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SCB 10X invests in Guardrails AI round
Post Reporters, Published on 12/04/2024
» SCB 10X, the disruptive technology investment arm of SCB X Group, has announced its participation in the US$7.5 million seed funding round for Guardrails AI, a San Francisco-based artificial intelligence (AI) assurance company.
Deepfakes deceive voters from India to Indonesia before polls
Reuters, Published on 03/01/2024
» LONDON - Divyendra Singh Jadoun was busy making artificial intelligence-based visual effects and voice clones for film and television in India, when he began getting calls from politicians: could he create AI videos, or deepfakes, for their election campaign?
Consumers embracing generative AI
Business, Published on 12/12/2023
» Thailand is experiencing a digital revolution that is reshaping consumer lifestyles in unprecedented ways, with the adoption of innovative technologies, particularly in the realm of artificial intelligence (AI).
Top 10 strategic tech trends for 2024
Business, Published on 01/12/2023
» Generative and other types of artificial intelligence (AI) top the list of strategic technology trends that organisations need to explore in 2024, says a new report by the technology research and consulting firm Gartner Inc.
Fake AI porn leads to real harassment in US high schools
AFP, Published on 22/11/2023
» WASHINGTON - When Ellis, a 14-year-old from Texas, woke up one October morning with several missed calls and texts, they were all about the same thing: nude images of her circulating on social media.
Gen Z become masters of comedic deflection
News, Published on 30/10/2023
» 'Can we get a cute drink and snacks after this?" reads the text on a recent TikTok image of men with machine guns in army gear. It's intended to depict the attitude of young female US soldiers while storming a building in Gaza. The post, created by a Gen Zer whose popular feed abounds with Taylor Swift lip-syncs and dance videos, is captioned: "I love this trend #thedraft #war #foryou #fyp #funny."
Brics now expanding in the wrong way
Oped, Published on 02/09/2023
» At first blush, it may seem like good news that the Brics (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) group will expand to include Saudi Arabia, Iran, the United Arab Emirates, Ethiopia, Egypt, and Argentina. An 11-strong Brics+ could be more representative of the world's emerging economies, providing a useful counterweight against American hegemony.
Navigating the uncharted territory of AI
Oped, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 30/08/2023
» Artificial Intelligence (AI), alias robots, has captured the public imagination. Yet, the term "AI" can cover more than robots. Not only does AI embody technology that learns and digests data, exhibiting intelligence paralleling humans, but it is also now a major creative force. Generative AI can offer projections, predictions and propositions, potentially surpassing human intelligence. This leads to the question -- should AI be regulated, and how?
Corporate responsibility in the age of AI
Oped, Published on 09/08/2023
» In the past year, a cacophony of conversations about artificial intelligence has erupted. Depending on whom you listen to, AI is either carrying us into a shiny new world of endless possibilities or propelling us toward a grim dystopia. Call them the Barbie and Oppenheimer scenarios -- as attention-grabbing and different as the Hollywood blockbusters of the summer. But one conversation is getting far too little attention: the one about corporate responsibility.
Asean to set ‘guardrails’ on AI
Published on 16/06/2023
» SINGAPORE: Southeast Asian countries are drawing up governance and ethics guidelines for artificial intelligence (AI) that will impose “guardrails” on the booming technology, five officials with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.