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  ETDA defends royal decree regulating digital platforms

  Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 17/03/2022

  » The Electronic Transactions Development Agency (ETDA) has defended the merits of the draft royal decree meant to regulate digital platforms, saying the legislation will help strike a balance between consumer protection and business interests in the country.

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  A new spin to the world of Pokémon

  Life, Komsan John Jandamit, Published on 23/02/2022

  » I am not sure if there is anyone in this world who does not know what Pokémon is. In case you're one of them, Pokémon is a game about you, the main protagonist, catching monsters and making friends with them while also using them to fight and traverse the game world to become the strongest trainer. Typically, games will have you defeat six to eight gym leaders, who act as bosses of each town, before beating the last boss to prove your supremacy. But this time, in 2022, there are no gyms, because this latest game is a prequel to all others and no gyms have been established, and the game's townspeople still have very little knowledge about these mysterious monsters.

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  Microsoft Paint might be fading

  Life, James Hein, Published on 02/08/2017

  » What is the one program you can count on to be in Windows, apart from say Minesweeper? Microsoft Paint. It's the poor man's drawing tool and screen capture tool where it is as simple as Alt-Printscreen, Start-Run MSPaint, CTRL-V, Crop Marquee Select Crop, CTRL-A CTRL-C, Switch to email and CTRL–V to get something from your screen into an email (or anything else).

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  Google stops AI from creating human images

  New York Times, Published on 29/02/2024

  » SAN FRANCISCO — Images showing people of colour in German military uniforms from World War II that were created with Google’s Gemini chatbot have amplified concerns that artificial intelligence (AI) could add to the internet's already vast pools of misinformation as the technology struggles with issues around race.

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  Generative AI and the creative process

  Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 16/02/2024

  » ChatGPT is one of those rare moments in technology where you see a glimmer of how everything is going to be different going forward," the American tech entrepreneur Aaron Levie said recently.

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  X fails to pay Australian fine for abuse-related content

  AFP, Published on 14/11/2023

  » SYDNEY - The social media platform X has not paid a fine imposed for failing to outline its plans to stamp out content depicting child sexual abuse, Australia's internet safety watchdog told AFP on Tuesday.

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  Malaysia mulls rules for Google, Meta to pay news outlets for content

  Reuters, Published on 05/09/2023

  » KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia said on Tuesday it is considering regulations that will make internet giants Alphabet Inc's Google and Facebook parent Meta Platforms compensate news outlets for content sourced from them.

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  Musk's Neuralink says cleared for human test of brain implants

  AFP, Published on 26/05/2023

  » SAN FRANCISCO - Elon Musk's start-up Neuralink on Thursday said it has gotten approval from US regulators to test its brain implants in people.

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  ChatGPT threatened with defamation suit

  Published on 05/04/2023

  » SYDNEY: An Australian mayor is considering a defamation lawsuit over false claims made by ChatGPT that he had served time in prison for bribery, in what would be the first such action of its kind against the automated text service.

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  ChatGPT to force university education to evolve

  South China Morning Post, Published on 25/01/2023

  » The world seems entranced by artificial intelligence. The recent controversy over ChatGPT and other apps such as Bearly.ai has prompted some academics to rethink teaching and testing. It is time to confront the question of whether our way of life will be at risk in future because of AI.

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