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Unlocking the Future: A Guide to AI Maturity Models for Schools

Unlocking the Future: A Guide to AI Maturity Models for Schools

Artificial intelligence holds transformative potential for education, offering opportunities to personalize learning, enhance administrative efficiency, and equip students with critical skills for the future. However, the path to AI integration is complex, requiring careful planning and a phased approach. An AI maturity model provides a structured roadmap, guiding schools through the stages of AI adoption—from initial exploration to comprehensive implementation.

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Is Your Business Data Safe? Uncovering the Risks of Shopping, I Mean Data-Scraping Apps Like TEMU

Is Your Business Data Safe? Uncovering the Risks of Shopping, I Mean Data-Scraping Apps Like TEMU

As a CEO or leader, your responsibility extends beyond day-to-day operations to safeguarding your company’s most critical assets—its trade secrets, client information, and your team's personal data. Yet, in today’s digital landscape, a subtle but significant threat looms: popular apps like TEMU, which, under the guise of convenience, might be siphoning off more data than you realize.

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Guarding Your Trade Secrets: Privacy in the Era of Generative AI

Guarding Your Trade Secrets: Privacy in the Era of Generative AI

Generative AI tools are designed to learn from the data they process. This means that any information you input—whether it's through prompts or in the form of AI-generated responses—could be used by companies to further train their models. This is particularly concerning when it comes to sensitive data, such as personal details of employees and/or clients as well proprietary or confidential company information like trade secrets. Once this data is shared, it may no longer be private and could potentially become accessible in the public domain.

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Don't Let GenAI Turn Your Student Data into a Study Guide

Don't Let GenAI Turn Your Student Data into a Study Guide

As the school year kicks off, educators are busy sharpening pencils, setting up classrooms, and—this year—figuring out how to incorporate the latest generative AI (GenAI) tools into their teaching. But before you let these shiny new tech tools loose in your lesson plans, it’s essential to consider one big question: How can we use GenAI to enhance learning without putting your students' data on the AI report card? Let's dive into the do's and don'ts of keeping student information secure while making the most of GenAI in the classroom.

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Back to School: Strategies for Safe and Effective AI Implementation

Back to School: Strategies for Safe and Effective AI Implementation

AI is transforming how school operate and students learn. With its potential comes significant pitfalls if a school lacks the infrastructure to implement AI effectively. According to an EdWeek survey, 79% of districts lack clear policies on using AI tools. A study by the Internet Safety Labs found that 96% of apps share children’s personal information with advertisers. Is your school prepared to harness the potential and avoid the pitfalls of AI?

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Harnessing AI Advisory: Your Key to Gaining Competitive Edge in Business

Harnessing AI Advisory: Your Key to Gaining Competitive Edge in Business

AI is not just a buzzword; it’s a transformative technology that can revolutionize how businesses operate. And yet, there are so many options. So much confusion. An AI advisory business offers the expertise and insights needed to harness AI’s full potential, driving growth, efficiency, and innovation.

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Empowering Enterprises with Microsoft: Navigating AI Readiness with Precision and Insight

Empowering Enterprises with Microsoft: Navigating AI Readiness with Precision and Insight

Artificial intelligence (AI) represents a paradigm shift in business operations and competition. At AI Governance Group, we’ve dedicated ourselves to guiding enterprises through this transformative journey, ensuring they harness the full potential of AI using Microsoft's robust suite of tools and solutions.

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Transforming Challenges into Opportunities: How Consulting Firms Provide Strategic AI Advice

Transforming Challenges into Opportunities: How Consulting Firms Provide Strategic AI Advice

Adversarial self dealing is insidiously being deployed to maximize profits and minimize regulations where some AI technology is concerned. In the fourth of our series, we dig into this notion in our Two AI Truths and a Lie exploration.

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Transhumanism: new networks, new co-workers, new frontiers

Transhumanism: new networks, new co-workers, new frontiers

The very near future is ‘transhuman,’ where organizations will have new networks, people will have new co-workers, and our work worlds will truly be new frontiers. Explore the future or work to prepare for it today.

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How Mature Are You? Comparing NIST and Microsoft Maturity Models

How Mature Are You? Comparing NIST and Microsoft Maturity Models

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has evolved into a cornerstone of modern technology, influencing industries from healthcare to finance. As organizations strive to harness AI's potential, understanding where they stand in their AI journey is crucial. While there are many AI Maturity Models in existence, two prominent frameworks that guide this understanding are the NIST AI Maturity Model and the Microsoft AI Maturity Model. Do you know your company’s AI Maturity?

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What Do Bullet Vending Machines and Hospital Firewalls Have in Common? AI, of course!

What Do Bullet Vending Machines and Hospital Firewalls Have in Common? AI, of course!

AI in Everyday Life: From Vending Machines to Hospitals

Consider the recent developments: AI's integration into everyday life has reached a point where, in some states, we can now purchase bullets from a vending machine equipped with AI enabled facial recognition technology. This astonishing application underscores the profound capabilities of AI, reshaping even the most traditional aspects of commerce and security.

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Rescuing Your AI Initiative: How AI Advisory Consultancy Can Turn Your AI Missteps into Triumphs

Rescuing Your AI Initiative: How AI Advisory Consultancy Can Turn Your AI Missteps into Triumphs

The allure of AI’s potential to revolutionize operations and drive growth can lead to premature implementation, often resulting in unforeseen challenges including the failure of a company’s AI initiative.

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Misused and Abused: “Two AI Truths and a Lie” adversarial self-dealing

Misused and Abused: “Two AI Truths and a Lie” adversarial self-dealing

Adversarial self dealing is insidiously being deployed to maximize profits and minimize regulations where some AI technology is concerned. In the fourth of our series, we dig into this notion in our Two AI Truths and a Lie exploration.

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Creeping in: “Two AI Truths and a Lie” harmful normalization

Creeping in: “Two AI Truths and a Lie” harmful normalization

An insidious normalization happens over time with (especially) surveillance technology. We explore that in the context of “Two AI Truths and a Lie” in the third of our series.

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Digging in: “Two AI Truths and a Lie” dangerous extractions

Digging in: “Two AI Truths and a Lie” dangerous extractions

Where we underscore the critical need for robust regulatory frameworks to ensure AI systems are developed and deployed in ways that prioritize user privacy and societal benefit over unchecked data exploitation. Heady stuff!

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Warning: AI and other HR Challenges Converge to Create the Perfect Storm

Warning: AI and other HR Challenges Converge to Create the Perfect Storm

One of the most pressing issues highlighted by Taylor is the ineffective use of technology, particularly AI, within organizations. A McKinsey & Company report states that over 1 billion jobs will be transformed by technology, with up to 30% of the workforce potentially jobless in seven years due to AI advancements. Despite this looming transformation, only 12% of HR professionals believe their organizations use AI effectively.

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AI, compute & our (blue) planet

AI, compute & our (blue) planet

As we use genAI every 5-10 prompts into a LLM itself uses the equivalent of a 16 oz. bottle of water. The stress on our planet increases exponentially as AI proliferates. What can we do? The answer may surprise you.

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