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In the security space today, it's a mixed picture from three major network vendors. Cisco has patched a remote code execution vulnerability in its UCS Central Software, and WatchGuard addressed authentication and man-in-the-middle flaws. SonicWall, however, has declined to fix known vulnerabilities in its GMS platform, leaving administrators in a difficult position.
Shifting to the cloud, a new survey reveals just how deeply locked in most businesses have become with their primary cloud providers. Nine in ten companies admit they could not migrate critical workloads away within three weeks if they needed to. Researchers warn that the rise of AI services could make that dependency even harder to escape going forward.
And OpenAI chief Sam Altman is walking back comments that sparked considerable backlash online. After suggesting it was, in his words, quite terrible that everyday consumers were using RAM in home computers while data centers go wanting, Altman now says he wants people to have as much RAM as they need, arguing his original remarks were taken out of context. The episode has reignited a broader conversation about whose needs the AI industry is actually built to serve.
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