Tom Loftus

Self-managing yourself out of a job; ;mobile first: Lenovo CEO once delivered computers on a bike; why top companies are teaching improv to executives.

The threats posed by fintech startups and the appearance of business model-changing technologies like blockchain has compelled big financial institutions to invest both in patent efforts and innovation centers. “We don’t want to find ourselves locked out of using our own invention,” says Andy Cadel, J.P. Morgan’s general counsel for technology, intellectual property and information security.

The assertive ‘no’ is among the most power tools available to the CIO

There is a payoff for generative adversarial networks, which could train driverless cars on synthetic images of pedestrians, without putting prototypes on the road for so long. But there is risk, too. The latest concerns about crude fake photos on Facebook could seem quaint when AI is used to genera…

One can’t call fast-food restaurants au courant when it comes to dining trends—supply chains, marketing campaigns and employee training can’t be reconfigured overnight. But when the industry embraces something, be it cage-free eggs or fresh veggies or mobile ordering, it’s an indication of something bigger, with broad economic implications.

The approach enables data to be processed while it remains encrypted, so that analytics can be run without exposing the information. JP Morgan Chase recently led a $10 million Series A funding round in data security and analytics startup Inpher.

On this Monday, CIO Journal Columnist Irving Wladawsky-Berger is happy to report that, yes, technology still can be a force for good. Recently he served as a judge for the annual Inclusive Innovative Challenge, hosted by MIT’s Initiative on the Digital Economy.

Algorithm signs recording deal; Fear of deepfakes/fear of fear of deepfakes; Tech fashion: No black turtlenecks.

Here’s a snapshot view of pay, diversity and spending in the enterprise tech world.

This year’s picks range from books on large language models and leadership to the global battle over semiconductors and a how-to on just getting things done