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2024 will be the 'dawn of AI agents,' when incredibly advanced AI is applied in a number of new creative ways. https://bit.ly/48CYR86

How can CTOs get their board to prioritize engineering? By showcasing the department's value in a way non-technical leaders understand. https://bit.ly/41IrkHp

A future beyond passwords: Key identity management techniques to watch out for in 2024, including passkeys, biometrics and zero trust. https://bit.ly/3RJJ5BN

LLMs are uniquely positioned to take on the challenge of predicting potential intrusion attempt patterns across endpoints using collected attack data. https://bit.ly/3H6bOLW

A look at VentureBeat's top data stories of 2023, covering Microsoft Fabric, Salesforce's data partnerships, Databricks' massive acquisition and more. https://bit.ly/47krIx7

Predictions are foolish to make and yet the temptation to rush back into the breach is always a pull for me. The future is terrifying the more unknown it is, and so I and many other prognosticators try to see a pattern in the darkness ahead. All I can say once again is that I […] https://bit.ly/47xf5Pz

Unencrypted identity data stored in unsecured or misconfigured clouds is an attackers' goldmine. https://bit.ly/3voflTi

The metaverse hasn't lived up to its hype (and has been overshadowed by gen AI). Now its definition and use cases are being reimagined.  https://bit.ly/3RELyxd

Key data predictions from industry experts and vendors to help enterprises tap the AI opportunity for growth in 2024. https://bit.ly/48qqrFW

Leaders told VentureBeat that setting the goal of creating a strong collaboration between AI and cybersecurity professionals is essential. https://bit.ly/3H0kqny

CONTRIBUTOR CONTENT: OUTOFHAND: The world’s first luxury XR brand elevating artists “Nail art is the new sneakers,” declares Samuel Deutsch, CEO and Founder of OUTOFHAND (OOH), capturing the essence of a seismic shift in the $23.4 billion global nail industry, projected to climb to $32.8 billion within the next five years.  Leading the charge in the intersection […] https://bit.ly/3RCIRwk

Top venture capitalists make bold predictions for artificial intelligence in 2024, forecasting the rise of multimodal models, real-time diffusion applications, open source AI democratization, and more despite ethical concerns and GPU shortages. https://bit.ly/48ylnz1

2023 witnessed a surge within the open-source LLM ecosystem, marked by the release of models that can be downloaded and run on your servers and customized for specific applications. https://bit.ly/3NKB2mZ

With New Year's only a few days away, I'm looking ahead to the AI narratives I think will be central to trends in 2024. https://bit.ly/48z0x2M

CES 2024 is coming back to Las Vegas the week of January 7, and it should be one of the biggest tech events in the world again. This year, the organizers of CES 2024 expect more than 130,000 attendees through January 12, with hundreds of speakers, 3,500-plus exhibitors and 2.4 million square feet of exhibit […] https://bit.ly/48yBuNe

The cybersecurity cat-and-mouse game will intensify in 2024 as AI, the cloud and other technologies change the threat landscape. https://bit.ly/3H03aP8

Here are some tried and true, hard-learned, easy-to-understand cybersecurity rules gleaned from early childhood. https://bit.ly/3vpa6mg

Stanford and Meta researchers develop an AI system called CHOIS that uses natural language and sparse waypoints to generate highly realistic human-object interaction animations with applications in computer graphics, VR, and robotics. https://bit.ly/3NjcSzD

VentureBeat interviewed him recently in an exclusive sit-down interview at SAP's under-renovation slick Hudson Yard office space. https://bit.ly/488GaZR

The company will invest part of the new funding in tripling its headcount across all departments, with a particular focus on research and development (R&D). https://bit.ly/48b3KFg

Frost Giant Studios revealed that actor Simu Liu will play a key role in the real-time strategy game Stormgate. https://bit.ly/3uZFs2E

Sean Murray of Hello Games revealed his team's latest project at The Game Awards in Los Angeles today. https://bit.ly/3R6pdZ2

Cisco's AI Assistant & Encrypted Visibility engine use AI to combat network & firewall misconfigurations. Gartner predicts 99% of firewall breaches due to configuration complexity. https://bit.ly/41fd0pz

