Fundamentals of Generative Large Language Models and Perspectives in Cyber-Defense

Abstract Generative Language Models gained significant attention in late 2022 / early 2023, notably with the introduction of models refined to act consistently with users’ expectations of interactions with AI (conversational models). Arguably the focal point of...

Cyber-Defence Campus Annual Report 2022

Foreword 2022 was a groundbreaking year for developments in the field of artificial intelligence. The company OpenAI unveiled two AI-based systems, DALL-E 2 and ChatGPT, which are able to automatically generate images respectively texts of such high quality that they...

Identifying Emerging Technologies and Leading Companies using Network Dynamics of Patent Clusters: a Cybersecurity Case Study

Abstract Strategic decisions rely heavily on non-scientific instrumentation to forecast emerging technologies and leading companies. Instead, we build a fast quantitative system with a small computational footprint to discover the most important technologies and...

Cyber-Defence Campus Annual Report 2021

Foreword Systematic scouting of new technologies and startups has been extended to six additional countries. To complement the already established technology and market monitoring in Switzerland, the United States and Singapore, cyber developments and trends in the...