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Big tech forms a group to investigate the effects of AI on tech jobs
5Apr By adminNo Comments
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Big tech forms a group to investigate the effects of AI on tech jobs

[ad_1] As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly prevalent in the tech industry, questions about its impact on jobs and the economy are gaining traction. Big Tech companies like Google and Microsoft, major players in AI development, are now collaborating to study the potential effects of AI on technology-related employment.Growing Concerns About Job DisplacementLed by Cisco, this consortium also includes industry giants such as IBM, Intel, SAP, and Accenture. Additionally, prominent labor unions like the AFL-CIO and the CWA are serving as advisors to the group. With the rise of generative AI technologies like chatbots and image generators, concerns about AI displacing human jobs have intensified, reported washingtonpost. Also read: Microsoft onboards former Google DeepMind co...
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5 things about AI you may have missed today: AI as India’s economic ‘FASTag’ for growth, India a key player in AI, more
18Feb By adminNo Comments
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5 things about AI you may have missed today: AI as India’s economic ‘FASTag’ for growth, India a key player in AI, more

[ad_1] Google India head Sanjay Gupta sees AI as India's economic 'FASTag' for growth and accessibility; India a key player in responsible AI revolution, emphasises need for swift advancement, says IBM's Sandip Patel; AI avatars could replace employees in meetings, says Otter CEO; Rise of deepfake advertising raises concerns over celebrity endorsement scams- this and more in our daily roundup. Let us take a look. 1. Google India head Sanjay Gupta: AI as India's economic 'FASTag' for growth and accessibilityGoogle India head Sanjay Gupta stated that artificial intelligence (AI) will be India's economic 'FASTag', overcoming barriers like illiteracy and language hindrances. Gupta likened challenges to toll gates, impeding progress. He emphasised AI's potential in solving issues like langua...
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Tech companies sign accord to combat AI-generated election trickery
17Feb By adminNo Comments
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Tech companies sign accord to combat AI-generated election trickery

[ad_1] Major technology companies signed a pact Friday to voluntarily adopt “reasonable precautions” to prevent artificial intelligence tools from being used to disrupt democratic elections around the world.Tech executives from Adobe, Amazon, Google, IBM, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI and TikTok gathered at the Munich Security Conference to announce a new voluntary framework for how they will respond to AI-generated deepfakes that deliberately trick voters. Twelve other companies — including Elon Musk's X — are also signing on to the accord. “Everybody recognizes that no one tech company, no one government, no one civil society organization is able to deal with the advent of this technology and its possible nefarious use on their own,” said Nick Clegg, president of global affairs for Meta, th...
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Quantum Computing to spark ‘cybersecurity armageddon,’ IBM says
17Jan By adminNo Comments
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Quantum Computing to spark ‘cybersecurity armageddon,’ IBM says

[ad_1] Governments and businesses are not prepared for the havoc quantum computers will sow in cybersecurity by the end of the decade, according to an International Business Machines Corp. executive.  “Is quantum going to really create a cybersecurity Armageddon?” Ana Paula Assis, IBM's general manager of Europe, Middle East and Africa, said on a panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday. “It's going to.” Quantum computers, an emerging technology that vastly accelerates processing power by performing calculations in parallel rather than sequentially, will make existing encryption systems obsolete. IBM has developed many of the foundational technologies for the quantum era, which Assis said could arrive by 2030.  We are now on WhatsApp. Click to join.  Some governments are ...
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5 things about AI you may have missed today: LG AI agent, IBM AI chief on jobs, more
30Dec By adminNo Comments
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5 things about AI you may have missed today: LG AI agent, IBM AI chief on jobs, more

[ad_1] Today is the second last day of the year, and many are already on their end-of-the-year vacation. But pay attention, because some really interesting developments are taking place in the world of artificial intelligence. Ahead of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2024), LG has revealed that it will be unveiling its AI agent — a smart home hub, a robot, and a house and pet monitoring system. In other news, the global managing partner in generative AI at IBM, Matt Candy, has advised professionals that those who are capable of working with AI using language and creative thinking will have their jobs secured in this field. This and more in today's AI roundup. Let us take a closer look.LG to unveil AI agent at CES 2024In a press release, LG revealed that it will unveil its smart home ...
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5 things about AI you may have missed today: India preparing AI regulations, IBM’s AI acquisition, more
19Dec By adminNo Comments
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5 things about AI you may have missed today: India preparing AI regulations, IBM’s AI acquisition, more

