By a range of measures, China’s economy continued to lose momentum in August, leading one analyst to call for a “bazooka” stimulus to the economy if the country is to reach its 5-percent growth goal this year.
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OPENAI INTRODUCES “THINKING” CHATBOT
OpenAI has unveiled a new series of AIs, called OpenAI o1, that the developers say can “think” as it reasons its way through more complex problems in coding, math, and science than the company’s previous models can.
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MANAGING BOTS TEACHES SUPERVISORS TO BETTER MANAGE PEOPLE
Hanover Insurance Group is one of the businesses using a new AI that teaches bosses to manage people by managing bots.
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CHINA REFUSES TO ENDORSE OUTLINE TO GOVERN AI’S MILITARY USES
In Seoul, South Korea, last week, 60 nations endorsed a “blueprint for action” outlining permitted military uses of AI. China was among 30 countries that refused to support the non-binding outline.
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CAN AI PREDICT THE TIPPING POINT INTO DISASTER?
When a change—a disease outbreak, a shifting weather pattern, or similar flux—leads to disaster, it usually has a “tipping point”: a moment at which the crisis that follows can no longer be avoided.
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RESEARCHERS RETHINK COMPUTING ARCHITECTURE FOR AGI
Computer scientists in China have reversed AI’s computer architecture in a way that, they claim, brings general artificial intelligence (AGI) closer.
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AS FORECAST: REPLACISM AND NON CITIZEN VOTING BECOME MAJOR 2024 ELECTION ISSUES
The debate last week between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris was marked by sharp exchanges on a range of contentious issues.
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THIS WEEK IN SURVEILLANCE
More evidence continues to pile up that AI—and some of its most ardent advocates—is going off the rails.
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WILL CRYPTO SPEED THE METERED LIFE?
Imagine transactions—micro, or not so micro—occuring every moment, based on nearly every activity of life.
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A NEW PROCESS TURNS PLASTIC TRASH BACK INTO USABLE PLASTIC
A process created by chemists at the University of California Berkeley vaporizes two of the most common waste plastics, turning them into gases that can be used to make more of the same plastics again.