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Quantum Cybersecurity Threats: Quantum Cyber Attacks

CyberTalk TV Interview with Rex M. Lee

We take a deeper dive into the quantum computing revolution where the stakes couldn’t be higher. A single quantum computer holds the power to dismantle all modern encryption systems.

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Scenario Planning Misconceptions: The Top 10 Misunderstandings About Scenario Planning

By: Daniel W. Rasmus for Serious Insights

Scenario planning isn’t about predicting the future; it’s about embracing the uncertainty that defines it. Too often, people misconstrue scenario planning as an exercise in clairvoyance, expecting it to reveal the precise contours of tomorrow.

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Layoff Survival Guide: Making Smart Choices in Tough Times

By Rob Enderle for TechNewsWorld

With the advent of AI and rapidly changing corporate needs and performance, many companies have announced layoffs this year, and I expect we are far from done.

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How to Prepare for or Avoid Being Obsolesced by AI

By Rob Enderle for Techspective

AI is reaching the end of its hype cycle. Reality stepped in when people realized it wasn’t as useful yet as they thought it would be, and the vast majority of AI deployments currently fail to meet expectations.

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After CrowdStrike Outage, Companies and Governments Reassess Risks of Using Cloud

By Kevin Stocklin Featuring Security Advisor - Rex M. Lee 

As companies and government agencies around the world scramble to restore their computer systems following this month’s global outage from a faulty software update, questions are being raised about whether proper protocols for updates were followed.

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Discovering AI Guardrails: Not All ChatBots Defend Ethics with the Same Veracity

By: Daniel W. Rasmus for Serious Insights

I ran an experiment recently that some public chatbots are more repressed than others. I prompted them with a realistic business prompt. I chose, however, a business that not all people like, one that some would rather see disappear from the economic landscape. 

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Global Computer Outages Reveal Vulnerabilities of Internet Centralization 

By Kevin Stocklin, NTD News

As the world’s communications and operations become increasingly dominated by a handful of tech oligopolies, they become more efficient and vulnerable. This became apparent last week as an antivirus software update issued on the evening of July 18 by CrowdStrike, a leading security software company, caused over a billion Windows-based computers to crash. 

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Three Areas Where AI Can Make a Huge Difference Without Significant Job Risk

By Rob Enderle for TDWI

As we roll out AI, we are focusing too much on productivity and not enough on the things that truly need fixing.

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AI Chatbot Could Become Real Threat If Controlled by Oppressive Power

By Hannah Ng and Tiffany Meier 

AI chatbots, such as ChatGPT, could become a real threat if it is controlled by an oppressive power like adversarial countries, according to Rex Lee, a cybersecurity adviser at My Smart Privacy. In an interview with The New York Times, Hinton sounded the alarm about the ability of artificial intelligence (AI) to create false images, photos, and text to the point where the average person will “not be able to know what is true anymore.”

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SXSW 24 New Cold War- Global Threat Actors Will Have Access to Quantum Computers

By: Rex M. Lee, Privacy Advisor and Tech Journalist for My Smart Privacy

Is quantum computing the next frontier of modern technology? Some say it will change the world, but others fear the risks. A single quantum computer could break all modern encryption systems according to experts at MIT, plus numerous government agencies. Given the rising cyber threat posed by China, how can the United States safeguard its data?

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