Artificial Intelligence

Google to Use Generative AI in Its Ad Business - FT

Alphabet Inc’s Google plans to introduce generative artificial intelligence into its advertising business over the coming months to create “novel” advertisements, the Financial Times reported on Thursday, citing an internal presentation. Generative AI is a type of technology that relies on past data to create rather than identify content. Last month, Google began the public […]

AI for Social Justice: A Good Idea?

The use of AI for social justice has been a topic of debate with Elon Musk advocating for a pause on AI, while Bill Gates is promoting the ethical use of AI to solve social challenges. On today’s episode of “What Has Been Dividing the World Recently”, we discuss how one side of the debate, […]

Crypto Firms Will Develop ‘Offshore’ Without Clear Us Rules, Coinbase Chief Says

The U.S. and Britain should make their rules for the crypto industry much clearer to prevent firms from developing in “offshore havens”, the chief of U.S. crypto exchange Coinbase Global Inc, Brian Armstrong, said on Tuesday. The failure last year of the Bahamas-based FTX exchange has highlighted the importance of major economies developing clear crypto […]

The Role of AI in the Future of Artistic Expression

AI has become more popular in the realm of art, spawning a new type of work called AI Art. The use of AI in art has created numerous discussions, ranging from the future of AI art to its impact on the art world and traditional artists’ and reviewers’ opinions.  But How Is AI Influencing Artistic […]

Elon Musk says he will launch rival to Microsoft-backed ChatGPT

Billionaire Elon Musk said on Monday he will launch an artificial intelligence (AI) platform that he calls “TruthGPT” to challenge the offerings from Microsoft and Google. He criticised Microsoft-backed OpenAI, the firm behind chatbot sensation ChatGPT, of “training the AI to lie” and said OpenAI has now become a “closed source”, “for-profit” organisation “closely allied […]

Nine More Us States Join Federal Lawsuit Against Google Over Ad Tech

Nine states, including Michigan and Nebraska, have joined a U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit against Alphabet’s Google which alleges the search and advertising company broke antitrust law in running its digital advertising business, the department said on Monday. The states joining the lawsuit were Arizona, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Washington and […]

S.Korea's top court tells Google to disclose user information sharing -report

South Korea’s top court on Thursday said Alphabet Inc’s Google should disclose whether the technology giant had shared local user information with third parties, news agency Yonhap reported, sending the case back to a lower court. The Supreme Court’s decision came after a group of four plaintiffs filed a lawsuit against Google and its South […]

Nvidia Enhances Mid-Range Video Gaming Chip with AI Technology

Nvidia Corp said on Wednesday it is packing one of its mid-range chips for gamers with more artificial intelligence features to improve graphics, underscoring the importance of gaming for the company despite the segment’s slowing revenue. The new RTX 4070 chip, which Nvidia will start shipping on Thursday, will cost $599, putting it near the […]

US Begins Study of Possible Rules to Regulate AI Like ChatGPT

The Biden administration said Tuesday it is seeking public comments on potential accountability measures for artificial intelligence (AI) systems as questions loom about its impact on national security and education. ChatGPT, an AI program that recently grabbed the public’s attention for its ability to write answers quickly to a wide range of queries, in particular […]

Factbox - Governments’ Efforts to Regulate AI Tools

Italy’s data protection agency said on Wednesday it would lift its temporary ban on OpenAI’s ChatGPT artificial intelligence (AI) technology if the U.S. company complied with data protection and privacy demands by end-April. Rapid advances in AI such as Microsoft-backed OpenAI’s ChatGPT are complicating governments’ efforts to agree on laws governing the use of the […]