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As we move into 2025, the landscape of human resources (HR) is heading for a significant transformation. Artificial intelligence (AI) is set to revolutionise workforce collaboration, efficiency, and talent management.For HR leaders, harnessing the power of AI will be essential to attract, engage, and retain top talent in an increasingly competitive market.AutomationAI is reshaping and revamping HR by automating routine and mundane tasks such as interview scheduling, data entry, and CV screenings. This automation allows HR teams to focus on strategic initiatives that add real value to employees, such as developing diverse cultures, offering tailored development programmes, and increasing engagement.AnalyticsAI-powered analytics can identify workforce trends, predict employee turnover, and suggest to retain top talent. These insights enable HR leaders to make data-driven decisions to support a high-performance culture, ultimately improving employee engagement and organisational performance.Just look at Unilever, which uses AI to streamline its recruitment process. By using AI-driven assessments and video interview analytics, Unilever has significantly reduced time-to-hire while enhancing the candidate experience. Additionally, AI can streamline performance management by providing continuous feedback and personalised development plans. This shift towards real-time performance management fosters a culture of continuous improvement, where the team receives timely feedback and support to achieve their goals, leading to higher engagement levels and better retention rates.RecruitmentAs the demand on sourcing talent with scarce skills continues in 2025, attracting top talent needs innovative strategies. AI can play a pivotal role in enhancing the candidate experience. Imagine AI-driven chatbots engaging with candidates in real-time, answering their questions and providing personalised information about the company and the role. This immediate engagement can significantly improve the candidate experience, making the organisation more attractive.AI can also help create a more inclusive hiring processes by eliminating unconscious biases from recruitment. AI algorithms can analyse job descriptions to ensure they are free from biased language and assess candidates based on objective criteria. This is an incredibly important step to support organisations in attracting and growing a more diverse and inclusive workforce, which is crucial for driving innovation and business success.RetentionRetaining your team is equally important as attracting it. AI can help HR leaders identify early signs of peoples disengagement or dissatisfaction. For instance, AI-powered sentiment analysis can monitor employee communications and flag any negative sentiments, allowing HR and managers to intervene proactively. By addressing issues before they escalate, organisations can improve the satisfaction, happiness and ultimately retention of the team. AI can also facilitate personalised employee development. By analysing skills, performance data, and career aspirations, AI can recommend tailored development programmes and career paths for each individual. This personalised approach to development can help people feel valued and supported.24% of all workers are worried that AI will soon make their job obsolete. HR leaders have a crucial role in addressing these concerns and ensuring their teams are ready for AI integration. Providing training and the right tools to integrate AI smoothly is essential. By fostering a culture of continuous improvement and responsible AI use, HR can drive greater efficiency and empower the entire workforce.AI is more likely to enhance roles rather than replace them, and HR leaders should embrace AI ethically and transparently. This involves being clear about how AI is used, ensuring data privacy, and maintaining a human touch in all interactions. By doing so, HR can build trust and create a positive environment where AI is seen as a tool for empowerment rather than a threat.The 12 Days of AIOn the First day of AI, we explore how AI is being used in marketing, the benefits and key use cases, as well as concerns and how marketerscan best take advantage of the technology.On the Second Day of AI, we look at the importance of truly understanding what AI isto enable true organisational transformation.On the Third Day of AI, we explore some of the key trends to keep an eye on, and prepare for, in 2025.On the Fourth Day of AI, we discuss the value of adopting AI responsibly, and outlines how businesses can build responsible adoption into their plans.As we approach 2025 and beyond, the integration of AI in HR will continue to evolve. Future trends may include more sophisticated AI-driven talent management systems, enhanced predictive analytics for workforce planning, and even more personalised employee experiences powered by AI. HR leaders who stay ahead of these trends and continually innovate will be well-positioned to lead their organisations into the future.Looking to the New Year, AI will play a pivotal role in enhancing HR functions, making them more efficient, strategic, and employee centric. By leveraging AI to attract, engage, and retain top talent, organisations can stay competitive in a rapidly evolving job market. HR leaders who embrace AI responsibly and proactively will be well-positioned to drive their organisations forward, creating workplaces that are both productive and fulfilling for their team.Toria Walters is chief people officer at ANS, a digital transformation provider and Microsofts UK Services Partner of the Year 2024. Headquartered in Manchester, it offers public and private cloud, security, business applications, low code, and data services to thousands of customers, from enterprise to SMB and public sector organisations.

