AI Basics: A Quick Reference Guide for IT Professionals

Also: Latest IT News; GenAI Research Findings & More [View in Browser]( MAR 15 Next Gen Update [Next Gen Update]( Top Pick [AI Basics: A Quick Reference Guide for IT Professionals]( This guide covers various aspects of AI, including fundamental concepts, real-world applications across industries, and ethical considerations. News [World’s Most Extensive AI Rules Approved in EU, Despite Criticism]( Bloomberg News The European Union is enacting the most comprehensive guardrails on the fast-developing world of artificial intelligence after the bloc’s parliament passed the AI Act on Wednesday.   [This Company Intends To Be the First To Mine the Moon]( [AI Promises Faster Oil Drilling and Even More U.S. Crude Supply]( [EU AI Act Would Scrutinize Many ‘General’ AI Models – SXSW 2024]( [DeepMind Co-founder: Practical AGI is ‘Decades Away’ – SXSW 2024]( [Google's Gemini AI Vulnerable to Content Manipulation]( Spotlight [Silicon Valley Is Pricing Academics out of AI Research]( The Washington Post With eye-popping salaries and access to costly computing power, AI companies are draining academia of talent. Trending [Could Microsoft's AI Strategy Tank Its Reputation?]( Christopher Tozzi Microsoft is making a high-stakes bet on AI. But will it tarnish its reputation that it has worked long and hard to rebuild, bringing a return to the "Microshaft" days?   [Explosion of Data in the Cloud Era Leading to Observability Complexity]( Sean Michael Kerner There's just too many applications and too much data for IT professionals to easily monitor, but there are solutions that might help. Virtual Machines [How To Copy a Hyper-V Virtual Machine to a New Location]( Brien Posey Here are step-by-step instructions for copying a stateless virtual machine hosted on a server to a RAM disk and run it from there. Omdia Research [GenAI to Propel Global Robotics AI Chipset Market to New Heights]( Omdia Aided by the democratization of generative AI, the robotics AI chipset market is expected to reach $866 million globally by 2028, Omdia finds.   [Omdia Research Shows Slowdown in Global Shipments of Public Displays]( Omdia This decrease is the result of reduced demand across all product categories, particularly in IFP/touch display shipments. In Case You Missed It [How Latimer GenAI Model Is Fighting Bias, Improving Representation]( Bias within the datasets utilized in generative AI models is a significant concern. Here's how one LLM — Latimer — is attacking this problem. [Manage Subscriptions]( You are subscribed to this newsletter as {EMAIL} Questions or problems? Contact [Customer Service](/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9fdaf2fef6f3cceaefeff0edebdff6f1f9f0edf2feb1fcf0f2a0eceafdf5fafceba2d6cbcfedf0) ITPro | Informa | 605 Third Avenue, 22nd Floor, New York, NY 10158 | [Privacy Policy]( © 2022, Informa USA, Inc., All Rights Reserved.