Keep pulling the thread on Tim Walsh.
Anthropic publicly disclosed that its platform was successfully targeted by almost fully automated cyber threats originating from China.
At KPMG, the deployment of AI is resulting in increased business capacity rather than a significant reduction in its workforce.
KPMG is launching a pilot summer internship program for its 2,000 audit practice interns that will be based entirely on critical thinking and learning.
Tim Walsh states that common themes in his meetings with CEOs include supply chains, the return on and deployment of AI, and cyber risk.
Business reliance on AI models from companies like OpenAI and Anthropic is creating a new type of potential supply chain disruption.
A recent disruption involving Anthropic and the U.S. government created a supply chain issue for companies that work with the government.
Tim Walsh asserts that the only effective way to defend against AI-powered cyber threats is to use AI for defense.
Tim Walsh states that while the disruption of the white-collar worker is a trend to watch, it is not reflected in the actual business results KPMG is currently observing.
Tim Walsh cites a jobs chart from Anthropic that shows a large discrepancy between the theoretical workforce disruption from AI and the actual impact observed across 3,000 of its clients.
At KPMG, AI agents on its Clara platform have automated the process of mapping a client's finance department workflow, which previously required manual documentation.
KPMG is developing AI "orchestrators" to allow various tasks within a workflow to happen independently without needing to hand back to a human at each step.
Tim Walsh believes new job roles such as "AI orchestrators" and "AI managers" are emerging due to the integration of AI into business processes.