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EU sets deadline for Meta Platforms to clarify measures on child sexual abuse
3Dec By adminNo Comments
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EU sets deadline for Meta Platforms to clarify measures on child sexual abuse

[ad_1] Meta Platforms was told by EU tech regulators on Friday to provide more details on measures taken to tackle child sexual abuse material on its photo and video sharing app Instagram by Dec. 22 or risk a formal investigation under new EU online content rules.The European Commission in October sent a first request for information on measures taken to counter the spread of terrorist and violent content, and a second last month on measures to protect minors. We are now on WhatsApp. Click to join. "Information is also requested about Instagram's recommender system and amplification of potentially harmful content," the European Commission said in a statement on its latest query.The request for information was done under the EU's Digital Services Act (DSA), new tech rules requiring Big T...
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5 things about AI you may have missed today: Meta says no downside to AI sharing, new lawsuit against AI, more
1Dec By adminNo Comments
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5 things about AI you may have missed today: Meta says no downside to AI sharing, new lawsuit against AI, more

[ad_1] It's the first day of the last month of 2023, and we might be in for an exciting period in artificial intelligence space as companies continue developing this technology while protest groups keep highlighting its dangers. In the first news, Meta executives said that they found no downside to openly sharing its AI technology. This comes as the tech company keeps releasing open-source versions of its large language models. In other news, a group of visual artists has filed an amended lawsuit against text-to-image generating AI models after a US district judge dismissed parts of the lawsuit last month. This and more in today's AI roundup. Let us take a closer look.Meta says no downside to sharing AI technologyMeta executives stated at an event that they had not encountered any issue...
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India signs MoU with EU on semiconductor ecosystem; set to enhance resilience in supply chain
24Nov By adminNo Comments
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India signs MoU with EU on semiconductor ecosystem; set to enhance resilience in supply chain

[ad_1] Bolstering their technology collaboration, India and the European Union (EU) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the semiconductor ecosystem today, November 24. The initial agreement was signed by Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnav and the EU Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton. As part of the agreement, both India and the EU will share experiences and best practices, and identify areas for collaboration to bolster the semiconductor ecosystem among other action points.Vaishnaw made the announcement on X and posted, “MoU signed between India and EU to deepen cooperation on semiconductor ecosystem and enhance resilience in semiconductor supply chain”. As per a statement by the EU, the co-chairs of the EU-India Trade and Technology Council (TTC), executive vice-pre...
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In massive setback for Elon Musk’s X, Apple pulls ads over antisemitism controversy
18Nov By adminNo Comments
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In massive setback for Elon Musk’s X, Apple pulls ads over antisemitism controversy

[ad_1] X (formerly Twitter) has once again found itself in troubled waters courtesy its billionaire owner, Elon Musk. Ever since the Israel-Hamas conflict began, the social media platform has been filled with hate posts, propaganda, and misinformation. But recently, brands have pulled the plug on advertising on the platform citing antisemitism as a big reason. Recently, IBM, Disney, Warner Bros., Discovery, and EU pulled ads, and now Apple has joined the list as well, as per a report. Incidentally, the big chunk of the advertisers exiting came after company owner Elon Musk replied in support of a post accusing Jewish people of hating white people.According to a report by Axios, Apple decided to stop showing ads on the platform after Musk's endorsement of “antisemitic conspiracy theories...
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IBM and EU pull ads from Elon Musk’s X as concerns about antisemitism fuel backlash
18Nov By adminNo Comments
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IBM and EU pull ads from Elon Musk’s X as concerns about antisemitism fuel backlash

[ad_1] Advertisers are fleeing social media platform X over concerns about their ads showing up next to pro-Nazi content and hate speech on the site in general, with billionaire owner Elon Musk inflaming tensions with his own tweets endorsing an antisemitic conspiracy theory.IBM said this week that it stopped advertising on X after a report said its ads were appearing alongside material praising Nazis — a fresh setback as the platform formerly known as Twitter tries to win back big brands and their ad dollars, X's main source of revenue. The liberal advocacy group Media Matters said in a report Thursday that ads from Apple, Oracle, NBCUniversal's Bravo network and Comcast also were placed next to antisemitic material on X. We are now on WhatsApp. Click to join.“IBM has zero tolerance fo...
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5 things about AI you may have missed today: AI Summit in UK, Elon Musk’s AI warning, LinkedIn AI features, more
1Nov By adminNo Comments
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5 things about AI you may have missed today: AI Summit in UK, Elon Musk’s AI warning, LinkedIn AI features, more

