Tag: artificial intelligence
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After a decade of stops and starts, Apple kills its electric car project
After 10 years of development, multiple changes in direction and leadership, and a plethora of leaks, Apple has reportedly ended work on its electric car project. According to a report in Bloomberg, the company is shifting some of the staff to work on generative AI projects within the company and planning layoffs for some others. Internally…
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Scientists say they can use AI to solve a key problem in the quest for near-limitless clean energy
Scientists pursuing fusion energy say they have found a way to overcome one of their biggest challenges to date — by using artificial intelligence. Nuclear fusion has for decades been hailed as a near-limitless source of clean energy, in what would be a game-changing solution to the climate crisis. But experts have only achieved and sustained…
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AI hiring tools may be filtering out the best job applicants
Body-language analysis. Vocal assessments. Gamified tests. CV scanners. These are some of the tools companies use to screen candidates with artificial intelligence recruiting software. Job applicants face these machine prompts – and AI decides whether they are a good match or fall short. Businesses are increasingly relying on them. A late-2023 IBM survey of more…
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Microsoft’s Pricey AI Assistant Copilot Leaves Early Adopters Feeling Cheated
Hailed as an AI game-changer, Microsoft’s generative AI assistant Copilot is facing criticism from early adopters, citing the steep price tag it carries and inaccurate suggestions it offers. Microsoft has been sparing no effort in a bid to promote and improve Copilot. In line with this, the software giant has already integrated the AI bot…
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Sora: OpenAI launches tool that instantly creates video from text
OpenAI revealed a tool on Thursday that can generate videos from text prompts. The new model, nicknamed Sora after the Japanese word for “sky”, can produce realistic footage up to a minute long that adheres to a user’s instructions on both subject matter and style. According to a company blogpost, the model is also able…
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Workers Need to Fight to Make Sure AI Works for Them
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a labor issue. Maybe we’ll get lucky and it will prove to be a marginal labor issue. Or maybe it will prove to be an existential, epochal labor issue on par with industrialization or globalization, each of which revolutionized their own eras of work. Before we get completely immersed in the…
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Science fiction: double feature
A groundbreaking study shows kids learn better on paper, not screens. Now what? What happens when a school bans smartphones? A complete transformation Oh, the guardian, how I used to value you. Atrociously back to basics coverage on two educational issues which, quite literally, promote philistinism. Technology is a tool. A ubiquitous tool in the…
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More CEOs fear their companies won’t survive 10 years as AI and climate challenges grow, survey says
More executives are feeling better about the global economy, but a growing number don’t think their companies will survive the coming decade without a major overhaul because of pressure from climate change and technology like artificial intelligence, according to a new survey of CEOs by one of the world’s largest consulting firms, PwC. The survey…