In today’s 2-Minute Tech Briefing, analysts call for Microsoft to retire the confusing Copilot+ AI PC branding, new details on a data-center cooling failure that triggered a global CME trading outage, and an NSA warning that AI is creating new and poorly understood security risks in operational technology networks across critical infrastructure.
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Hello and welcome to your 2-Minute Tech Briefing from Computerworld. I'm your host, Arnold Davick, reporting from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Here are the top IT news stories you need to know for Thursday, December 11th. First up, from ComputerWorld.
Microsoft is being urged by analysts to drop the Copilot+ PC branding saying it has created more confusion than clarity. Copilot+ PC is launched with the promise of powerful on device AI, but analysts argue most Windows machines can already run AI tasks.
They say buyers assumed they'd get features that don't exist yet. They also say Microsoft's performance requirements created an arbitrary divide, leaving users with expensive devices and very few real AI benefits today.
Next, from NetworkWorld, we're learning more about the Thanksgiving outage that shut down the CME Group, one of the world's largest financial markets. A cooling system failure at a Cyrus one data center in Illinois sent temperatures inside the facility soaring above 100 degrees.
That spike triggered a global trading disruption. Analysts say the incident shows how a single physical failure can ripple across the global financial system.
And finally, from CSO, the US National Security Agency is warning that AI may introduce new and serious weaknesses into operational technology or OT environments, a new set of global guidelines outlines risks such as data poisoning, prompt injection attacks and AI drift, where models become less accurate over time.
The NSA says many industries, including energy, water, healthcare and manufacturing, are deploying AI too quickly without fully assessing the safety and security implications. That's today's 2-Minute Tech Briefing. For more enterprise tech news visit Computerworld, Network World and CSO online.
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