Global AI security guidelines endorsed by 18 countries

Thursday - December 21 - 2023 

In this week’s newsletter :

• Global AI security guidelines endorsed by 18 countries

• Google’s next-gen AI model Gemini outperforms GPT-4

• AI & Big Data Expo: Maximising value from real-time data streams

• Bankrupt US pharmacy chain Rite Aid banned from using AI facial recognition

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Global AI security guidelines endorsed by 18 countries
Summary:
The UK has published the world’s first global guidelines for securing AI systems against cyberattacks. The new guidelines aim to ensure AI technology is developed safely and securely.

The guidelines were developed by the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and the US’ Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). They have already secured endorsements from 17 other countries, including all G7 members.

The guidelines provide recommendations for developers and organisations using AI to incorporate cybersecurity at every stage. This “secure by design” approach advises baking in security from the initial design phase through development, deployment, and ongoing operations.  

Specific guidelines cover four key areas: secure design, secure development, secure deployment, and secure operation and maintenance. They suggest security behaviours and best practices for each phase.

Google’s next-gen AI model Gemini outperforms GPT-4
Summary:
Google has unveiled Gemini, a cutting-edge AI model that stands as the company’s most capable and versatile to date.

Demis Hassabis, CEO and Co-Founder of Google DeepMind, introduced Gemini as a multimodal model that is capable of seamlessly understanding and combining various types of information, including text, code, audio, image, and video.

Gemini comes in three optimised versions: Ultra, Pro, and Nano. The Ultra model boasts state-of-the-art performance, surpassing human experts in language understanding and demonstrating unprecedented capabilities in tasks ranging from coding to multimodal benchmarks.

AI & Big Data Expo: Maximising value from real-time data streams
Summary:
As digital transformation accelerates across industries, more and more companies are recognising the untapped value in their real-time data streams. Enterprise streaming analytics firm Streambased aims to help organisations extract impactful business insights from these continuous flows of operational event data.

In an interview at the recent AI & Big Data Expo, Streambased founder and CEO Tom Scott outlined the company’s approach to enabling advanced analytics on streaming data. At the foundation of Streambased’s offering is Apache Kafka, an open-source event streaming platform that has been widely adopted by Fortune 500 companies.

Bankrupt US pharmacy chain Rite Aid banned from using AI facial recognition
Summary:
Bankrupt US pharmacy chain Rite Aid will be prohibited from using facial recognition technology for surveillance purposes for five years to settle US Federal Trade Commission charges it harmed consumers, the FTC said on Tuesday.

Rite Aid deployed artificial intelligence-based facial recognition technology from 2012 to 2020 to identify shoplifters but the company falsely flagged some consumers as matching someone who had previously been identified as a shoplifter, the FTC said.

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