Artificial Intelligence (AI)
When Amazon's new AI tool answers shoppers' queries, who benefits?
Amazon's new artificial intelligence assistant is raising as many questions as it answers
6 February 2024, 05:20 AM
Investors punish Microsoft, Alphabet as AI returns fall short of lofty expectations
Mounting costs of developing AI products irked investors hoping for a big boost to sales from the new technology.
1 February 2024, 05:14 AM
AR Rahman clarifies use of AI to recreate voices of late singers
Renowned composer AR Rahman has addressed the controversy surrounding his use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to recreate the voices of late singers Bamba Bakya and Shahul Hameed for the song "Thimiri Yezhuda" in Rajinikanth's upcoming film “Lal Salaam”. The move sparked mixed reactions from fans, prompting Rahman to provide clarification.
30 January 2024, 10:32 AM
Has the ‘polycrisis’ overwhelmed us?
Just as social media competes for individuals’ attention, so do global crises.
28 January 2024, 13:26 PM
Intel tumbles as chipmaker falls further behind in AI race
Intel shed about $24.9 billion in market value, based on Friday's closing price of $43.65
27 January 2024, 05:18 AM
AI’s copyright problem is fixable
What should copyright law mean in the age of AI?
21 January 2024, 03:00 AM
Sam Altman seeks to raise billions for network of AI chip factories
Intel, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co and Samsung Electronics are potential partners for OpenAI
20 January 2024, 05:19 AM
AI buzzes Davos, but CEOs wrestle with how to make it pay
With AI making the headline everywhere, CEO's are struggling to make AI demos into revenue earning products
18 January 2024, 05:18 AM
OpenAI CEO Altman says at Davos future AI depends on energy breakthrough
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman emphasises on energy breakthrough to facilitate the vast power consumption of future AI
17 January 2024, 05:30 AM
Microsoft offers $20 consumer AI subscription to boost business
Microsoft is rolling out subscriptions of its 'Copilot' artificial intelligence for consumers and small businesses
16 January 2024, 05:07 AM
AI, AI, Captain: Will machines end our creativity?
Will artificial intelligence end human creativity? Or will it complement and expand it?
8 December 2023, 15:00 PM
Is human civilisation at an inflection point?
Our brains are being reprogrammed to look for the easiest solutions to our most vexing social and political questions.
1 December 2023, 02:00 AM
AI is the printing press reborn
AI is an impossible problem if you think of writing as the end.
24 November 2023, 03:51 AM
Hollywood actors secure safeguards around AI use on screen
Movie studios must obtain permission from actors to use their images in material generated by artificial intelligence (AI), and pay performers whenever their digital doubles appear on screen, under the labor agreement that ended a 118-day strike.
10 November 2023, 05:45 AM
Hollywood actors' union notes disagreements with studios' offer, including AI
The Hollywood actors' union on Monday responded to the latest offer from major studios and streaming services, saying the two sides had yet to reach an agreement on several items including the use of artificial intelligence
7 November 2023, 04:27 AM
Is AI a concern for chartered accountants?
It is safe to say that AI-driven technologies can be a helping hand for accountants.
10 September 2023, 06:09 AM
An urgent call for environmentally sustainable computation
Our AI companions are water guzzlers
15 August 2023, 04:00 AM
The rise of AI and leveraging it for employability
Artificial intelligence has emerged as the harbinger of a new era.
20 July 2023, 00:00 AM
Artificial intelligence is still far from being ‘intelligent’
Why does Big Tech want an immediate 6-month pause on any further development?
13 June 2023, 13:00 PM
AI will replenish, complement and enhance human intelligence
Students in higher education in the USA have been using software tools enhanced by AI for years.
30 April 2023, 05:00 AM