For the past 90 years, election prognosticators have had one tool in their toolbox: surveys. After the third consecutive American presidential election in which this methodology underestimated support for Donald Trump, there are reasons to doubt it makes sense any more. Calling a small sample of people and asking them what they are going to…
The Joe Biden administration has unveiled sweeping curbs on the sale of advanced AI chips by semiconductor companies including Nvidia Corp. The new rules will limit the number of AI chips that can be exported to most countries. It will allow unlimited access to US AI technology for America’s closest allies, while also maintaining a…
1. Smarter AI models will intensify AGI fears “Lata has three apples and buys five more. How many does she have now?” Even a 5-year-old can answer eight. Similarly, GenAI models solve this using ‘chain of thought’ reasoning: “Lata starts with three apples. She buys five more, so 3 + 5 = 8.” AI can…
Dig deeper, though, and the situation is more nuanced. Generative ai appears to be one of those innovations, such as email or smartphones, whose the most eager early adopters are individuals. Companies are being far more tentative. In the two years since OpenAi unveiled ChatGPT, generative AI has had a faster rate of adoption than…
Shakespeare wrote in Hamlet, “There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” There have always been a few people who have used technology for nefarious activities. So, with the invention of AI, it is natural that there will be some people who will use it for causing harm to humanity. Deepmind…
The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-IN) has issued a critical warning for users of Google Chrome, alerting them to several newly identified vulnerabilities that pose a significant risk. According to CERT-IN, these vulnerabilities may be leveraged by remote attackers to gain illegal access to users’ systems. Identified as CIVN-2024-0282, the flaws have been detected…
American tech giant Google has introduced several new updates for Android users, expanding the capabilities of existing tools such as TalkBack and Circle to Search. On Tuesday, Google unveiled five new features, including enhancements to Google Chrome and the Android Earthquake Alerts System, alongside a notable update for Wear OS devices. These updates, detailed in…
Google has announced a series of updates to its Android platform, with a significant focus on enhancing accessibility through the TalkBack feature. TalkBack, Android’s screen reader designed for individuals who are blind or have low vision, now offers more detailed audio descriptions for digital images, leveraging the power of Google’s Gemini models. This update aims…
In the year to date, Meta Platforms’s shares have significantly outperformed its tech giant peers, rising 54% while the likes of Alphabet’s Google and Microsoft have gone up 18.5% and 12% respectively. Why? Investors have become more sceptical in recent months about how quickly new AI models will economically benefit the customers of cloud giants,…
American tech giant Google unveiled a series of innovative features for its payment platform, Google Pay, during the Global Fintech Fest (GFF) 2024 in Mumbai, which concluded on Friday. Among the highlights is a new feature called UPI Circle, designed to enhance the digital payment experience by allowing users to include family members and friends…
