Nat Rubio-Licht

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Nat Rubio-Licht (they/them) is Lead Reporter at The Daily Upside and the lead journalist behind CIO Upside, a newsletter about innovation and development at Big Tech companies. They previously worked at Protocol as a writer for the Source Code newsletter, and at the Los Angeles Business Journal as a technology and aerospace reporter.

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What’s The Point of Chasing Superintelligence?

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“Putting ‘safe’ next to ‘superintelligence’ is kind of an oxymoron.”

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Why Healthcare is a Hacker’s Data ‘Treasure Trove’

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“There’s just so many ways you can leverage that data, and it’s relatively easy to get.”

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Google Patent Makes Cloud Infrastructure Simpler

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Patenting this kind of tech could benefit Google in more ways than one.

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Tech Hiring May Slow Amid Recession Fears. Can AI Help?

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“You may be looking very hard at AI from a standpoint of doing more with the people you have.”

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IBM Continues Quantum Quest with Noise Correction Patent

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Fixing the noise problem is key to scaling these devices to more than a few thousand qubits.

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Microsoft’s Data Center Pullback Raises Questions About AI Infrastructure Boom

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“People are freaked out. And with uncertainty comes cautiousness with capital-heavy investments.”

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With New Models Every Day, Enterprise AI Battle is ‘Fair Game’

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“There is no one model that does everything.”

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Microsoft Patents Automate Data Clean-up

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AI models are only as good as the data they’re built on.

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Want to Deploy AI Agents? Take an ‘Incremental Approach’

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‘Agents have a huge benefit for the enterprise, and we’re only beginning to see what that may be.’

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What You Need to Know About Deep Research Agents

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They have the capabilities of “search on steroids,” but risks still exist.

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Enterprise Security Lessons from Oracle’s Reported Breaches

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The allegations highlight third-party software risks.

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As Agentic AI Sweeps Market, OpenAI Seeks Patent For Easy Model Builder

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OpenAI’s patent history is rather sparse, especially in comparison with competitors such as Google, Microsoft or Amazon

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Despite Breakthroughs, Quantum Industry is “Split” On Arrival Timeline

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“It’ll be a breakthrough for humanity, much like the advent of the computer itself.”

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How to Keep Your Workforce from Overusing AI

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The first step is figuring out where AI isn’t necessary.

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JPMorgan Chase, Amazon Seek Patents to Make AI Unlearn Bad Habits

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Security has to come first when deploying AI.

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With Cloud Infrastructure, How Much is Too Much?

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Massive AI infrastructure investments are a “gamble on the future.”

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Why Factory Floors Are the Best Place to Start with AI Robots

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“The problem is bounded,” one expert said.

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Google Patent Keeps Your Data Under Wraps

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Plenty of other tech giants have sought to solve the ever-present AI data security problem.

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Need Help Finding Security Blind Spots? Look Beyond Your ‘Red Team’

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You can’t fix what you can’t find.

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Amazon’s Code Autocorrect Highlights Big Tech’s Interest in Code Generators

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Code generation is quickly becoming one of the most common (and lucrative) use cases for GenAI.

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