In Davos, leaders spoke grandly about restoring trust. Can the World Economic Forum make a difference?

DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Business and political elites have descended on the Swiss Alpine snows of Davos to figure out how to “restore trust” in a fragmenting world. If we can learn anything from the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum – which boldly promoted that theme – it is that we still have … Read more

From corny jokes to job applications, ChatGPT’s new store sells specialized AI software

OpenAI has launched an online store for customized versions of ChatGPT. Some observers believe the new platform has complicated ethical and legal implications. (Marco Bertorello/AFP via Getty Images – image credits) Leading artificial intelligence company OpenAI has launched a new way for developers to sell and distribute their own customized versions of AI software through … Read more

After a flood of AI-powered products, CES 2024 makes it harder than ever to define what AI actually is

The CES logo seen at the show. Jacob Ridley, senior hardware editor Jacob Ridley portrait with pink background This week I was at CES 2024: A week of stomping around Vegas makes my feet hurt, but it was worth it to see so many new products for the first time. This year saw an overwhelming … Read more

New battery material that uses less lithium found in AI-powered search

Microsoft announced Tuesday that a team of scientists used artificial intelligence and high-performance computing to plow through 32.6 million possible battery materials — many of which do not occur in nature — in 80 hours, a task the team previously estimated would take 20 years. have lasted. The results kick off an ambitious effort to … Read more

How AI will transform travel by 2024

Photo by Tom Barrett on Unsplash (Photo by Tom Barrett on Unsplash) It’s official: we’re living in an endless episode of a dystopian TV show Black mirror. With the debut of the ‘generative AI’ platform ChatGPT in late 2022, we could get artificial intelligence to write emails, give parenting advice and even say heartfelt wedding … Read more

2023 was the year AI became mainstream. It was also the year we started panicking about it

Artificial Intelligence (AI) became mainstream in 2023. It’s been a long time coming, but there’s still a long way to go before the technology catches up to people’s science fiction fantasies about human-like machines. The catalyst for a year of AI fanfare was ChatGPT. The chatbot gave the world a glimpse of recent developments in … Read more

What parents need to know about the programs reforming early childhood education

Dipti Bhide, CEO of LittleLit, sits with her son Rohan as he plays a game that uses AI to personalize the learning experience in Coquitlam, BC (Maggie MacPherson/CBC – image credit) From an iPad on their kitchen table, a digital voice reads a story to Dipti Bhide and her son Rohan. It’s about an astronaut … Read more

6 historical mysteries that scientists have finally solved in 2023 – and one they haven’t been able to solve

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. Science is revolutionizing our understanding of the past. Paleogenetics unravels amazing secrets from DNA hidden in bones and dirt. Artificial intelligence decodes ancient texts written in forgotten scripts. Chemical analysis of molecular residues left behind … Read more