Hello and welcome to your 2-Minute Tech Briefing from ComputerWorld. I’m your host, Arnold Davick, reporting from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Here are the top IT stories you need to know for Tuesday, January 27th.
Up first, from ComputerWorld, OpenAI is testing ads in ChatGPT and could launch them as early as February. According to a report from the Information, advertisers will initially pay per impression and not per click, as is more common with web based advertising.
The trial offers access to advertisers each asked to spend under $1 million for several weeks. OpenAI isn’t offering self service ad tools yet. Ads would appear at the end of answers labeled Sponsored for free users and the $8 per month ChatGPT Go tier.
From NetworkWorld, Blue Origin just announced a space based network for enterprises and governments called TeraWave. The network architecture relies on nearly 5,400 satellites distributed across both low Earth orbit and medium Earth orbit. It promises up to 144Gbps and 6Tbps across the constellation.
Rollout starts in Q4 2027 as diversity where fiber is hard or risky, analysts note, capacity is shared and weather handovers and IPsec needs may complicate DIV deployments. And from CIO, PwC’s 29th Global CEO Survey suggests enterprise AI spending is pushing ahead even as ROI stays murky.
More than half of CEOs have not realized either revenue or cost benefits from AI. Roughly 1/3 have measured tangible revenue increases. The report warns against isolated pilots and innovation theater, urging companies to scale AI in line with strategy.
CEOs also reported growing trust worries and heightened cybersecurity exposure, prompting many to plan security upgrades. For more enterprise tech news, visit ComputerWorld, CIO, NetworkWorld and CSO Online. And don’t forget to like and subscribe on the TechTalk YouTube channel.
