Iran blamed a “software problem” for the major interruption on Monday that knocked about 70 percent of the country’s 33,000 gas stations out of service, but an Israeli-linked hacker group claimed responsibility.
Category: 19 December 2023
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AI ALLIANCE PRESSES FOR OPEN-SOURCE AI DEVELOPMENT
IBM and Meta Platforms are among more than 50 companies involved in AI development that have come together to form the AI Alliance, a group pushing for “open innovation and open science” in AI development.
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POPE CALLS FOR INTERNATIONAL TREATY GOVERNING AI
Pope Francis has added his voice to the chorus of calls for a binding international agreement to govern AI, urging rules ensuring that the technology is used ethically and reflects the human values of compassion, forgiveness, mercy, and morality.
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META, PLAYING CATCH-UP, ADDS NEW AI FEATURES TO ITS APPS
Meta Platforms, scurrying to catch up with Google, Microsoft, and other major web presences dazzling audiences with AI apps, is testing at least 20 new AI features it’s added to its search tool, advertisements, and other offerings throughout Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp.
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MORE CHIP COMPANIES RUSHING TO MEET DEMAND FOR AI PROCESSORS
Nvidia owns as much as 80 percent of the market for the special graphics-processing computer chips needed by AI systems, but that market share will shrink, beginning in the new year.
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DR. GOOGLE WANTS TO LIVE IN YOUR POCKET
Google has created an AI that it sees as a “doctor in your pocket” that can scour the Internet to answer your questions about your health, calm your nerves about a symptom, or urge you to visit your doctor for a diagnosis.
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ASHLEY THE AI CALLING: WHO YOU GONNA VOTE FOR?
Don’t call Ashley a political robo-caller. This phone bank staffer for political candidates is an AI similar to ChatGPT.
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RECYCLING CARBON FROM THE AIR TO POWER FUEL CELLS
The just-ended COP28 climate summit called on nations to speed their efforts to pull excess carbon out of the air and rebalance the atmosphere. Engineers are using everything from catalytic processes to giant sucking machines to do it.
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GENE DISCOVERY MAY HALT PARKINSON’S DISEASE BEFORE SYMPTOMS APPEAR
Parkinson’s Disease, which affects as many as nine million people globally, including a million Americans, has been thought to originate when brain cells producing the biochemical dopamine die.
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PHARMA FOOD—BIOTECH ON YOUR PLATE
Lab-grown meat may one day represent 80 percent or more of the "meat" consumed worldwide,[1] a dramatic departure from the way humans have eaten for centuries.