President Trump delayed the US TikTok ban a few days ago, but the reprieve is still temporary. ByteDance, the giant Chinese corporation that owns the social network, still has to sell the US version of TikTok or risk a complete ban in the country once the 75-day deadline expires. The law that forced the situation…
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The Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has published new information revealing how threat actors, among them nation state-backed advanced persistent threat (APT) operations working on behalf of the governments of China, Iran, North Korea and Russia, attempted to abuse its Gemini artificial intelligence (AI) tool. Google said that government actors from at least 20 countries…
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The mounting environmental impacts of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) systems can be significantly reduced if businesses “choose the right model” for their use cases and implement sustainable practices throughout its lifecycle, according to Capgemini Research Institute.Capgemini’s Developing sustainable GenAI report noted that, for the latest generative pre-training transformer (GPT) models, the training alone is roughly…
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I’m a long-distance runner, always training for the next half-marathon or marathon race. That involves running dozens of miles every week to build up endurance and ensure I have a fighting chance on race day to cross the finish line. I also happen to wear sunglasses at all times, the photochromatic type that darkens progressively…
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Existing artificial intelligence (AI) models available in the public domain fail to provide “complexities and nuances of the past”, and merely offer oversimplified stories about the Holocaust, according to an international Holocaust research lab.In November 2024, the University of Sussex launched the Landecker Digital Memory Lab, an initiative to “ensure a sustainable future for Holocaust…
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When I saw that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently appeared on Joe Rogan’s podcast, I had no doubt there’d be fireworks. And true to form, Zuckerberg, with his gold chain on full display, didn’t disappoint. As is typically the case with anything Rogan, Zuckerberg, over the course of a 3-hour interview, provided several soundbites that…
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A law firm based in Manchester has gathered around 15,000 claimants for an impending data breach lawsuit against Microsoft and Google. The firm began signing up clients in November 2024 for a class action against the US tech giants. It believes them to be illegally collecting and using peoples’ data to train their artificial intelligence…
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With the 19 January 2025 ban on TikTok just days away, American social media users and businesses are facing up to the fact that the video-sharing platform may go dark across the US at the weekend, with some now considering other alternatives at the last minute. On Friday 10 January, a last-ditch attempt by TikTok…
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The leading PC manufacturer used the Consumer Electronics Show to showcase their latest line-up of AI PCs powered by neural processing units (NPU). HP, Lenovo, Dell, Acer and Asus all demoed new AI PC offerings at the Las Vegas event. HP unveiled the Z2 Mini and ZBook Ultra, which the company claims enables users to…
Facebook parent company Meta kicked off the new year by announcing it would be ditching its third-party fact-checkers in favor of Community Notes. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg didn’t show us what they would look like, but thanks to mobile developer and leaker Alessandro Paluzzi, we can give you a sneak peek at Community Notes on…
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