced that it has made two new strategic hires, adding Ram Rangaraj as the company's new Chief Technology Officer and enlisting Mubbin Rabbani as the new Vice President of Product. Ram Rangaraj is a veteran IT leader with over two decades of experience at Kaiser Permanente, where he served in a range of technology leadership roles, most recently as Senior Director of Revenue Management Integration Engineering. During his tenure at Kaiser, he led numerous strategic IT initiatives, including the innovative application of data analytics to improve the company's claims management performance. Rangaraj will lead the evolution and operations of CLARA's AI platform, serving as a core member of the executive leadership team and reporting directly to CLARA CEO Heather H. Wilson. "Ram Rangaraj is an elite performer," said Wilson.

Companies now no longer have a choice but to prioritize AI transformation. In a time where the Amazons of the world have set the customer service bar incredibly high, consumers have developed high expectations for personalized user experiences and smart features. Simply put, AI is the key to staying competitive. "But AI is not a silver bullet -- it's just an instrument, like the cloud or like the web," says Stepan Pushkarev, co-founder and CTO/CEO at Provectus, Inc. "And it will become just another expensive technology unless you start with a mission, map it to a real business need, and then break down your overarching strategy into specific use cases, with specific ROI." But while company leaders are eager to leverage AI for its well-documented benefits, the leadership team can often struggle with where to start.