John Napoli, head of transformation at Guardian Life, is gearing up the company's AI initiatives by scaling up AI talent. Facing a tough labor market, Napoli is training existing employees and hiring strategically to meet business demand. This includes conventional data skills and the latest AI tools. He emphasizes the importance of a robust AI strategy, balancing building and buying tactics to create a skilled workforce. Orla Daly of Skillsoft adopts a similar approach, focusing on upskilling staff and training workers to integrate AI into workflows. Despite these efforts, AI talent remains scarce, slowing down AI adoption across enterprises. High competition for AI skills means many companies are left to train their own staff to fill critical roles.

IT leaders rethink talent strategies to cope with AI skills crunch cio.com

OpenAI has released a research paper on reverse engineering AI models in response to criticism about the potential risks of their technology. This comes days after former employees accused the company of being reckless. The paper explains a method for understanding how AI models store certain concepts, which can help identify misbehaviors in systems like ChatGPT. The research also underscores recent internal turmoil, including the disbanding of OpenAI's "superalignment" team and the departure of notable figures. This new technique, demonstrated on GPT-4, aims to make AI models more interpretable and controllable, although further refinement is needed. The research aligns with similar efforts in the field to make AI systems safer and more transparent.

OpenAI Offers a Peek Inside the Guts of ChatGPT Wired

A financially motivated crime group known as UNC5537 has infiltrated Snowflake customer databases using stolen credentials, according to an investigation by Mandiant. Around 165 organizations may be affected, with the intruders potentially linked to the group responsible for the 2023 Las Vegas casino breaches. The attacks, which began in mid-April 2023, exploited compromised customer credentials, often obtained via malware, and bypassed lack of multi-factor authentication (MFA) and network allow-lists. Stolen data has been sold online, and tools like the reconnaissance utility "FROSTBITE" and the DBeaver database management utility facilitated these breaches. Mandiant emphasizes that no breach occurred in Snowflake's own systems but highlights the vulnerabilities stemming from shared access through contractor systems and unprotected accounts.

Over 165 Snowflake customers didn't use MFA, says Mandiant The Register

On May 1, 2024, UnitedHealth Group's (UHG) CEO faced intense scrutiny from U.S. Senator Ron Wyden and other Senate Finance Committee members during a hearing on the Change Healthcare cyber attack. Wyden criticized UHG's board for lacking cybersecurity expertise, emphasizing the importance of having a director with such knowledge to prevent and manage cyber risks. The discussion highlighted the failure to implement basic safeguards, like multi-factor authentication. Wyden stressed the necessity for boards to proactively include cybersecurity experts to ensure robust risk management and governance, arguing that this omission weakens the entire cybersecurity framework. The debate serves as a call to action for better cybersecurity oversight at the corporate governance level.

How Corporate Boards Are Setting CEO’s Up For Cybersecurity Failure Forbes