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The ownership of content in the age of artificial intelligence
16Mar By adminNo Comments
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The ownership of content in the age of artificial intelligence

[ad_1] As artificial intelligence (AI) begins to touch our lives in every aspect, who owns the digital content we generate on a daily basis? The answer is complex. Today's consumers find themselves in a world where their personal data is constantly being collected, analyzed, and utilized to boost the services we use. In fact, now it's also being used to create further content? Who truly owns all this digital content?According to a report by Chiratae Ventures, the consumer tech industry will touch US$300 billion by 2027, and more than 500 million Indians are currently seeking entertainment and gaming services on the internet on a daily basis. According to Forbes, active social media penetration in India is 33.4%, and generally, in January 2023, 67.5% of all internet users in India, whate...
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Great Internet Cookie Crumble Will Leave Risky Morsels
8Feb By adminNo Comments
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Great Internet Cookie Crumble Will Leave Risky Morsels

[ad_1] Thanks to the humble cookie, our favorite websites can remember us, greeting our return visits like a conscientious barista. But also thanks to these small files, some egregious privacy abuses have occurred. Cookies will disappear this year, though a problem solved may be a problem caused.The cookie, invented by a 23-year-old Netscape engineer 30 years ago, was initially intended to act as an identifier so users didn't have to keep logging in. It has long been co-opted, however, by the advertising industry as a way to snoop on what users are up to. Loading even the most basic web page these days means that dozens of tracking cookies are quietly placed on your computer. Suddenly, what had been a quick search for a one-off purchase ignites a frenzy, with every website coordinated i...
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Very important case; we should stay tuned: MoS IT on NYT lawsuit against OpenAI, Microsoft
2Jan By adminNo Comments
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Very important case; we should stay tuned: MoS IT on NYT lawsuit against OpenAI, Microsoft

[ad_1] Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar has said the NYT-OpenAI-Microsoft case is important and interesting one, and represents the broader issue of the nature of a relationship between those scraping internet and monetising from it versus the copyrighted content on the internet. Last Wednesday, New York Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft over copyright infringement, alleging that millions of its articles were used without consent to train chatbots and AI models, which now compete with it."It is certainly a very important case. It is an issue that I have spoken about in the past in the context of social media and big tech platform versus Indian creators of content... "This is a broader issue of what is the relationship between those who scrape the internet and monetise from that scrapin...
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Does Internet use harm mental health? This new Oxford study shows surprising result
29Nov By adminNo Comments
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Does Internet use harm mental health? This new Oxford study shows surprising result

[ad_1] The effect of the internet use on mental health has always been a controversial topic. While many claim that social media in particular and internet use, in general, are addictive, a recent Oxford study shows that it does not have a major effect on mental health globally. The Oxford Internet Institute found no evidence or link between internet and psychological harm. Check out what the Oxford study reveals about internet use in detail.About Oxford's study on Internet useOxford Internet Institute conducted the largest study ever on mental health and internet use, which covered two million individuals from the age group of 15 to 89 years. The study covered over 168 countries to find out how the internet has impacted global mental health. The study reported that the overuse of socia...
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US Set to Revive Controversial Web Rules Trump Worked to Quash
20Oct By adminNo Comments
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US Set to Revive Controversial Web Rules Trump Worked to Quash

[ad_1] US regulators are set on Thursday to reinstate rules aimed at ensuring that everything on the internet is equally accessible — a principle known as net neutrality that has stoked debate and controversy across technology and telecom industries for more than two decades.The US Federal Communications Commission is widely expected to make a decision at a Thursday meeting that would advance the revival of net neutrality. More specifically, the panel will vote on whether fast internet access is a basic telecom service. That, in turn, would re-establish its authority to police broadband providers for any attempts to block or throttle back internet traffic for some while prioritizing access to others who are willing to pay more. The debate over government's role in regulating internet ac...
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People Are Disinformation’s Biggest Problem, Not AI, Experts Say
6Oct By adminNo Comments
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People Are Disinformation’s Biggest Problem, Not AI, Experts Say

