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U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed Taiwan, artificial intelligence and security issues on Tuesday in a call meant to demonstrate a return to regular leader-to-leader dialogue between the two powers. The call, described by the White House as “candid and constructive,” was the leaders’ first conversation since their November summit in…
OpenAI decided against a wider rollout of the feature, which it briefed reporters on earlier this month. OpenAI is sharing early results from a test for a feature that can read words aloud in a convincing human voice – highlighting a new frontier for artificial intelligence and raising the spectre of deepfake risks. The company…
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Elon Musk announced it in a post on X, without revealing any more details. California: Elon Musk said on Tuesday artificial intelligence startup xAI’s chatbot, Grok, will be enabled for all premium subscribers of social media platform X, formerly Twitter. He announced it in a post on X, without revealing any more details. Previously, the…
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Figurines with computers and smartphones are seen in front of the words “Artificial Intelligence AI” in this illustration taken, February 19, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Visually-impaired Nigerian Kehinde Olutubosun is a geography and animal enthusiast who struggled to find information because he has no smartphone. But that is changing, thanks to an Artificial Intelligence-powered…
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Austin, United States: Artificial intelligence aficionados are betting that the technology will help solve humanity’s biggest problems, from wars to global warming, but in practice, these may be unrealistic ambitions for now. “It’s not about asking AI ‘Hey, this is a sticky problem. What would you do?’ and AI is like, ‘well, you need to…
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Shaping the future:Unlike Security Council resolutions, General Assembly resolutions are not legally binding but they are an important barometer of world opinion. | Photo Credit: AP The United States is spearheading the first United Nations resolution on artificial intelligence, aimed at ensuring that the new technology is “safe, secure and trustworthy” and that all countries,…
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As the world rushes to make use of the latest wave of AI technologies, one piece of high-tech hardware has become a surprisingly hot commodity: the graphics processing unit, or GPU. A top-of-the-line GPU can sell for tens of thousands of dollars, and leading manufacturer NVIDIA has seen its market valuation soar past US$2 trillion as demand for…
Intelligence is the capacity of living beings to apply what they know to solve problems. ‘Artificial intelligence’ (AI) is intelligence in a machine. There is currently no one definition of AI. A simple place to begin is with AI’s materiality, as a machine-software combination. What does the machine do? A simple example-problem in AI is…
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Over 25 countries, including India, the US, and the UK, are going to the polls this year New Delhi: Amid a busy year of high-stakes elections around the world, officials from ChatGPT-maker OpenAI met the members of the Election Commission of India. During the meeting, which was held last month, the OpenAI officials showed a…
A Copilot page showing the incorporation of AI technology is shown in London, Tuesday, February 13, 2024. Image for Representation. | Photo Credit: AP Given the huge problem-solving potential of artificial intelligence (AI), it wouldn’t be far-fetched to think that AI could also help us in tackling the climate crisis. However, when we consider the energy…
