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AI's promises and problems
Life, James Hein, Published on 29/03/2023
» It's almost impossible to write an article these days and ignore the rapid increase in what are called AI applications. GPT-4 is out, Midjourney 5 has been released, and more new AI applications seem to turn up every day.
Artists fight AI programs that copy their styles
AFP, Published on 27/03/2023
» LONDON: Artists outraged by artificial intelligence that copies in seconds the styles they have sacrificed years to develop are waging battle online and in court.
IT pioneer Gordon Moore dies at 94
Published on 25/03/2023
» SAN FRANCISCO: Intel Corp co-founder Gordon Moore, a pioneer in the semiconductor industry whose “Moore’s Law” predicted a steady rise in computing power for decades, died on Friday at the age of 94, the company announced.
Chip war and censorship hobble Chinese tech giants in chatbot race
AFP, Published on 22/03/2023
» BEIJING - Search giant Baidu's lacklustre unveiling of its chatbot exposed gaps in China's race to rival ChatGPT, as censorship and a US squeeze on chip imports have hamstrung the country's artificial intelligence ambitions.
How AI could upend the world even more than electricity or the internet
AFP, Published on 19/03/2023
» SAN FRANCISCO: The rise of artificial general intelligence -- now seen as inevitable in Silicon Valley -- will bring change that is "orders of magnitude" greater than anything the world has yet seen, observers say. But are we ready?
Chinese-led team claims physics breakthrough
South China Morning Post, Published on 18/03/2023
» A Chinese-led research team has generated powerful electron beams with unprecedented efficiency, a scientific breakthrough that could rewrite Albert Einstein's Nobel Prize winning theory, according to a new paper.
Microsoft on the naughty list again
Life, James Hein, Published on 15/03/2023
» Some of you may have already noticed, Microsoft is getting very pushy about installing Windows 11. On one of my machines, it started the process under the guise of a standard update. Softwarekeep.com has an excellent article titled "How to Cancel Windows 11 Update and Stay on Windows 10" that covers many ways to handle this. One option is to revert back to Windows 10 within 10 days of Windows 11 being installed, found here: Start menu > Settings > Windows Update > Advanced options > Recovery > Previous version of Windows. After this arbitrary 10 days, you need to do a clean Windows 10 install. I also recommend the free Windows Update Blocker, currently at version 1.7, as a way to control your Windows updates.
Warnings over AI, toxic beauty myths dog TikTok filter
AFP, Published on 10/03/2023
» WASHINGTON: TikTok's latest sensation is a real-time filter called Bold Glamour that sashays right past debates over toxic beauty standards on social media, going all in on giving users a new face.
Machine magic or art menace? Japan's first AI manga
AFP, Published on 06/03/2023
» TOKYO - The author of a sci-fi manga about to hit shelves in Japan admits he has "absolutely zero" drawing talent, so turned to artificial intelligence to create the dystopian saga.
AI 'is no more of an inventor than your cat'
Business, Published on 04/03/2023
» If an artificial intelligence (AI) machine can be named as an inventor for a patent, pet cats could be next, lawyers said at the United Kingdom's top court, arguing only humans can be inventors in law.