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The AI gave a clear diagnosis. The doctor trusted it. The only problem? The AI was wrong. A year ago, I was called in to consult for a global healthcare company. They had implemented an AI diagnostic system to help doctors analyze thousands of patient records rapidly. The promise? Faster disease detection, better healthcare. Then came the wake-up call. The AI flagged a case with a high probability of a rare autoimmune disorder. The doctor, trusting the system, recommended an aggressive treatment plan. But something felt off. When I was brought in to review, we discovered the AI had misinterpreted an MRI anomaly. The patient had an entirely different condition—one that didn’t require aggressive treatment. A near-miss that could have had serious consequences. As AI becomes more integrated into decision-making, here are three critical principles for responsible implementation: - Set Clear Boundaries Define where AI assistance ends and human decision-making begins. Establish accountability protocols to avoid blind trust. - Build Trust Gradually Start with low-risk implementations. Validate critical AI outputs with human intervention. Track and learn from every near-miss. - Keep Human Oversight AI should support experts, not replace them. Regular audits and feedback loops strengthen both efficiency and safety. At the end of the day, it’s not about choosing AI ???? human expertise. It’s about building systems where both work together—responsibly. ?? What’s your take on AI accountability? How are you building trust in it?

The Deepseek Cybersecurity Debacle: A Stark Warning for AI and The world. On November 10, 1942, Winston Churchill said this: “Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.” Shortly after President Trump announced a $500 billion investment in AI over the next five years and lauded DeepSeek AI as a model for American firms—the tech sector faced a seismic shock. A staggering $2 trillion was wiped from U.S. market capitalization in hours, followed by a cyberattack on DeepSeek AI itself. The attack has exposed DeepSeek AI’s glaring security lapses: compromised IPv4 addresses, invalid digital certificates, insecure DNS configurations, and servers vulnerable to exploitation. Adding to the concerns, unusual ports like 8123 and 9000 were identified in play, raising red flags about the firm’s security protocols and data integrity. DeepSeek AI's questionable data practices and alignment with China cast doubt on its trustworthiness. Yet, in a digital era where "free" services mean users become the product, DeepSeek AI’s failings differ from its U.S. counterparts only in ownership. The broader issue remains—AI firms, regardless of nationality, must prioritize cybersecurity and transparency. Otherwise, both investors and users remain at the mercy of hidden vulnerabilities and data manipulation on an unprecedented scale resulting in foreseeable and preventable cybercrime, fraud, economic and societal discord. Cybersec Innovation Partners

Quote: "OpenAI?safety researcher?Steven Adler announced on Monday?he had left OpenAI late last year after four years at the company. In a post shared on X, Adler criticized a race toward AGI that is taking shape between leading AI labs and global superpowers. "An AGI race is a very risky gamble, with huge downside," he said. "No lab has a solution to AI alignment today. And the faster we race, the less likely that anyone finds one in time." Alignment is the process of keeping AI working toward human goals and values, not against them. Adler worked as an AI safety lead at OpenAI, leading safety-related research and programs for product launches and speculative long-term AI systems, per his?LinkedIn?profile. He's also listed as an author on?several of OpenAI's blog posts. In the X post announcing his exit from the company, he called his time at OpenAI "a wild ride with lots of chapters," adding he would "miss many parts of it." However, he said he was personally "pretty terrified by the pace of AI development." "When I think about where I'll raise a future family, or how much to save for retirement, I can't help but wonder: Will humanity even make it to that point?" he said." Source: https://lnkd.in/evdAyFtz

