Earlier this month, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) hosted a summit that brought together CEOs of oil majors BP, Shell, and TotalEnergies with officials of Microsoft and other leading tech companies, the board chair of private equity firm Brookfield Asset Management, and executives of German utility RWE and EDF, which provides power in the U.K.
Tag: AI
NEW AI CAN SMOOTH OUT BUMPY AIRLINE FLIGHTS
Air turbulence that slops your coffee onto your fold-down tray could disappear with FALCON, a new AI that can instantly adjust an airplane’s behavior as it encounters the sudden differences in air pressure that cause bumpy flights.
OPENAI URGES “NORTH AMERICAN COMPACT” TO COMPETE WITH CHINA
OpenAI has called for the creation of a “North American Compact on AI” under which the U.S. and Canadian governments and their AI companies would work together to outcompete China on AI development and deployment.
TECHNOCRACY BRIEFS: AI ARMS RACE, MORE INDUSTRY LIES ABOUT HUMAN IMPACTS, AND TASTIER (GENE-EDITED) VEGGIES
Sam Altman of OpenAI was all over the news this past week, which is not unusual these days.
AI STILL LIKES WHITE JOB APPLICANTS BEST
Despite developers’ assurances to the contrary, AI models still rank job candidates with “White-sounding” names ahead of those with more ethnically linked monikers, according to a new study from the University of Washington.
AI COMES TO THE AID OF BIODIVERSITY
In late October, an estimated 15,000 people met in Colombia for COP16, the 16th annual meeting of the 150 nations that signed the Convention on Biodiversity intended to protect species from extinction.
DON’T USE AI TO SPY ON WORKERS, AGENCY WARNS
Employers could find themselves in legal trouble if they use AI and algorithmic programs to surveil their workers, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) warned in a public statement.
OPENAI GIVES CHATGPT A SEARCH FUNCTION
Over the next few weeks, OpenAI will introduce its search function for its flagship ChatGPT AI platform.
TAIWAN HAS BECOME THE PRECARIOUS GLOBAL CENTER OF AI TECHNOLOGY
Nvidia, the market leader in AI chips, sees Taiwan as the only place able to make its state-of-the-art AI chips.
TECHNOCRACY BRIEFS: AI DEGRADING HUMAN COGNITION, AND A SETBACK FOR THE “CENSORSHIP INDUSTRY”
A new research paper featured in Nature Human Behavior says a novel cognitive mode for humans is emerging, due to AI technology.