In a wide ranging interview about enterprise readiness for generative AI, Eric Boyd asserts that Microsoft plans to stay competitive on the choice front. He said the company's generative AI applications and the LLMs that power them, are safe to use, but that companies that are more focused on where models work really well – for example in text generation – are able to move the fastest. https://bit.ly/4a7RaZl

MaintainX, a startup that provides software for industrial maintenance, raises $50 million to achieve a zero-downtime future using AI and data. Read the exclusive interview with the CEO and the lead investor. https://bit.ly/3t6HIF0

ForwardXP unveiled the latest installment of its virtual reality game series, Please, Don’t Touch Anything: House Broken, debuting today. https://bit.ly/3Gz70yM

The 2024 Global Tour promises to be a melting pot of ideas, featuring prominent figures from the gaming and tech industries. https://bit.ly/47LxzN2

The modular curriculum covers foundational AI concepts, risks and legal frameworks. Frazier hopes this will cultivate informed, multidisciplinary dialogue on shaping oversight frameworks. https://bit.ly/3t8CtEQ

Clients have experienced a remarkable 30% uplift in win rates, translating to over $100 million in additional work, while cutting costs. https://bit.ly/47QZ8ok

In the financial quarter ending September, when VAST Data announced its unified data platform, the company's cumulative software bookings surpassed $1 billion. https://bit.ly/3uJmZYd

Astronomer has built a layer on top of the Airflow data platform, modifying an open source project, to make it run more efficiently. https://bit.ly/3Rirr86

Twitch announced it will wind down operations in South Korea due to uniquely high costs to operate in the country. https://bit.ly/3Gu29yz

Their method, RLIF, is predicated on a simple insight: it's generally easier to recognize errors than to execute flawless corrections.  https://bit.ly/3uE2rQM

Workers who worry about their job and automation may want to move to a company where continuing professional development is supported. https://bit.ly/3RceBYG

When I reviewed the single-player campaign for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III a few weeks ago, I gave it the lowest score that I had in years. But multiplayer is better. https://bit.ly/3Ta9ivs

Looking Glass has introduced Looking Glass Go, a portable holographic display merging high-res holograms and the creative prowess of AI. https://bit.ly/47FA8QH

The Last of Us Part Two is getting a new survival mode with its remaster for the PS 5. https://bit.ly/3RtCiNy

Within days of publication, doubts began to emerge about some of the key claims and results presented in the paper. https://bit.ly/3Gqa4Nw

Russell Binder believes the hub-and-spoke IP system for games is coming into its own with films like Five Nights at Freddy's. https://bit.ly/4a2ztdI

The tokens were discovered by Lasso researchers who recently scanned GitHub and Hugging Face repositories and performed in-depth research across each. https://bit.ly/3Tg5edr

GameTree has raised $1.7 million to build out its looking-for-group app, in which it helps gamers create positive communities. https://bit.ly/418OHcT

Freeverse and the LAOS Foundation are unveiling LAOS, a new universal Layer-1 blockchain dedicated to interoperable digital assets. https://bit.ly/3R8TDdb

Geoff Keighley's The Game Awards released a trailer aimed at getting us hyped for the show on December 7 and the games of 2024. https://bit.ly/3uPcnH7

Breakthrough AI and LLMs like ChatGPT have unleashed waves of optimism, apprehension and speculation. What will 2024 bring? https://bit.ly/47CAiYY

Even an organization that has done everything right can suffer a breach. Let's stop victim blaming and embrace honesty and transparency. https://bit.ly/483pYcv

Smart AI regulation can strike a balance between innovation and governance and protect businesses from unnecessary risk. https://bit.ly/3N9FYld

GamesBeat's Rachel Kaser is prepping for The Game Awards -- and can't help but feel a few more people could be getting awards. https://bit.ly/3GKXb0N

GUEST: It’s now two years since Facebook changed its name to Meta, ushering in a brief but blazing enthusiasm over “the Metaverse”, a concept from science fiction that suddenly seemed to be the next inevitable leap in technology. For most people in tech, however, the term has since lost its luster, seemingly supplanted by any product with […] https://bit.ly/4120Ro1

Electronic Arts made 5 accessibility tools available to all game devs, including 4 AI-focused patents and its IRIS photosensitivity test. https://bit.ly/3GK9eLP

AI art generators did rely on human-made artworks — including likely some copyrighted artworks — to train their models. https://bit.ly/47WduTO