Yury - stock.adobe.comNewsTrains delayed due to nationwide fault with comms systemA fault instigated by the installation of new hardware at a major communications hub hindered the ability of train drivers and signallers to automatically log in to onboard radio communications systemBySebastian Klovig Skelton,Data & ethics editorPublished: 06 Dec 2024 17:30 A nationwide fault with the onboard radio communications system used by train drivers and signal operators has caused major disruption across the UKs rail network, according to National Rail.The Global System for Mobile Communications-RailwayThe unspecified hardware was installed as part of an upgrade to the system, which was rolled out to increase the safety of the UKs train network and reduce the costs associated with running a patchwork of legacy systems.National Rail said the fault which specifically disrupted the GSM-Rs automated login process meant trains were unable to register onto their route for the start of service and deregister to end their service.This prompted staff to connect manually via a wild card code, akin to a Wi-Fi password, that allowed them to once again communicate with the national network. However, use of the manual process delayed many trains by up to 15 minutes, while others were subject to cancellations or alterations as a result.The BBC reported that the well-rehearsed implementation of the manual backup system meant no safety-critical issues occurred while the fix was underway.The problem affected at least 10 rail lines across the country, including Great Northern, Northern, ScotRail, Southeastern, Southern, South Western Railway, Thameslink, Gatwick Express, Heathrow Express and the Elizabeth tube line.Although the problem was fixed within around three hours of being reported, National Rail said there may be some residual disruption while timetables are restored.For those seeking compensation, it added that customers should keep hold of train tickets and make a note of their journey, as both would support any claim.Read more about rail network commsPKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe on track for 5G-based railway comms: Polish railway operator teams with coms tech provider for trials of 5G-based railway communications system to replacing legacy system and prepare for technological migration.National roll-out of UK 5G standalone across road and rail could unlock 3bn for economy: Modelling from leading UK operator suggests roll-out of nationwide 5G standalone will transform road and rail travel across the country, saving billions on fuel and boosting productivity through remote working on trains.Telent completes communications systems upgrades at HS1 railway stations: Telent designs and installs data network and management system at four international stations.In The Current Issue:Interview: James Fleming, CIO, Francis Crick InstituteStage is set for legal battles over Big Tech dominanceFive reasons why and when cloud storage is the answerDownload Current IssueGreater industry collaboration will help move customers to the latest tech Cliff Saran's Enterprise blogWhat to expect from OpenUKs State of Open Con 2025 Open Source InsiderView All Blogs

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SimMIke PritchardIts a complex problem that we face with the climate and it would take a very powerful computer to be able to really model the Earth System and its future with any granularity.I recently listened to Mike Pritchard, a research manager at Nvidia and professor at UC Irvine, talk about this process and how it works.The physics span 10 orders of magnitude in space in time, he said, citing research problems like figuring out whether a cloud particle favors water vapor congregating around it.If you want to simulate the planet hundreds of times, to sample many what if scenarios of the future, you unfortunately, even with the most powerful super computers, cant do justice to all of that complexity, he said. Meanwhile, humanitys questions about the future climate are too broad for simulation technology.For a concrete example of looking at problems directly, he talked about his commute from San Diego to Irvine, and seeing a particular kind of cloud out of the window.It looks like a gray band on the horizon, he said. We call it the marine layer. If it wafts in on a beach day, you're bummed out because it makes you cold. But what matters is that it's the edge of a massive sheet of low clouds that you'll see out your window from the airplane, half the way on the flight from San Diego to Hawaii, and that cloud reflects a lot of energy from the planet, keeping it cooler than it would be otherwise. So if it dissipates that will amplify global warming but if it thickens up, which it could, that will damp it. And that's a multi-trillion-dollar uncertainty. And it's a simulation problem. We know these clouds take very high resolution to simulate that we can't afford to deploy in climate simulation yet.A Cavalcade of SystemsPritchard also mentions the word ensemble, which is often used in machine learning to talk about utilizing more than one model at a time, or crowdsourcing the outputs of different LLMs, but it has a different meaning in weather prediction.You dont predict one hurricane, he said, you predict hundreds of hurricanes. You hope for the best, and plan for the worst card-carrying atmosphere scientists at the University of Washington are taking these AI weather models, which were trained on the mess of the real atmosphere, which is very noisy and messy, and then after the fact, probing them and asking if theyve learned physics by doing things like this.MORE FOR YOUPitchard talked about how that works with technology, and building an archive of evidence for the ability of AI models to help us with weather prediction.New Software and TechnologyAs an example, Pritchard mentions the capability