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Aaron Hurst is Information Age's senior reporter, providing news and features around the hottest trends across the tech industry.

Releases & Updates

Meta to undergo second round of staff cuts this week

Thousands more staff cuts are expected to be actioned by Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg, as Facebook and Instagram's parent company looks to continue decreasing costs

Generative AI

OpenAI and Faculty partner to open generative AI use cases

OpenAI, the developer of ChatGPT, has enlisted UK start-up Faculty to help businesses generate new value opportunities with generative AI

Generative AI

Pending GPT-4 upgrade claimed to turn text into video

Ahead of the release of GPT-4 — an upgrade on the algorithm powering ChatGPT — a Microsoft executive claims that the new software will be able to turn text into video

Cybersecurity

Darktrace warns of phishing scam powered by ChatGPT

Cybersecurity company Darktrace has claimed that threat actors are using ChatGPT to craft more convincing phishing emails

Generative AI

Salesforce and OpenAI announce ChatGPT for Slack

As part of a partnership between Salesforce and OpenAI, ChatGPT for Slack has been launched to provide workforces with faster conversational capabilities

Cybersecurity

Financial scam utilising fake ChatGPT discovered by researchers

Research from cybersecurity vendor Bitdefender has revealed that threat actors are using a fake version of ChatGPT to lure users into an investment scam

Cybersecurity

The White House launches US National Cyber Strategy

The new US National Cyber Strategy, announced today, looks to shift the responsibility for cybersecurity from individuals and businesses to tech providers

Data Analytics & Data Science

AVEVA appoints Caspar Herzberg as CEO

Following its recent acquisition by Schneider Electric, UK industrial software company AVEVA has promoted from within to appoint Caspar Herzberg as chief executive officer

Cloud & Edge Computing

Infosys rolls out Private 5G-as-a-service globally

IT services and consulting organisation Infosys is launching its Private 5G-as-a-service offering to customers looking to diversify innovation use cases

Releases & Updates

Twitter undertakes further layoffs, including senior leaders

At least 200 members of Twitter staff were laid off over the weekend, including leaders of product management

Cloud & Edge Computing

Cisco and NTT launch private 5G for enterprises

Cisco and NTT are partnering to bring private 5G capabilities to automotive, healthcare, logistics, retail and public sector customers

AI & Machine Learning

Tony Blair and tech chiefs call for ‘sovereign AI’ to rival ChatGPT

Former Prime Minister Sir Tony Blair and AI stakeholders have argued a case for implementation of ‘sovereign AI' for public service operations