[ad_1] On the first day of November, global-scale development on artificial intelligence was seen. At the UK AI Summit, global leaders from 28 different countries came together and committed to evaluating AI-related dangers together. In other news, billionaire Elon Musk, who is also at the AI Summit, reiterated his previous statement and called AI a risk. This and more in today's AI roundup. Let us take a closer look.Global leaders come together at the UK AI SummitAt the inaugural UK AI Summit, 28 countries, including the US, UK, and China, have united to champion a "human-centric, trustworthy, and responsible" approach to AI in an unprecedented global commitment, as per a report by the Financial Times. The initiative, known as the “Bletchley Declaration”, is part of a broader communica...
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5 things about AI you may have missed today: From EU’s AI regulations pitch to impact on jobs and more
16Jul By adminNo Comments
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5 things about AI you may have missed today: From EU’s AI regulations pitch to impact on jobs and more

[ad_1] EU has urged the US to join efforts in regulating AI to safeguard global interests; Israel has covertly integrated AI systems into its military operations; Shashi Tharoor highlights AI's impact on jobs, this and more in our daily AI roundup. Let us take a look.1. EU urges US to join efforts in regulating AI to safeguard global interestThe EU's Commissioner for Justice, Didier Reynders, is urging the US to take action in regulating AI, according to the Wired reports. Reynders, responsible for crafting and enforcing laws across the EU, believes that the US has outsourced the regulation of tech giants to the EU due to unproductive lawmakers and business-friendly courts. Ahead of his meetings with US officials, Reynders expressed his frustration with the lack of action from the US, d...
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AI appreciation day: 5 major moments involving AI in 2023
16Jul By adminNo Comments
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AI appreciation day: 5 major moments involving AI in 2023

[ad_1] The field of artificial intelligence has been in existence since 1956 when the science was officially recognized. Throughout the decades, we have progressively seen its usage in machine learning, analytics, big data, deep learning methods, and eventually in large language models. While many of us grew familiar with AI through the rise of generative AI, we have been using it every time we Google something, use a modern smartphone, or go to a social media platform. However, it cannot be denied that in 2023, AI has seen a massive surge in technological breakthroughs virtually entering every facet of our lives. On this AI appreciation day, we take a look at 5 times when AI dominated the headlines in 2023. OpenAI launches GPT-4OpenAI won the AI race in 2022 after releasing the one-of-...
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Twitter rival Threads signs up 100 million users in five days
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Twitter rival Threads signs up 100 million users in five days

[ad_1] The Threads app launched by Instagram as a rival to Twitter has signed up more than 100 million users in less than five days, data tracking websites said on Monday, smashing the record of AI tool ChatGPT for fastest-growing consumer app.While ChatGPT took two months to hit the 100 million user mark and video-sharing app TikTok took nine months, Instagram itself took two and a half years to reach that mark after its 2010 launch. Threads went live on Apple and Android app stores in 100 countries on Wednesday and Thursday, though it is not available in Europe because parent company Meta is unsure how to navigate the European Union's data privacy legislation. Twitter is thought to have around 200 million regular users but it has suffered repeated technical failures since Tesla tycoon...
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5 things about AI you may have missed today: From wearable AI to first-ever AI biomarker for ADT, read all about it
1Jul By adminNo Comments
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5 things about AI you may have missed today: From wearable AI to first-ever AI biomarker for ADT, read all about it

[ad_1] Yesterday, the biggest news in the artificial intelligence space was that top companies were pushing back on the European Union's AI act which was heavily focused on regulation and transparency of training data for AI models. Today, as we enter the weekend, things have lightened up a bit. The biggest news is the AI startup Humane, which has been working secretively so far, but has now revealed its clothing-based wearable AI gadget called AI pin. In other news, researchers have validated the first-ever AI biomarker for ADT (Androgen Deprivation Therapy). All this and more in today's AI roundup. Let us take a closer look.AI startup Humane announces new AI gadgetAn AI hardware startup called Humane, which was founded in 2018, and is best known for working on AI technology, has made ...
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