of Nvidia AI tools such as Modulus, Earth2Studio that enable the research, development and validation of such AI Forecast Models.The company, which has vaulted to the top of the pack on the U.S. stock market, actually has many research streams and collaborations with the atmospheric science community. These get released in the open source domain and here are some of the prominent models :StormCast research - demonstrates a generative AI model that emulates atmospheric dynamics, looking at mesoscale weather phenomena and making predictions (paper).CorrDiff- this is another generative AI model that creates high-resolution weather forecasts (paper). One can learn and explore more about AI powered downscaling using pretrained Corrdiff here.FourCastNet- this model achieves 25-km -resolution weather forecasting for places around the world with Spherical Fourier Neural Operators, recently calibrated for huge ensembles. One can learn and explore more about medium range global forecasting using pretrained Fourcastnet here.Earth-2 Platform is a digital twin cloud platform that is helping enterprises leverage these AI advances and accelerate traditional numerical simulations to reduce the computational bottleneck of climate and weather simulations. Coupling these advances with advances in computer graphics like RTX rendering technology, we can build digital twins of earths climate and weather to help scientists explore, analyze and explain the complexities of weather phenomena especially in the context of changing climate.More on Climate WorkPritchard also talked about promoting optimal dispersion in large ensemble AI weather predictions, and referenced new papers that bring more detail to the emerging science of using AI to simulate low-likelihood, high-impact climate extremes. This, he said, will give climate risk modelers new tools to help us understand and guard against extreme weather events.Map - Source: https://build.nvidia.com/nvidia/corrdiff (other options easily extractable there) MIke PritchardBackward and ForwardHeres another aspect of what Pritchard talked about in terms of useful AI models. He described traditional climate informatics processes as like going to an Oracle large simulators create large data sets, he suggested, which users then have to mine to help inform what if scenarios and questions about future climate. AI predictions, he added, can run forwards and backwards, which should help users more easily figure out what could have changed, given a different initial input.We might be entering a future where we can understand our influence on the future more easily, without having to experience all the bottlenecks of conventional simulation, he said.The Power of TwinsIn conclusion, Pritchard also talked about the idea of digital twinning applied to the biggest single item that we have in our world the world itself.I think that the really important paradigms of interactivity are chains and cascades of AI digital twins, So you can imagine a future that's evolving towards AI digital twins of the climate, coupled to AI digital twins of extreme weather (events).Giving the nod to current research and what everyone is doing around this very complex problem, Pritchard gives us food for thought on how to address the climate of our time with technology that goes far beyond big data sets. Stay tuned for more of what came out of recent events on AI and the planet here in Boston.

Galaxy S24 Ultra on show at Galaxy Unpacked, January 17 2024, London, United Kingdom.EWAN SPENCEWith the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S25 family happening early in 2025, excitement is building in the community over many design cues and specifications leaking out. However, one detail this week will leave many disappointed... Samsung is still considering the Eynos 2500 as the chipset for some of the new Galaxy handsets.The Samsung Galaxy S25+ StoryFollowing an earlier appearance of a Galaxy S25+ running an Exynos 2500 chipset in Geekbench, this week saw another appearance on the online benchmarking service of an Exynos handset, pointing towards continued testing by Samsung. Its worth noting that the actual performance remains broadly similar to previous benchmarks.At this point in the development cycle, the focus will be on optimising the code, for example, to ensure strong battery life, manage excess heat created inside the handset, and to work on cellular and local connectivity issues. If thats the case, maintaining a solid benchmarking score with a more efficient device will be welcome.A Powerful Samsung Galaxy S25+ ChoiceYet the benchmarks of Samsungs Exynos 2500 chipset in the Galaxy S25+ illustrate one performance issue. Compared to Qualcomms Snapdragon 8 Elite chipsetwidely believed to be the alternativeSamsungs chip is significantly weaker, with a deficit of between 20 and 40 percent in single-core and multi-core benchmarking.Its unlikely that consumers will have a choice in which model they can buy. In previous years, each regions handsets shipped with either Exynos or Qualcomm, with no option for consumers to make their preference known. Theres no sign that this policy will change.MORE FOR YOUNot Every Samsung Galaxy S25+ Will Be The SameMany in the community were hopeful that leaks over the summer that Samsung would opt for Qualcomms latest Snapdragon chipset in every handset. That would have offered identical performance around the world. The handsets are not yet launched so Samsung has not made its final decision public, but the ongoing benchmarks suggest the older split-chip policy remains.Samsung is expected to debut the Galaxy S25, Galaxy S25+ and S25 Ultra early in 2025 at its next Galaxy Unwrapped event, where the next generation of Galaxy AI should also debut.Now read the latest Samsung Galaxy S25+, Google Pixel 9, and OnePlus 13 headlines in Forbes weekly Android news digest...

