ELEVEN ANGRY EX-MONKS ROLLING UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT TO THROW THEIR ABBOT IN THE TRUNK OF THEIR CAR AND TAKE OVER THE MONASTERY, WHAT THE FUCK AM I READING
Jen Stirrup
@jenstirrup.bsky.social
Military Mom to a British Army serving soldier. Thought leader in AI and Data. Hare Krishna ISKCON devotee on my way home. I care about the planet, animals and Krishna. Speaks my mind but still learning.
Staff members from US senators’ offices said Miko had exposed their side of audio discussions with children in an unsecured, publicly accessible database. Audio files often appeared to contain children’s names along with details about the children’s conversations with Miko. zurl.co/Szq0t
AI toy maker exposed thousands of replies to kids, senators say
A company that makes toys powered by artificial intelligence exposed snippets of thousands of conversations its toys had with children, according to Sens.
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New podcast alert! 🎙️I'm on Cloudera's #TheAIForecast discussing the real barriers to AI success. ✓ Why culture beats tooling ✓ Data literacy vs data fluency ✓ How to move teams from passive to active with data ✓ Real-world examples of what goes wrong (and how to fix it) Tune in: lnkd.in/gFbRUZ_T
The real competitive advantage with AI comes from having business leaders who can bridge business problems with the possibilities technology offers. zurl.co/hr52N
The Big Rethink: An agenda for thriving in the agentic age. CEOs need a new agenda to help them and their organizations navigate the key questions around AI, particularly agentic AI. zurl.co/aJCN0
Spotlight on agentic AI at Davos. AI agents are evolving quickly and, as they mature, could completely change how companies are run and generate value. How CEOs manage the pace of change will determine how well they can capture the benefits. zurl.co/moVK7
OpenAI’s computing capacity grew by 9.5 times between 2023 and 2025, from 0.2 GW in 2023 to about 1.9 GW in 2025, while annualized recurring revenue grew 10 times in the same period to more than $20 billion last year. zurl.co/aqKQx
A business that scales with the value of intelligence
OpenAI’s business model scales with intelligence—spanning subscriptions, API, ads, commerce, and compute—driven by deepening ChatGPT adoption.
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40% of enterprise jobs are set to be reshaped by #AgenticAI by 2026, according to Gartner. Are organisations preparing teams to collaborate with AI, or are we just replacing roles? How is your organisation preparing? What strategies do you find effective? Gartner: www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/...
This Monday, let's think about how will you take action on your data strategy this week. Leaders are acutely aware that business results matter, and their data strategies should reflect this reality.
Data storytelling matters: Context adds clarity Empathy drives engagement Action follows understanding In my book, Artificial Intelligence With Microsoft Power BI, I share strategies for making analytics accessible How are you using #dataviz to create business impact? zurl.co/bDxhJ
Books - Jennifer Stirrup
Current & Upcoming Books Artificial Intelligence With Microsoft Power Bi: Simpler Ai for the Enterprise 1st Edition Find out more Hands-On Machine Learning with Azure Build powerful models with cognitive machine learning and artificial intelligence Implementing Machine learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the cloud had not been possible earlier due to the lack […]
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Why 60% of #AI initiatives fail: Data matters. #MakeYourDataWork zurl.co/bRrxs
Why 60% of AI Initiatives Fail: Data Matters - Jennifer Stirrup
Did you know that 60% of AI projects are projected to fail by 2026. Will your organisation host one of these projects? Read more to learn how to make your project one of the 40% that succeed.
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Google hires Windsurf execs in $2.4 billion deal to advance AI coding ambitions zurl.co/smw4a
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Game changers: The players saving money by going retro zurl.co/bEUmb
Game changers: The players saving money by going retro
How retro gaming is helping players save money to cope with the rising cost of living.
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AI web browsers are the new trend, but will ChatGPT and Perplexity Chrome competitors turn out to be a fad? zurl.co/dvpe2
AI web browsers are the new trend, but will ChatGPT and Perplexity Chrome competitors turn out to be a fad?
A revolution online might just be a pricy fad
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How This Hollywood Producer Turned Brad Pitt Into A $40 Million ‘F1’ human billboard. Mercedes, IWC, Expensify and other brands paid millions to sponsor a fictional #F1 team in Apple’s new movie, which blurs the line between cinema and commerce. zurl.co/vcrNW
How This Hollywood Producer Turned Brad Pitt Into A $40 Million ‘F1’ Ad
Mercedes, IWC, Expensify and other brands paid millions to sponsor a fictional Formula 1 team in Apple’s new F1 movie, which blurs the line between cinema and commerce—and could shape the future of both.
