In a Canadian tech hub, a startup in the telecom space had positioned itself to be bought out by a massive Canadian telecom company. The number of active customers was ramping up nicely. But their profits weren’t. The big telecom planning to buy the smaller one wanted to know why.
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As we all know, Glitch Happens™. But did you know that the true cause of a glitch is rarely a single mistake? In the technology world, a series of mistakes must come together before a massive systems failure happens. Yet companies often tell the public that it was all just due to an “update” by someone on the technical team.
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Plenty of startups push forward with a great idea only to find it flounder because building a foundation that supports robust quality and security was never the focus of the founder. Over time, the software becomes strained and things break. Even CEOs of big companies find this out the hard way.
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For years, algorithms have been breaching human rights regulations. How often is this happening and who suffers from it? More importantly, what can be done about it?
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Security protocols weren’t designed to protect artificial intelligence programs. This has serious implications for human safety.
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For the record, a security “loophole” is a glitch. Why? Because a design or coding flaw allows a hacker to get in and steal data, manipulate records or, as in the case of the hospital hacked in Germany, lock down systems and demand payment (ransomware), preventing the delivery of critical health care. In what is…
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