Managers are better equipped than ever to make good decisions. They are more aware that human judgment is fallible. They have oodles of data about their customers and products. They can use artificial intelligence (AI) to analyse, summarise and synthesise information with unprecedented speed. But as the pendulum swings inexorably away from gut instinct and…
About 20 years ago, the five-day week was not common in India. Some people in an office in Mumbai approached their boss to demand it. The boss said he had no problem with this very modern global idea; he would ask the proprietor. But, he said, they should know what the owner would probably ask….
In a small shop in the eastern Chinese city of Hefei, one of the rarest pieces of technology in the world is on display. The quantum computer in the showroom of Origin, a Chinese startup, looks ready to be plucked from the shelf and fired up. Only 20 such devices are produced globally each year….
Appleās tensions with the UK over encryption finally reached breaking point last week. Rather than submit to the governmentās demand for a backdoor to customer data, the iPhone maker instead killed end-to-end encryption for all British customers of iCloud. Itās a principled gamble that seems to rely on public outrage, but Apple may discover that…
Microsoft Corp. has announced a significant breakthrough in quantum computing with its new Majorana 1 chip. Stocks of other quantum computing firms, which were already outperforming big tech, have seen a ripple effect. If Microsoftās claims are true, the implications are broader: It believes this will lead to commercially usable and viable quantum computers “within…
Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski, however, offers no such reassurance. His prognostications verge on the ruthless. Not only has he candidly enumerated the many human jobs already rendered obsolete at his company, he also foresees a near future where machines ascend to such unerring competence that they supplant most human labourāincluding his own.Ā Also Read: Redundancy…
A classic ādual useā technology, these chips power Generative AI and supercomputers used in weapon systems, cyberattacks and surveillance. Equally, they can enhance the ability of companies to compete internationallyāin this case, the ability of Chinaās high-tech firms to compete with their American rivals. In its final months, the Biden administration doubled down on these…
Keeping up the momentum of the 2023 Bletchley Park and 2024 Seoul AI Safety talks, global leaders have gathered at this yearās AI Action Summit in Paris to forge a consensus on the regulation and deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) for the common good. The agenda of this huddle focuses on public-service AI, the future…
Called āVishvasyaā, or ātrustā in Sanskrit, the framework seeks to establish what the Centre called ātrust and transparency” in public records and databases. A note by the ministry of electronics and information technology (Meity) on the Framework said that the Centreās blockchain will use three data centres across India to store data, and offer companies…
Thatās where quantum cryptography comes in. Itās a fascinating blend of physics and computer science that promises to revolutionize how we secure our communications. Quantum computers, which can process vast amounts of information simultaneously, could break existing encryptions in seconds. This threat has spurred interest in quantum cryptography, which is safe from decryption (in theory).Ā …
