From the start, 2024 promised to be a tough year for fashion stocks. Inflation has made life more expensive, interest rates have risen and geopolitics look even more turbulent – from conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza to tense elections in Europe and now the US. More from WWD The passion for artificial intelligence and big … Read more
Listen here on the podcast platform of your choice. How big will the benefits of artificial intelligence be? Or will big tech companies keep the benefits for themselves? In this episode of Tech & Science Daily, we explore the challenges of making AI fairer, the hunger for anti-monopoly legislation, and the rise of digital giants … Read more
Apple is trying to strike a difficult balance between innovation and privacy as it prepares to launch several artificial intelligence (AI) programs. As Apple expands its AI offerings through updates to its own features and a partnership to integrate OpenAI’s ChatGPT into Apple devices, the company is touting new systems to keep users’ data private … Read more
Discussions about artificial intelligence and robotics often focus on their role as a tool, augmenting our existing skills and increasing our efficiency. Whether in movies, pop culture or according to your own Alexa, artificial intelligence and robotics are presented as an assistant that works for you. As AI becomes wiser, we dream of the tasks … Read more
By 2024, AI will make the news every day. We may be aware of the science, but how do we imagine AI and our relationship with it, now and in the future? Fortunately, film can give us some insights. Probably the best-known AI in film is HAL 9000 from Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey … Read more
Editor’s Note: David Riedman is the founder of the Database for school admissions for primary and secondary education, an open source research project documenting school shootings dating back to 1966. He conducts research on gun violence in schools and has authored multiple peer-reviewed articles on homeland security policy, critical infrastructure protection, and emergency management. Previously, … Read more
Artificial intelligence systems like ChatGPT could soon run out of what makes them smarter: the tens of trillions of words people have written and shared online. A new study published Thursday by research group Epoch AI shows that tech companies will exhaust the supply of publicly available training data for AI language models by the … Read more
BERLIN (AP) — When Michael Bommer found out he was terminally ill with colon cancer, he spent a lot of time with his wife Anett, talking about what would happen after his death. She told him that one of the things she would miss most is being able to ask him questions whenever she wants … Read more
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — U.S. intelligence agencies are scrambling to embrace the AI revolution, believing they will otherwise be smothered in data as sensor-generated surveillance technology continues to blanket the planet. They also need to keep up with competitors, who are already using AI to power social media platforms with deepfakes. But the technology is … Read more