Forty-nine percent of CEOs say artificial intelligence could carry out “most” or even “all” of their functions, a poll by education website edX found. The site queried 800 C-suite workers, including CEOs, and 800 workers below the executive level.
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THIS WEEK IN SURVEILLANCE
Joining sensory systems with AI is the cutting edge of where more sophisticated technology is heading.
U.K. WILL PLACE THIRD IN GLOBAL AI SWEEPSTAKES, STUDY SAYS
Britain’s AI sector will grow from £1.36 trillion (about $1.7 trillion) to £2.4 trillion ($3 trillion) by 2027, making it the world’s third-largest AI economy behind the U.S. and China, according to an analysis by the information clearinghouse Global AI Ecosystem.
AHEAD OF AI SAFETY SUMMIT, U.K. REGULATORS LIST GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR AI DEVELOPMENT
“The speed at which AI is becoming part of everyday life for people and businesses is dramatic,” Sarah Cardell, CEO of the CMA, said in a statement listing the principles.
NEW INTEL CHIP BRINGS AI TO LAPTOP COMPUTERS
In December, chip-making giant Intel will unveil its new “Meteor Lake” chip able to run a generative AI program on a notebook computer instead of forcing users to connect to data centers to muster enough computing power for the task, the company announced last week at a Silicon Valley developers conference.
RELAX! LAWS TO GOVERN AI ARE ALREADY IN PLACE, SECURITY EXPERT SAYS
AI insiders from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to Bill Gates are calling on the U.S. Congress to set rules in place to govern artificial intelligence and Congress is listening.
CONSULTING FIRMS BET BIG ON AI
Global business and technology consulting and services firm EY has invested $1.4 billion in AI, has created its own large language model AI called EYQ, and will train all of its 400,000 workers in AI, the company announced last week.
AI MAY GENERATE 90 PERCENT OF ONLINE CONTENT BY 2026, STUDY SAYS
Within about two years, 90 percent of all content online could be the product of artificial intelligence, according to a study by the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation.
GOOGLE ENTERS AI CLOUD CONTEST
Google has finally begun selling PALM-2, its most powerful AI technology, to the general public in an attempt to make up for time lost to Amazon and Microsoft, which have been offering similar tools broadly for months.
IRS ENLISTS AI TO TRACK DOWN TAX CHEATS
The IRS is using some of its $80-million windfall from last year’s Inflation Reduction Act to bring AI to bear in tracking down taxes not paid by hedge funds, real estate investors, limited liability partnerships, and wealthy individuals, The New York Times reported.