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Nvidia’s $4 Trillion Market Cap Highlights Extreme Concentration in #AI Market zurl.co/WMP0s
Nvidia’s $4 Trillion Market Cap Highlights Extreme Concentration in Market
Nvidia closed above the $4 trillion mark for the first time on Thursday, after briefly passing that level on Wednesday. While that event drew a lot of headlines, the artificial intelligence-driven rally that got it there has wider implications for investors. Tech giants like Nvidia and Microsoft, which isn’t far behind in size, are dominating the market like never before. The top 10 companies
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Hacker, Wanted By US For Stealing COVID-19 Data, Arrested In Italy, The US believes the he was linked to a state-sponsored hacking group known as Hafnium that was accused of penetrating Microsoft email software in 2021 in a mass espionage campaign. zurl.co/fo6Si
Access Denied
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Australia’s largest airline Qantas has confirmed that the recent data breach impacted 5.7 million individuals. zurl.co/VGRmO
Qantas data breach impacted 5.7 million individuals
Australia’s largest airline Qantas has confirmed that the recent data breach impacted 5.7 million individuals.
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DoNot APT, a cyberespionage group, targets European foreign ministries with LoptikMod malware. zurl.co/hyKQ8
DoNot APT is expanding scope targeting European foreign ministries
DoNot APT, likely an India-linked cyberespionage group, targets European foreign ministries with LoptikMod malware.
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Microsoft Outlook Down — Email Outage Confirmed, What We Know So Far zurl.co/LiY5j
Microsoft Outlook Down — Email Outage Confirmed, What We Know So Far
Microsoft Outlook email outage confirmed — here’s what we know so far.
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Palantir accuses UK doctors of choosing ‘ideology over patient interest’ in NHS data row. Tech firm’s chief, Louis Mosley, dismisses fears that contract ‘threatens to undermine public trust in NHS data systems’ zurl.co/nBOYC
Palantir accuses UK doctors of choosing ‘ideology over patient interest’ in NHS data row
Tech firm’s chief, Louis Mosley, dismisses fears that contract ‘threatens to undermine public trust in NHS data systems’
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Four arrested in connection with M&S and Co-op cyber-attacks zurl.co/V2SBi
Four arrested in connection with M&S and Co-op cyber attacks
Three men and one woman - aged between 17 and 20 - have been arrested in London and the Midlands.
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Earth may be trapped inside a giant void in space, say scientists. Discovering we're living alone could solve one of the biggest problems in space science zurl.co/sgaeN
Earth may be trapped inside a giant void in space, say scientists | BBC Science Focus Magazine
Earth and the Milky Way could be floating in a billion lightyear wide void – a discovery that could help decipher one of the biggest mysteries in cosmology
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Microsoft Makes AI Mandatory For Employees: What It Means For Your Career zurl.co/H8NIY
Microsoft Makes AI Mandatory For Employees: What It Means For Your Career
We explore what that means for future careers & why thriving in the age of intelligent machines will require more than technical know-how; it necessitates the human edge.
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European heatwave caused 2,300 deaths in 10 days, study finds. Researchers find human-caused climate change raised temperatures by up to 4C, with 1,500 deaths linked directly to it. #climatechange zurl.co/6WtVO
European heatwave caused 2,300 deaths in 10 days, study finds
Researchers find human-caused climate change raised temperatures by up to 4C, with 1,500 deaths linked directly to it.
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ChatGPT is no match for a 40-year-old digital Pocket Chess game, and I bet Garry Kasparov would be pleased zurl.co/SXAyh << my uncle had this game!!!
ChatGPT is no match for a 40-year-old digital Pocket Chess game, and I bet Garry Kasparov would be pleased
Bad move
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Iranian hackers threaten to release treasure trove of White House emails zurl.co/vplRW
Iranian hackers threaten to release treasure trove of White House emails
Same hacking group released troves of emails stolen from Trump’s presidential campaign to reporters last year
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Microsoft cuts another 4% of its workforce, about 9,000 jobs, in continued efficiency push zurl.co/6waCX << I hope they are not replacing them because of their #AI technology. Even the chatbot on their Azure calculator is poor. I wonder when they will start to rehire. smh
Microsoft cuts another 4% of its workforce, about 9,000 jobs, in continued efficiency push
Microsoft is cutting 9,000 more jobs across the company, following earlier layoffs, amid major investments in AI and cloud infrastructure.
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NCSC Warns of SHOE RACK Malware Abusing DOH and SSH to Attack Fortinet Firewalls zurl.co/qpEjN
NCSC Warns of SHOE RACK Malware Abusing DOH and SSH to Attack Fortinet Firewalls
NCSC warns of SHOE RACK malware targeting Fortinet firewalls using DOH & SSH for stealthy backdoor access and persistent remote control.
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