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Top 3 risks from tech by 2040: AI rivalry to invisible cyber attacks, check horror forecast
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Top 3 risks from tech by 2040: AI rivalry to invisible cyber attacks, check horror forecast

[ad_1] Bewilderingly rapid changes are happening in the technology and reach of computer systems. There are exciting advances in artificial intelligence, in the masses of tiny interconnected devices we call the “Internet of Things” and in wireless connectivity. Unfortunately, these improvements bring potential dangers as well as benefits. To get a safe future we need to anticipate what might happen in computing and address it early. So, what do experts think will happen, and what might we do to prevent major problems?To answer that question, Our research team from universities in Lancaster and Manchester turned to the science of looking into the future, which is called “forecasting”. No one can predict the future, but we can put together forecasts: descriptions of what may happen based ...
Google, Microsoft top expectations as AI rivalry heats up
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Google, Microsoft top expectations as AI rivalry heats up

[ad_1] Google parent company Alphabet beat market expectations in the first quarter of 2023 with a net profit of $15 billion, the company said on Tuesday, in a sign that the search engine behemoth is regaining its footing.The tech titan has found itself under pressure due to a general slowdown in advertising spending, over-hiring during a Covid-era boom and a major challenge by Microsoft on artificial intelligence. Its quarterly revenue came in at nearly $70 billion, a billion better than expected by analysts, and in the same three-month period that the company said it would lay off 12000 staff, or six percent of its workforce. Microsoft's results for the first three months of the year also pleased investors on Tuesday, lifted by its industry-leading business cloud products.The company ...