The chief data officer (CDO) has evolved from a niche compliance role into one of the most critical positions for AI deployment. These executives now sit at the intersection of data governance, AI strategy, and workforce readiness. Their decisions determine whether enterprises move from AI pilots to production scale or remain stuck in experimentation mode….
A black horse is the symbol of Lloyds Bank. Image: Envato One bank is not horsing around when it comes to the use of AI. Lloyds Banking Group has highlighted the growing financial and operational impact of AI as part of its financial results, revealing that generative AI delivered around £50 million ($68.7 million) of…
Artificial intelligence is no longer just helping people find the news. It is increasingly deciding which stories are seen, how they are framed and who profits from them. As AI-powered search tools and news summaries spread across platforms, publishers are warning that journalism is being absorbed into systems that do not pay for the reporting…
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has committed 16,384 ETH—worth roughly $45 million—to support open-source security, privacy, and self-sovereignty technologies, as the Ethereum Foundation (EF) prepares for what he described as a period of “mild austerity.” The announcement, shared on social media platform X, outlines both a strategic shift within the Ethereum Foundation and a personal financial…
NEW DELHI: The Economic Survey for fiscal year 2025-26 (FY26) has called for age-based restrictions on social media access, citing rising concerns over “digital addiction” among minors and aligning India with a broader global push to curb underage use of major platforms. The survey, tabled in Parliament on Thursday, stopped short of recommending an outright…
A week after it forged a deal with OpenAI, ServiceNow entered into an agreement with Anthropic to embed the generative AI vendor’s Claude models in its workflows across industries, including healthcare and life sciences. Financial terms of the agreement, revealed on Jan. 28, were not made public. Under the deal, revealed on Jan. 28,…
Digital transformation is now a core leadership concern across the insurance sector, shaping board-level priorities, investment strategy and operational performance. On 5 March 2026, senior insurance and financial services leaders will convene in London for the Digital Transformation & Innovation in Insurance Conference, a one-day forum focused on how these decisions are being made in…
Matthew Tyson is a contributing writer at InfoWorld. A seasoned technology journalist and expert in enterprise software development, Matthew has written about programming, programming languages, language frameworks, application platforms, development tools, databases, cryptography, information security, cloud computing, and emerging technologies such as blockchain and machine learning for more than 15 years. His work has appeared…
The artificial intelligence (AI) boom is poised to fuel a rapid—and drastic—surge in electricity demand, placing unprecedented pressure on utilities to modernize their grids, integrate distributed energy resources, and reduce mounting supply chain and customer costs. Ironically, perhaps, one way to address the AI-driven demand for power is to adopt AI tools. AI platforms have…
But it would inevitably miss a crucial, unstated context — perhaps that empty miles are billed at a different rate only when the carrier is part of a specific dedicated program. Finding that omission in 100 lines of AI-generated code is exponentially harder than writing the 100 lines myself. I spend more time debunking the…
