Futurum Media Debuts as AI Work and Chip Competition Shift
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Futurum Media brings Techstrong, Tech Field Day and Visible Impact into a shared media organization. The panel discusses what that means for technology audiences, then examines AI's effects on occupations, software development and enterprise spending, including cybersecurity priorities.
DeepSeek and Huawei's AI chip software efforts raise questions about NVIDIA's ecosystem advantage. The discussion also considers model-security concerns and keeps allegations of distillation distinct from claims about stolen model weights.
Hosts: Alan Shimel and Mike Vizard. Guests: Jon Swartz, Drew Gutstein, Jaime Hampton, Dan O'Brien, Lee Sellers and Stephen Foskett.
Story links:
Introducing Futurum Media: Why Futurum, Why Now?
https://devops.com/introducing-futurum-media-why-futurum-why-now/
AI Will Reshape 11 Million U.S. Jobs by 2035: McKinsey Report
https://techstrong.ai/articles/ai-will-reshape-11-million-u-s-jobs-by-2035-mckinsey-report/
Survey Surfaces Sharp Increase in Amount of Code Written by AI
https://devops.com/survey-surfaces-sharp-increase-in-amount-of-code-written-by-ai/
Enterprise IT Spending Set to Rise 5% in 2027 as AI Budgets Expand
https://techstrong.it/featured/enterprise-it-spending-set-to-rise-5-in-2027-as-ai-budgets-expand/
Cybersecurity Budgets Hold Up as AI Costs Force IT Spending Cuts
https://securityboulevard.com/2026/09/cybersecurity-budgets-hold-up-as-ai-costs-force-it-spending-cuts/
DeepSeek, Huawei Build AI Chip Software to Challenge NVIDIA
https://techstrong.ai/articles/deepseek-huawei-build-ai-chip-software-to-challenge-nvidia/
Lawmaker asks U.S. AI firms about possible Chinese theft of model weights: reports
https://www.tradingview.com/news/seekingalpha:d326aa69d094b:0-lawmaker-asks-u-s-ai-firms-about-possible-chinese-theft-of-model-weights-reports/
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