DISRUPTION = OPPORTUNITY. What every company with intellectual property can takeaway from China $6 Million investment to create DeepSeek, a challenger to OpenAI, which to date has raised a total of $17.9 billion. DeepSeek claims one AI model outperforms OpenAI’s o1-mini on certain benchmarks, and is releasing six smaller versions of R1 small enough to run locally on laptops. DeepSeek was founded in July 2023 in China by Liang Wenfeng, an alumnus of Zhejiang University with a background in information and electronic engineering. Sam Altman vs Liang Wenfeng Liang Wenfeng shares Sam Altman and OpenAI’s aspirations to build artificial general intelligence (AGI), that matches or exceeds human abilities. DeepSeek is open source. OpenAI was originally founded to be a nonprofit with an open source approach toward developing safe AI, according to statements made by Elon Musk who claimed he left the organization when it abandoned OpenAI when it shifted to closed source, private companies-any and decided to the new definition of AGI was AI that generates $100 billion in revenue vs. the traditional definition defining AGI by ability (exceeding human intelligence.) OpenAI is expected to generate $3.6 billion in revenue amid losses in excess of $5 billion. To date, OpenAI has raised a total of $17.9 billion, $6.6 billion of which was raised in its most recent round. (link below). OpenAI is reportedly undergoing corporate restructuring that would grant Altman equity. Disruption created by US issued export controls on advanced chips led China AI companies like DeepSeek to adapt innovation to prioritize efficiency, collaboration, and pooling of resources. “DeepSeek is going to challenge Silicon Valley’s leadership, disrupting the global tech landscape and reshaping the direction of the AI arms race. The launch of this innovation underscores a historic pivot in the balance of technological power. U.S. Big Tech, long considered untouchable, is facing credible and intensifying competition from China,” deVere Group CEO, Nigel Green, told Bloomberg (link below). ADAPT or DIE “DeepSeek has largely replicated o1-mini and has open sourced it,” tweeted Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas, according to MIT Technology Review. (Link below) Replicate typically = copy. AI is replacing human creators (writers, artists, filmmakers, actors, etc. ), strategists, computer programmers, engineers, and architects at record speed. WHAT YOU CAN DO After being criticized for years now for urging tech professionals and businesses across multiple industries to strategically plan innovation that offsets acceleration of #AI. This new reality is a wake up call for ALL companies built on #intellectualproperty. Are you a CEO, executive, or business owner interested in strategic innovation & future-proofing your company? I invite you to DM me for consulting or to apply for an upcoming Human AI Institute think tank. #technews #saas #strategy #software Like this? turn on ??

DISRUPTION = OPPORTUNITY. What every company with intellectual property can takeaway from China $6 Million investment to create DeepSeek, a challenger to OpenAI, which to date has raised a total of $17.9 billion. DeepSeek claims one AI model outperforms OpenAI’s o1-mini on certain benchmarks, and is releasing six smaller versions of R1 small enough to run locally on laptops. DeepSeek was founded in July 2023 in China by Liang Wenfeng, an alumnus of Zhejiang University with a background in information and electronic engineering. Sam Altman vs Liang Wenfeng Liang Wenfeng shares Sam Altman and OpenAI’s aspirations to build artificial general intelligence (AGI), that matches or exceeds human abilities. DeepSeek is open source. OpenAI was originally founded to be a nonprofit with an open source approach toward developing safe AI, according to statements made by Elon Musk who claimed he left the organization when it abandoned OpenAI when it shifted to closed source, private companies-any and decided to the new definition of AGI was AI that generates $100 billion in revenue vs. the traditional definition defining AGI by ability (exceeding human intelligence.) OpenAI is expected to generate $3.6 billion in revenue amid losses in excess of $5 billion. To date, OpenAI has raised a total of $17.9 billion, $6.6 billion of which was raised in its most recent round. (link below). OpenAI is reportedly undergoing corporate restructuring that would grant Altman equity. Disruption created by US issued export controls on advanced chips led China AI companies like DeepSeek to adapt innovation to prioritize efficiency, collaboration, and pooling of resources. “DeepSeek is going to challenge Silicon Valley’s leadership, disrupting the global tech landscape and reshaping the direction of the AI arms race. The launch of this innovation underscores a historic pivot in the balance of technological power. U.S. Big Tech, long considered untouchable, is facing credible and intensifying competition from China,” deVere Group CEO, Nigel Green, told Bloomberg (link below). ADAPT or DIE “DeepSeek has largely replicated o1-mini and has open sourced it,” tweeted Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas, according to MIT Technology Review. (Link below) Replicate typically = copy. AI is replacing human creators (writers, artists, filmmakers, actors, etc. ), strategists, computer programmers, engineers, and architects at record speed. WHAT YOU CAN DO After being criticized for years now for urging tech professionals and businesses across multiple industries to strategically plan innovation that offsets acceleration of #AI. This new reality is a wake up call for ALL companies built on #intellectualproperty. Are you a CEO, executive, or business owner interested in strategic innovation & future-proofing your company? I invite you to DM me for consulting or to apply for an upcoming Human AI Institute think tank. #technews #saas #strategy #software Like this? turn on ??