[ad_1] Today, December 19, has turned out to be an important day for artificial intelligence, especially for India. The government has announced that it has commenced the process of formulating regulations on AI to foster development, protection, and innovation in this space. In other news, IBM has revealed its plans to acquire StreamSets and webMethods platforms of Software AG for a total of 2.3 billion dollars in a bid to improve its own AI offerings. This and more in today's AI roundup. Let us take a closer look.Indian government preparing AI regulationsThe Indian government has initiated the process of formulating regulations for AI to promote development, protection, and innovation in the field, reported PTI. The Secretary of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (...
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Quantum computing and the mysteries of very small things
15Dec By adminNo Comments
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Quantum computing and the mysteries of very small things

[ad_1] The world is on the cusp of a computing revolution based on quantum mechanics – the theory in physics that describes the behavior of matter and energy at the level of atoms and subatomic particles. Quantum science has also been explained by a U.S. government scientist as the “rules that describe how really small things behave.”This field is full of surprises, even for the experts. Richard Feynman, the late theoretical physicist, Nobel laureate and pioneer of quantum computing, described the field as “peculiar and mysterious to everyone – both to the novice and the experienced physicist,” because it is so different to how people experience and perceive the behavior and properties of larger objects. Quantum mechanics was developed gradually in the early decades of the 20th century ...
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5 things about AI you may have missed today: Crackdown against deepfakes under govt review, Meta-IBM AI alliance, more
5Dec By adminNo Comments
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5 things about AI you may have missed today: Crackdown against deepfakes under govt review, Meta-IBM AI alliance, more

[ad_1] Today, December 5, was an important day in the artificial intelligence space. Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar met social media platforms to review progress made by them in tackling the issue of deepfakes, and misinformation in general. New advisories for compliance are expected to be released. Meta Platforms and IBM have joined an AI alliance with 40 other organizations to create an industry group dedicated to open-source AI work, aiming to share technology and reduce risks. This and more in today's AI roundup. Let us take a closer look.Govt reviews social media platforms' efforts to curb deepfakesUnion Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar recently met with social media platforms to assess their efforts in combating misinformation and deepfakes. He emphasized that advisories will be...
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AI future could be ‘open-source’ or closed. Tech giants are divided as they lobby regulators
5Dec By adminNo Comments
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AI future could be ‘open-source’ or closed. Tech giants are divided as they lobby regulators

[ad_1] Tech leaders have been vocal proponents of the need to regulate artificial intelligence, but they're also lobbying hard to make sure the new rules work in their favor.That's not to say they all want the same thing. Facebook parent Meta and IBM on Tuesday launched a new group called the AI Alliance that's advocating for an “open science” approach to AI development that puts them at odds with rivals Google, Microsoft and ChatGPT-maker OpenAI. These two diverging camps — the open and the closed — disagree about whether to build AI in a way that makes the underlying technology widely accessible. Safety is at the heart of the debate, but so is who gets to profit from AI's advances.Open advocates favor an approach that is “not proprietary and closed,” said Darío Gil, a senior vice pres...
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Bankruptcy looms: With outburst, Elon Musk puts the survival of X in the balance
2Dec By adminNo Comments
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Bankruptcy looms: With outburst, Elon Musk puts the survival of X in the balance

[ad_1] Elon Musk's verbal assault on advertisers who have shunned X (formerly Twitter) threatens to sink the social network further, with the tycoon warning of the platform's demise, just one year after taking control."If somebody's gonna try to blackmail me with advertising, go fuck yourself," a visibly furious Musk told an interviewer in New York in front of an audience of the US business elite this week. Musk was lashing out at the advertisers who had abandoned his platform after Media Matters, a left-wing media watchdog group, warned big companies that their ads were running aside posts by neo-Nazis. Walmart on Friday was the latest to join the exodus, following the footsteps of IBM, Disney, Paramount, NBCUniversal, Lionsgate and others.The latest controversy broke earlier this mont...
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