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• Financial Gravity hosts AI design challenge for tax planning software

  

  Named Odele, the artificial intelligence-based assistant should be able to match individuals and businesses with their most ideal tax scenario.

  Artificial intelligence Ranica Arrowsmith 1h ago

  Artificial intelligence Ranica Arrowsmith 1h ago

• OIG: New Mexico did not adequately secure Medicaid data, systems

  

  State’s Human Services Department had insufficient controls in its security program, auditors contend.

  Data security Greg Slabodkin 1h ago

  Data security Greg Slabodkin 1h ago

• Andreessen leads new funding in artificial intelligence startup

  

  Venture capital firms including Andreessen Horowitz inject $140 million into AI sartup Databricks.

  Artificial intelligence August 22

  Artificial intelligence August 22

• Wall Street's hunger for data scientists fed by new Ph.Ds

  

  NYU, MIT and Harvard ready Ph.D. programs in data science to shape the emerging discipline.

  Data science August 22

  Data science August 22

• Popular robots are dangerously easy to hack, researchers finds

  

  Some of the most popular bots are vulnerable to cyberattacks and could be turned into bugging devices or weapons, says cybersecurity firm.

  Robotics August 22

  Robotics August 22

• Opinion Higher minimum wages will give high tech a boost

  

  Noah Smith

  Columnist Bloomberg View

  New research looks at how automation responds to minimum-wage increases.

  Automation August 22

  Automation August 22

• Almost half of all organizations suffered negative customer-facing web issues

  

  Common problems include slow performance, end-user discovery of problems, difficulty troubleshooting issues and application downtime, according to survey of IT execs.

  Customer data Bob Violino August 22

  Customer data Bob Violino August 22

• Opinion How the healthcare industry is learning from data breaches

  

  Matthew Fisher

  Associate Mirick, O'Connell, DeMallie & Lougee, LLP

  The number of incidents has risen rapidly in recent years, but organizations are learning from their mistakes and making improvements.

  Data breaches August 22

  Data breaches August 22

• Why cybercriminals like AI as much as cyberdefenders do

  

  Artificial intelligence is helping detect breaches the human eye can’t. But it also gives hackers an edge.

  Artificial intelligence Penny Crosman August 22

  Artificial intelligence Penny Crosman August 22

• How Oberweis Dairy used analytics to boost sales and win customers

  

  The Illinois-based firm tapped a business intelligence platform from SAS to gain new insights on consumer habits and needs.

  Analytics David Weldon August 22

  Analytics David Weldon August 22

• Bots come to the rescue as workers shun Japanese nursing homes

  

  Service companies in Japan, faced with the worst labor shortage in decades, are finally turning to labor-saving technology,

  Robotics August 21

  Robotics August 21

• Majority of fed agencies looking to adopt converged infrastructure

  

  Almost 60 percent of government departments looking to deploy structure to better centralize management of IT resources.

  Data management Bob Violino August 21

  Data management Bob Violino August 21

• Views Computer models say that diversity helps companies

  

  Justin Fox

  Columnist Bloomberg View

  Differing groups of problem solvers — groups of people with distinct tools — consistently outperformed groups of the best and the brightest, Bloomberg View Columnist Justin Fox found in his research.

  Diversity and equality August 21

  Diversity and equality August 21

• Top cyber defense requires investments in people and technology

  

  Leading organizations embrace information security from the top down, and employees are given the right resources to defend against a breach.

  Ransomware David Weldon August 21

  Ransomware David Weldon August 21

• IRS spends $290M to bolster taxpayer data protection

  

  The agency spent the extra funds to improve consumer service and cybersecurity and safeguard against identity theft, according to a new report.

  Data security Michael Cohn August 21

  Data security Michael Cohn August 21