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Liberal media more opposed to AI than conservative media, finds research
26Nov By adminNo Comments
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Liberal media more opposed to AI than conservative media, finds research

[ad_1] Researchers have found that articles published by the liberal media tend to be more opposed to artificial intelligence (AI) than those by the conservative media. The opposition could arise out of concerns about AI amplifying racial and gender biases in the society, along with income inequity, researchers from the Virginia Tech University, US, said.Considering that media sentiment is indicative of public opinion and can, in turn, impact policymakers' stances, the findings may have important implications for future political discussions around AI, the researchers said. Their work was published in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science. They also said that the observed differences in the partisan media's sentiment towards AI may also subsequently lead to difference...
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Can Oxford and Cambridge save Harvard from ChatGPT?
24Aug By adminNo Comments
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Can Oxford and Cambridge save Harvard from ChatGPT?

[ad_1] Artificial intelligence (AI) is capable not just of disrupting higher education but of blowing it apart. The march of the smart machines is already well advanced. AI can easily pass standardized tests such as the GMAT (Graduate Management Admission Test) and the GRE (Graduate Record Examination) required by graduate schools. AI received a 3.34 GPA (grade point average) in a Harvard freshman course and a B grade on the final exam of a typical core Wharton Business School MBA course.What can be done to avoid a future in which AI institutionalizes cheating and robs education of any real content? This question is stirring an anxious debate in the university world, not least in the United States, a country that has long been a pacemaker in higher education and technology, but one that...
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SHOCKING! Elon Musk bans journalists from CNN, NYT and more on Twitter for ‘doxxing’
16Dec By adminNo Comments
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SHOCKING! Elon Musk bans journalists from CNN, NYT and more on Twitter for ‘doxxing’

[ad_1] Twitter has banned multiple journalists on its platform. Elon Musk tweeted that the reason behind the suspension was live sharing of his location data. In the early morning of Friday, December 16, microblogging platform Twitter banned some journalists from the platform. Most of these journalists were high-profile, belonging to institutions such as CNN, The New York Times, The Washington Post and more. While the reason for the ban was not known at the time, it was later revealed by the company CEO Elon Musk that the accounts were suspended in connection with live sharing of his location data (also known as doxxing), which violated the new terms of service of Twitter. Elon Musk also made a series of tweets after the suspension of the account and said that sharing the data was end...
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Google Ad Manager outage hits New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal and more
10Dec By adminNo Comments
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Google Ad Manager outage hits New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal and more

[ad_1] Google Ad Manager outage affected New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal and Los Angeles Times. A Google service relied upon by many large websites to sell and display ads was down for about three hours Thursday, denying major news publishers revenue during the crucial holiday period, two sources familiar with the matter said. "The issue with Google Ad Manager has been resolved and ad serving has now been restored for the affected users,” Google said in a tweet on Thursday evening. “We apologize for the inconvenience.” News websites such as the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal and Los Angeles Times were being affected by the issue, one of the sources said. Another said the lost revenue for one large news website was thousands of dollars ...
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Intel On Foreign Nation’s Nuclear Readiness Found At Trump’s Home: Report
7Sep By adminNo Comments
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Intel On Foreign Nation’s Nuclear Readiness Found At Trump’s Home: Report

[ad_1] It did not name the country whose defense and nuclear capabilities were cited in the document.Washington: One of the classified documents seized by the FBI at former US president Donald Trump's Florida residence described the nuclear capabilities and military defenses of a foreign power, The Washington Post reported Tuesday.The newspaper, citing unnamed sources familiar with the case, said that some of the documents found in Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence were so highly classified that only the president and cabinet or near-cabinet level officials would be cleared to authorize other government officials to access them.It did not name the country whose defense and nuclear capabilities were cited in the document.According to the Post, such documents require special clearances on a nee...
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