[ad_1] Lawmakers, fact-checking organizations and some tech companies are working to combat the threat of a new wave of AI-generated disinformation online, but experts say these efforts are undermined by the public's distrust of institutions and a general lack of literacy in spotting fake images, videos and audio clips online.“Social media and human beings have made it so that even when we come in, fact check and say, ‘nope, this is fake,' people say, ‘I don't care what you say, this conforms to my worldview,'” said Hany Farid, an expert in deepfake analysis and a professor at the University of California, Berkeley. “Why are we living in that world where reality seems to be so hard to grip?” he said. “It's because our politicians, our media outlets and the internet have stoked distrust....
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OpenAI joins hands with Jony Ive to build iPhone of AI
29Sep By adminNo Comments
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OpenAI joins hands with Jony Ive to build iPhone of AI

[ad_1] Artificial intelligence (AI) has taken the world by storm lately. Since ChatGPT's debut in November 2022, there have been rapid developments in the field, with the emergence of AI chatbots, generative AI tools, and more. The OpenAI chatbot kick-started an AI chatbot revolution that has resulted in some of the world's biggest companies such as Microsoft, Google, and Meta launching their own chatbots. Now, OpenAI could yet again be the first to bring out an AI consumer device, and it is joining hands with former Apple designer Jony Ive as well as Masayoshi Son, the CEO of Softbank, to achieve its goal.OpenAI's collaboration with Jony IveAccording to a report by the Financial Times (via MacRumors), Softbank will fund a $1 billion venture to create an AI consumer device, led by OpenA...
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5 things about AI you may have missed today: Infosys-Microsoft join hands, billionaire to invest $200 mn in AI and more
26Sep By adminNo Comments
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5 things about AI you may have missed today: Infosys-Microsoft join hands, billionaire to invest $200 mn in AI and more

[ad_1] AI Roundup: Infosys has partnered with Microsoft to jointly develop AI solutions, using services such as Infosys Topaz and Microsoft Azure. On the other hand, French billionaire Xavier Niel will invest $212 million in AI, to retain French talent within the country. The funds will be split between a Paris-based research lab, startups, and Nvidia-powered cloud supercomputing. AppyHigh has launched an AI-powered app bundle, including an AI image generator, photo editor, chat assistant, avatar maker, and VPN & Camera Scanner.All this, and more in today's AI roundup. 1. Infosys collaborates with Microsoft to build AI solutionsIndian IT company Infosys announced its collaboration with Microsoft today, revealing plans to jointly build AI solutions. As per the release, both companies...
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Musk’s Starlink Beams to Container Ships So Crews Can Web Surf
22Sep By adminNo Comments
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Musk’s Starlink Beams to Container Ships So Crews Can Web Surf

[ad_1] Elon Musk's satellite internet service is heading deeper into one of the world's oldest and vast economic frontiers: the high seas.Hapag-Lloyd AG, the biggest container shipping line based in Germany, said Thursday it will install SpaceX's Starlink service aboard the ships it owns and manages after a pilot program involving four vessels proved successful. Charters won't receive the service under the current plan. According to Alphaliner data, 122 of the 259 ships that Hapag-Lloyd operates are company-owned. For crews that spend months at sea, reliable on-board connectivity is a luxury if it's available at all, partly hinging on proximity to land-based networks. During the first two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, seafarers' sense of isolation only intensified as they kept working...
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India presents a massive opportunity to be at the forefront of AI, says Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen
25Aug By adminNo Comments
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India presents a massive opportunity to be at the forefront of AI, says Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen

[ad_1] India has made rapid strides in technology and nothing indicates that more than the local tech titans like TCS, Infosys, Tech Mahondra, Wipro or HCL Tech. And there are hundreds of thousands of other companies, big and small, that have contributed immensely in improving India's digital footprint. The latest high-profile achievement was of course Chandrayaan-3 mission, in which the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully landed a lander and a rover on the moon even as Russia failed to do so with its Luna-25 spacecraft.Keeping all of that in mind was likely Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen, who on Friday, heaped fulsome praise on what India had achieved as a country in the tech field. Narayen said he is a "massive fan" of digital infrastructure that India has created and l...
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