For much of 2024, one of President-elect Donald Trumps staunchest allies in Silicon Valley was David Sacks, an entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and co-host of the popular podcast All-In. On his podcast and social media, Sacks argued that Trumps pro-industry stances would unleash innovation and spur growth in the tech industry. In June, Sacks hosted a fundraiser for Trump in San Francisco that included $300,000-a-person tickets. Now, Sacks has been rewarded with a position inside the White House: the brand-new role of "AI & crypto czar." Its unclear how much power this role actually has. It appears that this will be a part-time role, and that Sacks will remain with his VC fund Craft. This murkiness, and the fact that Sacks will not have to go through the Senate confirmation process, is drawing concerns over conflict of interest and lack of oversight. Regardless, Sacks will start the Administration with Trumps ear on key policy decisions in these two rapidly growing sectors. Leaders inside both industries largely cheered the decision. A whole-of-government approach that collaborates closely with private industry is essential to winning the AI race, and a designated AI leader in the Administration can help do that, Tony Samp, the head of AI policy at the law firm DLA Piper, tells TIME.Sacks and TrumpSacks has long been close to the center of Silicon Valleys power structure. A member of the PayPal mafia, he was that companys chief operating officer for several years, and grew close with Elon Musk, who has also been tasked with a new role in Trumps Administration. While many Silicon Valley leaders espoused pro-Democrat views especially during the Obama years, Sacks became increasingly vocal in his conservative stances, especially around the Russia-Ukraine war and fighting censorship on tech platforms. His podcast All-In is currently the third most popular tech podcast on Apple Podcasts, according to Chartable.After the Jan. 6 insurrection, Sacks said that Trump had disqualified himself from being a candidate at the national level again. But he threw his weight behind Trump this year, including during a speech at the Republican National Convention (RNC) in July, in which he warned Republicans of a world on fire. At one lavish fundraiser, Sacks lobbied for Trump to pick J.D. Vance as his running mate. Sacks also hosted Trump on All-In, and complained that it was so hard to do business during the Biden Administration.Sacks views on AISacks is a player in the AI ecosystem himself: this year, he launched an AI-powered work chat app called Glue. He has often expressed support for a freer ecosystem empowering AI companies to grow, and has argued that most of whats on the internet should be available for AI to train upon under fair use.This appointment is another signal that startups and venture capital will be a central focus of the incoming Administration's approach to AI, says Nik Marda, the technical lead for AI governance at Mozilla. This also means particular issues like promoting open source and competition in AI will be at the forefront.Sacks has advocated for the integration of AI technology into warfare and national security tools. On an All-In episode in April, he said he hoped Silicon Valley companies would become more involved with U.S. defense efforts. I do want the United States, as an American, to be the most powerful country. I do want us to get the best value for our defense dollars. The only way thats going to change is if the defense industry gets disrupted by a bunch of startups doing innovative things, he said. (Just this week, OpenAI announced a partnership with the defense contractor Anduril.)Sacks has also come out strongly against AI models displaying any sort of censorship. In this way, Sacks is aligned with Musk, whose AI model Grok will generate controversial images that other AI models will not, including a Nazi Mickey Mouse.However, there will be many AI thinkers competing for influence in Trumps White House, including Marc Andreessen, who wants AI to be developed as fast as possible, and Musk, who has warned of the technologys existential risks.Sacks and cryptoSacks new czar role also includes oversight of crypto. Crypto investors were largely cheered by his appointment, because he is supportive of the space and will likely reinforce Trumps intentions of offering light-touch regulation. Sacks has invested significantly in Solana, a cryptocurrency attached to its own blockchain that was previously championed by Sam Bankman-Fried. Sacks VC fund Craft also invested in the crypto companies BitGo and Bitwise.Trump, in his announcement of Sacks appointment, wrote that Sacks will work on a legal framework so the Crypto industry has the clarity it has been asking for, and can thrive in the U.S. Sacks joins several other recent pro-crypto Trump appointees, including new SEC chair nominee Paul Atkins. The Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) under Biden, in contrast, was very aggressive in suing crypto companies it deemed were violating securities laws.Trump, meanwhile, has been eager to claim credit for the cryptos recent successes. When Bitcoin crossed $100,000 for the first time, Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social, YOURE WELCOME!!!Read More: What Trumps Win Means for CryptoConcerns about conflict of interestWhile Sacks is supportive of both industries, it is unclear how much power he will actually have in this new role. Bloomberg reported that Sacks will be a special government employeea part-time role that doesnt require him to divest or publicly disclose his assets, and sets a maximum number of 130 working days a year. A Craft spokeswoman told Bloomberg that Sacks would not be leaving the VC firm.It remains to be seen whether Sacks will have a staff, or where his funding will come from. Other related government agencies, like the Department of Commerce, will likely have completely different workflows and prerogatives when it comes to AI. Czar roles can be a bit funky and more dependent on relationships and less dependent on formal authorities, Marda says.Suresh Venkatasubramanian, an AI advisor to Bidens White House starting in 2021, expressed concern about the lack of oversight of this new position, as well as the conflicts of interest it could lead to. The roles and responsibilities described in the press announcement describe a lot of what the director of OSTP [Office of Science and Technology Policy] does, he tells TIME. The only difference is lack of oversight. Especially given that this particular appointment is of someone who has investments in AI and crypto, you have to wonder whether this is serving the interest of the tech industry, or a particular few individuals.

