A survey of 23 machine learning (ML) practitioners across the U.K. and other parts of the world, conducted by King's College London, highlighted feelings of alienation from the sustainability of models, suggesting environmental credentials were not viewed as part of an AI's performance....
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The contemporary internet has been with us since roughly 1995. Its current underlying economic model—surveillance capitalism—began in the early 2000s, when Google and then Facebook realized how much our personal information and online behavior revealed about us and claimed it for themselves to sell to advertisers....
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Mexican actors protested the growing threat artificial intelligence poses to their industry, calling on Sunday for better regulations to prevent voice cloning without consent....
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Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) have transformed digital ownership by enabling the trade of unique assets through blockchain technology. From art and music to virtual real estate, these tokens have become central to the Web3 economy. Yet, this rapid innovation has outpaced security measures, leaving users vulnerable to sophisticated scams, technical exploits,...
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There's been much talk recently—especially among politicians—about productivity. And for good reason: Australia's labor productivity growth sits at a 60-year low....
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French prosecutors have launched a police investigation into alleged data tampering and fraud involving X, Elon Musk's social media platform....
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Bitcoin has reached an all-time high, surpassing $118,000 as a flood of money moves into spot bitcoin ETFs, which have opened up cryptocurrency investing to millions....
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Microsoft plans to donate $4 billion worth of cash, technology and training to enhance artificial intelligence education, a substantial bequest as the Redmond, Washington-based software giant aims to make billions more off a technology it expects to be on par with the introduction of electricity....
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A secretive competition to pioneer a new way of communicating with artificial intelligence chatbots is getting a messy public airing as OpenAI fights a trademark dispute over its stealth hardware collaboration with legendary iPhone designer Jony Ive....
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The European Union on Thursday released a code of practice on general purpose artificial intelligence to help thousands of businesses in the 27-nation bloc using the technology comply with the bloc's landmark AI rule book....
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TikTok is facing a fresh European Union privacy investigation into user data sent to China, regulators said Thursday....
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If you find pop-up ads annoying, imagine how distracting they are for a person with heightened sensitivity....
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More than 90 percent of X's Community Notes—a crowd-sourced verification system popularized by Elon Musk's platform—are never published, a study said Wednesday, highlighting major limits in its effectiveness as a debunking tool....
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Taiwanese chip giant TSMC reported on Thursday a 40% surge in revenue in the first six months on robust demand for AI technology....
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Unionized video game performers have overwhelmingly voted to approve a new contract with their employers....
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