Galileo moved Earth from the center of the universe. Darwin linked us to apes. Freud exposed our unconscious mind. Now AI challenges our last claim to uniqueness. I often observe a peculiar resistance to artificial intelligence. People keep moving the goalposts of what constitutes "real" intelligence, dismissing each AI achievement as "just computation" or "mere pattern matching." For some, the definition of AI is "whatever cannot be done by machines." That can't be right. Sigmund Freud described three great humiliations of humanity. First, Galileo showed we are not the center of the universe. Then Darwin revealed we are not the pinnacle of creation. Finally, Freud himself proposed we are not even masters of our own minds. Each discovery challenged our sense of human uniqueness. Today, AI presents us with a fourth humiliation: intelligence is not uniquely human. This strikes at the core of our identity. We have long prided ourselves on our exclusive capacity for complex thought, creativity, and reasoning. Now, machines demonstrate capabilities we once thought were ours alone. Yet, just as refusing to accept heliocentrism did not place Earth back at the center of the universe, denying AI's capabilities will not preserve human exclusivity. The question is not whether to accept this new reality, but how to adapt and grow with it. Big shout out to Helmut Wasserbacher, CFA for the idea of this post! #AI #intelligence #Freud #whatmakesushuman ___ Enjoyed this post? Like ??, comment ??, or re-post ?? to share with others.

BREAKING #AI NEWS: First day after inauguration, President Trump announces “STARGATE” with tech CEOs OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle, and Masayoshi Son, CEO of SoftBank, as part of “The Golden Age” era America he has promised to usher in. Highlights from the White House today: President Trump: $500 Billion dollar investment. Goal is to build AI physical infrastructure to enable AI to be “made in the USA.” Ten buildings currently planned to be built, including data centers and physical campuses, currently being scouted. Ellison: One objective is to centralize data to facilitate(AI-GUIDED) health plans to improve efficiency of health plans. Ellison referenced AI would enable gene sequencing of a person to create a unique MRNA vaccine for them. Son : goal to make $100 Billion dollars. AGI is coming soon. AGI is not the goal. Super Artificial Intelligence is the priority. Altman : Believes AI will enable technology to “cure diseases” at a rapid rate. Nividia, Microsoft were mentioned as supporting partners of the STARTGATE. UPDATE: Outside the White House, the 3 CEOs answered a few questions. Sam Altman stated he believed STARGATE would enable the U.S. to lead with AGI. When asked bout guardrails and safety of AI; Altman said “There a hundreds of millions of people are using it.” …If you look at the safety record, the benefits outweigh the downside. The scale is huge with this investment. Altman: conformed 1st STARGATE facility will be in Texas. Son said pooling resources will enable them to do what is good for humanity. Ellison said they would be handing over the facility to Sam (Altman) / OpenAI to build the next scale AI solution. Where we never run into a Covid epidemic again. Additional new updates added below Wednesday, January 22, 2025. #news #technology #trump #stargate

#NursesMarch in the #US January 16th in protest over #AI. This is when you know the #AI industry in healthcare is already losing with #Nursing. January 16th thousands of nurses are marching to demand safe implementation of AI. We must do better. There is no healthcare without nurses and too much has been designed that never regarded the impact on the nursing workforce - driving us into the nursing crisis that exists in healthcare today. #NursesOnLinkedIn #HealthcareOnLinkedIn

AI agents are revolutionizing the workforce and redefining how we work and live. I had the privilege of speaking with Marc Benioff, Salesforce founder, about the transformative potential of AI and how humans and technology can collaborate to create a better future. Watch the full episode on my YouTube channel: https://lnkd.in/e3C7G2Gv #aiagents #futureofwork #salesforce #marcbenioff #exponentialtech