We've probably all shouted at an advert on TV or muttered darkly at one that pops up when surfing the web, but how would you feel about ads you can actually converse with?

Communications company GMS has developed Generative Response Ads, a technology that enables consumers to engage in real-time conversations directly within ad spaces using AI.

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We're constantly told that AI will make our lives easier by taking on the tedious everyday tasks that we don't really like doing. Who wouldn't want to have an AI agent do some of your office donkey work?

That's what Microsoft is offering with new out-of-the-box, purpose-built agents in Microsoft 365 Copilot that will take on unique roles, working alongside or on behalf of a team or organization to handle simple, mundane tasks as well as complex, multi-step business processes.

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Most developers (85 percent) and security teams (75 percent) have security concerns over relying on GenAI to develop software.

A report from Legit Security, based on a survey of over 400 security professionals and software developers across North America, finds 96 percent of security and software development professionals report that their companies use GenAI-based solutions for building or delivering applications.

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We all know how frustrating it can be to get scam phone calls, whether they're pretending to be your bank or trying to claim your computer needs fixing.

Of course it can be fun to keep them talking and string them along for a while, but most of us don't have the time to do that. Now though UK telco Virgin Media O2 has created an AI pensioner specifically designed to waste the scammers' time so we don't have to.

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A new survey from Flexera shows that 42 percent of IT leaders say they believe if they could integrate AI, it would make the most difference to their organizations.

The study surveyed 800 IT leaders from the US, UK, Germany and Australia to determine how IT decision makers' priorities have evolved over the past 12 months and outline their focus for next year.

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As organizations increasingly adopt AI capabilities, the most common and dangerous attacks often go undetected by static code scanning or traditional security methods.

The only effective way to stop common AI attacks, such as prompt injection and zero-day vulnerabilities, is through active runtime detection and defense. Operant AI is launching a new 3D Runtime Defense Suite aimed at protecting live cloud applications, including AI models and APIs in their native environments.

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Humans are generally the weakest link in the cybersecurity chain, so training and awareness are essential alongside technology to keep organizations safe.

With the launch of its AI Scenario Generator, Immersive Labs enables organizations to seamlessly generate threat scenarios for crisis simulations to ensure their workforces are ready for the latest threats.

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Online scams aren't anything new, but thanks to artificial intelligence they're becoming more sophisticated and harder to detect. We've also seen a rise in disinformation and deepfakes many of them made possible, or at least more plausible, by AI.

This means that venturing onto the internet is increasingly like negotiating a digital minefield. With FAIK, risk management specialist at KnowBe4 Perry Carpenter sets out to dissect what makes these threats work and the motivations behind them as well as offering some strategies to protect yourself.

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Many in the industry believe that AI is degrading because it's being starved of human-generated data. This leads to models being trained on the output of older models which increases the risk of hallucinations and errors.

But how big an issue is this and what can we do to fix it? We spoke to Persona CEO and co-founder, Rick Song to find out.

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A new survey from HackerOne shows 67 percent of respondents believe an external, unbiased review of GenAI is the most effective way to uncover AI safety and security issues as AI red teaming gathers momentum.

Nearly 10 percent of security researchers now specialize in AI technology as 48 percent of security leaders consider AI to be one of the greatest risks to their organizations, according to the report -- based on data from 500 global security leaders, and more than 2,000 hackers on the HackerOne platform.

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A new report reveals that 54 percent of cybersecurity professionals believe cybercriminals will benefit more from AI than the security industry.

The report by The Chartered Institute of Information Security (CIISec), based on a survey of over 300 cybersecurity professionals, finds 51 percent) of those surveyed believe that AI and machine learning will be the most influential technology in the cybersecurity industry over the coming year.

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As the IT landscape becomes more complex it can be difficult for businesses to fully understand their risk profile and to ensure that they're getting the most from their investments.

With the launch of a new AI-powered unified observability platform, Kloudfuse aims to deliver improved anomaly detection and consolidated metrics, logs, traces, real user monitoring, continuous profiling, and more in a unified observability data lake.

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As technology has become a key part of more areas of our lives, ensuring our information remains secure is essential. The majority of data breaches are due to credentials that have been compromised in some way so we really need to look beyond passwords.

Biometrics is one area that's gaining in popularity so we spoke to Tina D'Agostin, CEO of biometric access control specialist Alcatraz AI, to discuss the rising popularity of AI-powered biometric security solutions, and its benefits.

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A new report shows 45 percent of cybersecurity teams are already using AI tools, and 80 percent of professionals believe cybersecurity expertise will be even more critical in an AI-driven environment.

The research from ISC2 surveyed almost 16,000 cybersecurity professionals and decision makers worldwide and finds that 74 percent of respondents say the threat landscape is the most challenging they have experienced in the last five years, and job satisfaction has fallen from 74 percent in 2022 to 66 percent in 2024.

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A new report from Apple endpoint management specialist Kandji shows that 73 percent of organizations report that their number of Apple products has increased over the last year, driven primarily by employee preference (76 percent), security (50 percent), and reliability (43 percent).

Commissioned by Kandji and conducted by Dimensional Research, the global survey gathered insights from more than 300 IT professionals with responsibility for the management and delivery of Apple products to employees at a company with more than 1,000 employees and more than 500 end-user devices.

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