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“New Alliance of Major Tech Firms Addresses Concerns over AI Job Displacement”

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IBM has pledged to skill 2 million people in AI by 2030; Intel has said it’ll upskill over 30 million with AI in the same timeframe. Yet it’s not clear how many AI roles will be available then. According to a recent analysis by Lightcast, a labor market analytics firm, the demand for AI roles is decreasing, not increasing. “Consortium members commit to developing worker pathways particularly in job sectors that will increasingly integrate artificial intelligence technology,” the spokesperson said. Big Tech has big promises to keep, particularly where it concerns the future of work and the tech industry’s role in shaping it.

“Concerns Mount as Change Healthcare Outage Persists, Raising Potential for Patient Data Breach”

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If patient data has been stolen, the ramifications for the affected patients will likely be irreversible and life-lasting. Change Healthcare is one of the world’s largest facilitators of health and medical data and patient records, handling billions of healthcare transactions annually. The cybersecurity director expressed alarm at the prospect of the hackers potentially publishing the stolen sensitive patient data online. For those on the front-lines of healthcare cybersecurity, the worst-case scenario is that stolen patient records become public. Do you work at Change Healthcare, Optum or UnitedHealth and know more about the cyberattack?