AI By Matthew S. Smith This might be hard to believe, but we’re now at least four years into the era of AI large language models — and perhaps up to nine, depending on your definition. OpenAI’s ChatGPT was released in 2022, GPT-3 was released in 2020, and the paper that defined the transformer architecture […]

As I mentioned on Wednesday, today I attended a seminar about creating a local AI solution for business. The main reason? Besides data privacy, small businesses may want to turn to local AI for lower cost. Right now, cloud AI is heavily funded by investors. When they pivot to IPOs and go public, those investors […]

ISSUE 23.20 • 2026-05-18 PATCH WATCH By Susan Bradley Normally, I’d come to you at this time of the month and say, “Forget the operating systems — patch those browsers.” This time, I’m going to say, “Forget the operating systems — check the settings in your browsers.” Chrome hit the headlines two weeks ago when […]