IT Trends, Issues, and Challenges Flashcards

Flashcards covering key vocabulary and concepts from the lecture notes on IT trends, issues, and challenges.

2024

A pivotal year for AI, focusing on its practical integration into everyday lives.

Multimodal AI

AI models that can process multiple types of data as input.

Text-to-image models like CLIP and speech-to-text models like Wave2Vec

Models that operate across different data modalities but typically in one direction and for a specific task.

Deepmind (March 2022 paper)

Training smaller models on more data yields better performance than training larger models on fewer data.

LLMs (3–70 billion parameter range, LLaMa, Llama 2, Mistral)

Smaller models with fewer parameters that offer greater output.

Shadow AI

The unofficial personal use of AI in the workplace by employees.

Virus

A computer program hidden within another program that inserts itself into other programs or files.

Worm

A stand-alone malware that replicates itself to spread to other computers.

Trojan

A malicious program that appears useful to persuade a victim to install it.

Spyware

Software that gathers information about an organization or person without their knowledge.

Ransomware

Malware that blocks access to a victim’s data.

HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) in 1996

Designed to promote the confidentiality and portability of patient records and develop data security standards for the healthcare industry.