WTF?! Romania's constitutional court has thrown out the results of the first round of the presidential election amid evidence of possible Russian meddling through cyberattacks. There was also evidence of an insidious social media influence campaign. It's been a wild ride for democracy in Romania lately. A declassified report from the country's Intelligence Service reveals that this year's presidential elections were targeted by over 85,000 cyberattacks originating from 33 nations on November 19.The agency said the hackers accessed Romania's central election infrastructure to alter information and deny system access. The bad actors used various vectors, including SQL injection and cross-site scripting on voter registration websites.The hackers also leaked account credentials for these sites on a shady Russian hacker forum less than a week before the first round of voting. The Intelligence Service believes the attacks were state-sponsored due to the massive scale and resources involved.Unfortunately, it doesn't end there. A separate declassified Romanian intel report states that officials uncovered evidence of a coordinated Russian influence campaign on TikTok. The effort favored Romanian presidential long-shot Calin Georgescu.The report says over 100 Romanian TikTok influencers with a combined 8 million followers were paid to post pro-Georgescu content using specified hashtags. The campaign got seriously amplified around November 13, with Georgescu's videos cracking the top 10 trending by November 26. Some of the suspected TikTok accounts used for the campaign were years old but had been largely inactive until mid-November, when they suddenly kicked into high gear promoting Georgescu. // Related StoriesThe Intelligence Service connected the dots back to Russia, noting textual overlaps between the Georgescu messaging and a similar Russian-backed campaign in Moldova. Bleeping Computer notes that investigators believe Russia views Romania as a strategic adversary because of its NATO ties. However, they didn't explicitly name the country as the perpetrator of the attacks.With all this weighing on the election's legitimacy, Romania's top constitutional court decided to scrap the results entirely and call for a re-run. It's a pragmatic move but could shake public confidence in the electoral process.Image credit: Sasha Pleshco

Cool DIY: A developer has created an LED face mask that looks like something straight out of a dystopian sci-fi film. The device can display custom images and animations, turning the user into anything imaginable. The Become Anyone mask, created by Sean Hodgins, is a true feat of DIY engineering, combining expertise in electronics, 3D design, 3D printing, and more. The LED matrix panels that make up the mask were designed and built specifically for the project. The electronic wearable has 9,000 programmable lights, which Hodgins sourced from Alibaba.The assembly process was a massive undertaking. Hodgins used a pick-and-place machine to position all those tiny LEDs onto the custom panels. Then he reflowed the entire build using a humble $20 toaster oven to solder the whole thing together.Connecting the panels into the 3D mask shape was no easy task either. To achieve the desired effect, Hodgins soldered the panels together at precise angles using tiny tabs and wires. He had to be extremely careful since any mistake risked ripping the delicate solder pads clean off the boards.However, controlling all those lights was the most difficult challenge. Hodgins cleverly mapped each LED onto a Google Sheets spreadsheet to create a programmable matrix. He used a Raspberry Pi with assistance from a specialized Pixelblaze LED controller to manage the panels.In the end, after what must have been countless hours of work, the final product does not disappoint. The mask can display various static or animated images with stunning brightness and clarity. Hodgins demoed the mask, depicting an animated Doomguy. It can only operate at eight frames per second, but this is "good enough." What the mask lacks in frames, is made up for in coolness.The Become Anyone mask's juice comes from a pocket-sized battery pack, providing up to "nine hours of face-warming goodness."While the programming details aren't public yet, Hodgins has promised to release the source code and more info on a GitHub page soon. In the meantime, you can see his epic LED mask on his YouTube channel, along with an oddly engrossing video documenting the entire design and assembly process (above). // Related Stories