Darlene Taylor, CIO at Superior Industries, identifies listening, drive and caring as key to her success. Having worked her way up from automotive engineer to leading IT at major firms, Taylor places a strong emphasis on empathy, using conversational interactions to uncover opportunities for technology to improve tasks. She endorses agile methods, advocating for positive momentum and striving against analysis paralysis. Taylor's third tenet, care, considers the needs of stakeholders in order to build trust and display empathy in her leadership style.

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2023 ransomware attacks increase impacting critical infrastructure despite US government efforts. Hackers disrupt services at schools, hospitals, financial institutions. North Texas Municipal Water District, Fidelity National Financial hit by ransomware. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency warns of continued Citrix product vulnerability exploitation. Recorded Future reports 317 healthcare and 243 school attacks in 2023, surpassing previous year. Federal government investment in ransomware containment expected to take years to yield results. Slow adoption of cybersecurity tools by affected organizations despite free programs. Progress includes international law enforcement arrests and establishment of new cybersecurity positions. Maintaining cyber hygiene by implementing multi-factor authentication, strong passwords among recommended actions.

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Walmart partners with Orlando Health for patient care in Walmart's eight health centers in the Orlando area. This collaboration aims at effective patient care transitions and improved value-based outcomes, with no monetary transactions involved. Healthcare leaders express potential growth in new patients and high-quality, low-cost outcomes through such partnerships. Comparatively, One Medical collaborates with health systems, reimbursing them for care delivery and collecting patient visit fees. Walmart's move, deemed as a catalyst for care delivery innovation, is also deemed an opportunity to enhance health and reduce healthcare costs for Walmart's 1.6 million employees, the nation's largest private workforce.

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang forecasts AI will reach "competitive" level of human thinking within five years, however, experts deem the timeline ambitious with various caveats. Even though AI advances impress, defining artificial general intelligence (AGI) remains contested, involving achieving human-like intelligence. Nvidia serves a critical role in AI by supplying high-demand chips and GPUs essential for AI processing. Large investments, increased computing power, ample datasets and progress in deep learning and frontier models are required for AGI. Experts worry the surge of AI-generated content might delay development due to potential data quality issues.

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