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OpenAI Astra Cybersecurity Reveal: Skip Legacy Cybersecurity, Buy Zscaler (ZS)
Zscaler is rated a buy due to its leading zero-trust cybersecurity solutions, which are well-positioned to counter escalating AI-driven threats. Despite recent stock underperformance and slowing growth (~25% YoY), I expect ZS to benefit from a…
OpenAI begins rollout of GPT-6 with focus on cyber security safeguards
ChatGPT maker OpenAI said Thursday it would begin rolling out its newest and most powerful artificial intelligence (AI) model to select customers, saying it had built in safeguards to mitigate security risks. 'At this level of capability, safety…
Water utilities are a cybersecurity challenge that's national in scope but local in responsibility
Guest: Ozgur Ozmen Title: Assistant professor in the School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence at Arizona State University Summary: Recent attacks on water utilities have shown how quickly a local cybersecurity incident can become a national…
AI Is Driving an Increased Need for Cybersecurity. Here's the Best Way to Invest.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is creating all sorts of new opportunities, some good and some bad. While the majority of the world is focused on how generative AI can boost productivity and solve problems, a small cohort uses it for harm, and the…
Zscaler Stock Wavers On Cybersecurity Firm's Earnings Beat, Outlook
Zscaler (ZS) stock popped on Thursday after the cybersecurity firm reported fiscal fourth-quarter earnings and revenue that topped estimates while its October quarter revenue guidance came in above expectations. Reported after the market close…
KSOU to expand skill courses in AI, cybersecurity, green energy
The Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) is set to significantly expand its skill-development initiatives and introduce employment-oriented and industry relevant skill programmes in emerging and future-oriented sectors such as Artificial…
OpenAI warns about how good Astra model is at cracking cybersecurity, releases it anyway because it took 'years of research and big bets
OpenAI rolled out GPT‑6 Astra, its most advanced AI, with “critical” cyber capabilities Astra can autonomously find and exploit unknown flaws; release limited to vetted Daybreak participants Staggered rollout sparked user…
OpenAI's new Astra model can code better. But here's why its cybersecurity skills matter as much
OpenAI describes Astra as a model built for end-to-end work, rather than only answering prompts. In that sense, it is closer to more autonomous AI agents than models. It can operate computers and browsers, fill online forms, update customer…
North Little Rock will host annual conference on cybersecurity, emerging technologies, global threats | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Defending domestic computer networks and data from foreign attacks is at the center of this year's annual Forge Summit in North Little Rock. The seventh annual gathering will be Oct. 13-14 in downtown North Little Rock and will showcase the future…
Google DeepMind's Cybersecurity AI Push Sends Palantir (NASDAQ: PLTR) Stock Price Down 7%
Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR) dropped approximately 7% on Wednesday after Google (NASDAQ: GOOGL) made an aggressive move into government and defense-focused artificial intelligence, one of Palantir's most lucrative market segments. The…
Promising Cybersecurity Stocks To Watch Now - September 4th
Palo Alto vs. Zscaler: Which Cybersecurity Stock Looks Stronger After Earnings? Palo Alto Networks, CrowdStrike, Fortinet, SentinelOne, BlackBerry, Globant, and NetScout Systems are the seven Cybersecurity stocks to watch today, according to…
Agents on the frontline: How Box is using AI to supercharge cybersecurity
Findings from Box's State of AI in the Enterprise survey show 83% of enterprises are now running agents in some capacity. These bots are enabling teams to drive productivity and efficiency, but as with any new technology, smooth integration can be…
Three Years of Starting Over: How I Landed on Cybersecurity
I've been a die-hard Computer Science fan for as long as I can remember. Right after my 10th standard, I picked up C — that was four years ago. Around the same time, GitHub pulled me in before I even understood what was happening there. I…
OpenAI Unveils GPT-6 Astra For Autonomous Professional Workflows, Pledges $1B To Frontline Cybersecurity Defense | Metaverse Post
AI research company OpenAI unveiled GPT-6 Astra, its latest frontier model engineered for autonomous computer use, software engineering, scientific research, and complex professional workflows. The system became available to a limited set of…
Connected Retail Is Widening the Cyber Attack Surface While Security Ownership Remains Fragmented, Info-Tech Research Group Warns
Store systems, cloud platforms, IoT devices, vendor connections, and customer applications now operate as a connected ecosystem, while security accountability remains divided across technology domains and teams. Info-Tech Research Group's Build…
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