UK innovation agency Digital Catapult has set it sights on helping the creative industry grow by revamping its production processes using artificial intelligence (AI) through the launch of its latest startup initiative. The organisation is offering nine British startups the opportunity to join its ranks and, with the support of the BBC and Amazon Web…
OpenAI stunned the world with a ChatGPT demo in mid-May, just a day before Google’s AI-centric I/O 2024 event. OpenAI unveiled the GPT-4o model, a multimodal chatbot that can process audio, video, text, and image prompts. More interesting was the new Voice Mode that OpenAI developed for GPT-4o.ChatGPT now supports more natural conversations. GPT-4o allows…
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That’s even though seemingly straightforward proxy metrics such as energy consumption exist – and it’s not for want of trying. Precision down to the kilowatt-hour (kWh) or megajoule (MJ) is possible, converting thereafter to CO2 in metric tonnes (mt), but things rarely play out that way in reality, he says. And, even when they do,…
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Apple has already released the fourth iOS 18 beta, but there’s no trace of Apple Intelligence in it. However, it looks like Apple’s AI features will soon be available to test. Apple is ramping up its Apple Intelligence marketing efforts. The company has scheduled a developer event for August 14th in Cupertino where it’ll recap…
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At long last, Apple has finally decided to launch a Calculator app for iPad in iPadOS 18. Previously, the company told iPad owners that third-party options were good enough and that it would only release a calculator if it could stand out from the competition.Fourteen years later, Apple discovered what could make its Calculator app…
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Generative AI (GenAI) is rapidly becoming an integral part of our lives and a powerful force for driving value within organisations. The potential of the technology to accelerate innovation and improve efficiency and productivity extends to nearly all functions across all industries. There are extensive opportunities for businesses to factor it into their digital transformation,…
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After introducing its AI shopping assistant Rufus in the Amazon Shopping app earlier this year, Amazon is now rolling the feature out to all customers in the US. As the company explained in February, Rufus has been trained on Amazon’s product catalog, customer reviews, community Q&As, and information from across the web. It uses all…
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Over the past few years, you might have noticed that an increasingly worrying number of social media users are actually bots imitating humans. They’re usually fairly easy to spot, but avoiding them altogether is virtually impossible. Well, a new social media app called Aspect takes all the guesswork out of the equation with a platform…
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vchalup – stock.adobe.com By Published: 09 Jul 2024 The use of AI and automation in the public sector involves both public-facing systems and behind-the-scenes tools aimed at streamlining operations and freeing up staff time. But we know that these benefits are not guaranteed. Public sector organisations must approach automation with caution to avoid the pitfalls…
To: All incoming secretaries of state Algorithmic prediction and classification systems are probably in use in your department. They may or may not be called “AI”, and there may be other types of system labelled “AI” performing various functions. There is high risk they are causing harms to citizens and may be unlawful. If left…
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