Author: Thomas Krause

The Case: “AI and generative AI technologies are advancing rapidly, while the regulatory framework is still developing in many places.” – Source UBS The Commentary: Raiffeisen rolled out Microsoft Copilot group-wide in spring 2024 in order to support all employees.

The Case: Hacker group AKIRA has significantly been escalateing its ransomware operations in Switzerland in recent months. The Commentary: To date around 200 companies have been targeted, resulting in damages amounting to several million Swiss francs domestically—and several hundred million US dollars globally.

The Case: The first six months since the introduction of the obligation to report cyber-attacks on critical infrastructure have ended on a positive note. This was reported in a statement by the Federal Office for Cyber Security (FCOS). The Commentary: In this time period, 164 attacks were recorded. The most…

The Case: OECD encourages responsible use of AI by governments to strengthen efficiency, effectiveness and trust. The Commentary: According to a new OECD report, the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in public administrations has been growing though governments are faced with a range of challenges in scaling up AI applications,…

The Case: EPFL, ETH Zurich and the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS) have released Apertus, Switzerland’s first large-scale open, multilingual language model — a milestone in generative AI for transparency and diversity. The Commentary: Trained on 15 trillion tokens across more than 1,000 languages (40 % of the data is…