Techstrong News Recap – May 9, 2023

Hi again, everyone here the headlines from May 9th. First up Microsoft is making its new Bing search engine powered by chat GPT available to all users without a waitlist. The only stipulation is that to use it uses my sign in through Microsoft's edge browser.

The updated Bing includes faster features including fast speeds and improved accuracy the ability to ask questions with pictures in the ability to export responses to Microsoft Word. Microsoft intends to incorporate chat GPT technology into its core productivity tools too including word excel and Outlook. However adding generative AI features to Bing could be risky given people's Reliance on search engines for Reliable information.

The company has decided to move forward with the product despite concerns about the AI Technologies accuracy and tone. Microsoft's decision to roll out the new search engine comes at a time when AI technology is under increased scrutiny due to its rapid advancement. Next The Writers Guild of America which consists of more than 11,000 members when on strike last week halting the production of certain TV shows and possibly delaying the start of a new seasons of others.

Among the demands put forth by the wga was the regulation of AI which the labor union believes should be prohibited from writing or rewriting literary material or be used as Source material. The wga is also finding to prevent their work from being used to train AI. These demands however were rejected by the alliance of motion picture and television producers which offered annual meetings instead to discuss advancement in in the technology.

The strike is the potential to impact every facet of the entertainment industry and while movies won't be impacted for a while late night shows have already had to resort to running reruns. Zooming out experts warn that AI has potential to displace human labor in many Industries and the wga strike could set a precedent for similar labor battles across various other sectors. In other news during a hearing late last week Maryland's highest court considered arguments about the appropriate jurisdiction to resolve a legal dispute over the state's tax on digital advertising with attorneys representing big tech companies such as Facebook Google and Amazon having argued that the tax unfairly targets them.

Last year a lower Maryland Court ruled that the tax and digital advertising violated the federal internet Tax Freedom Act which prohibits discrimination against electronic Commerce and also violated the US Constitution's prohibition on State and interference with interstate commerce. The state's comptroller is appealing the decision in a lawsuit brought by Verizon media and Comcast. The law imposes a tax on Revenue earned by the affected companies from digital ads displayed in Maryland the state believes that tax could generate up to 250 million dollars annually to fund a wide range in K-12 education program.

Other states that have considered similar taxes for online advertising or closely watching the outcome of this legal case and could set precedent for the future. Next up the German business software maker sap and engineering company Simons have joined the US tech Giants and criticizing draft EU laws on the use of data generated by smart gadgets and other consumer goods. For some context the data act as part of a set of legislation aimed at curbing the power of US tech Giants and helping the EU to achieve its digital and green objectives.

The companies have written a joint letter to the EU commission president EU Anti-Trust Chief and EU industrial Chief arguing that a provision forcing companies to share data with third parties to provide aftermarket or other data-driven services could endanger Trade Secrets. They also argue that at risks undermining undermining European competitiveness on Security Boulevard. We have an article looking at how it teams are being told not to disclose breaches.

A report that was conducted by bitdefender. I found that 70% of it leaders in the US are told not to disclose a breach when it happens in considering that the report found over that half. The organizations have experienced the data breach.

It further enables attackers to conduct similar strategies in the future to learn more go to Security Boulevard calm. On cloud native now. We've an article looking at how to secure container images across the ci/cd pipeline the log4j inverulnerability highlighted the need for securing Cloud native applications by ensuring container images are free of critical vulnerabilities.

com. We've an article looking at a survey that found an increased focus on software supply chain security. A survey conducted by reversing Labs found that while 65% of the respondents stated that the software supply chain security wasn't up to par 80% said that their organizations are currently working to improve security.

com. And that's today's texturing news recap.