The Ledger
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Arora: Every major AI model outside China is in the Bay Area
“Every AI model that is being built with a reason, except perhaps in China, is headquartered here.”
Arora: Cyberattack took down Ukraine's logistics systems at war's onset
“And the first thing that happened in the Russia-Ukraine conflict was the entire logistics systems of Ukraine was taken down by hackers because that was the way they could sort of destabilize and immobilize the army of Ukraine. It wasn't a bomb that landed. It …”
Arora: Quantum computing will break every modern encryption key
“When quantum comes about, it'll break every key, which is true. It will break every key that is there today.”
Arora: Larry Page structured Google with 7 product heads, 1 business lead
“When he became CEO of Google, he said, I'm going to have 10 direct reports. There's going to be one CFO. One lawyer, and one business person, and seven product people.”
Arora: Tech makes up 35% of the S&P, up from zero historically
“If you look historically 35% of the S&P is made of technology companies. 30 years ago, it was none, right?”
Arora: Cyber extortion and digital theft exceed $10 billion annually
“If you think about it, there is something to the tune of north of ten billion dollars that is either extorted or ransomware or taken from individuals in some sort of Ponzi schemes, which is based on digital sort of hacking.”
Arora: Most modern hacks stem from basic human error
“Now, the sad truth is, most hacks today are way less sophisticated than that, right? Typically, there are human beings who make errors in configuration, human beings who click on the wrong email, That comes to you, human beings who leave their password in a ye…”