BARCELONA, Spain | Xinhua | The 2024 edition of the Mobile World Congress (MWC), the world’s leading trade fair for mobile technology and related industries, opened in Barcelona, Spain, on Monday. This year’s MWC centers on the “Future First” concept, highlighting the importance of uniting industries, continents, technologies and communities …
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A new generative AI tool could transform video production and amplify disinformation risks FEATURE | AGENCIES |Â OpenAI recently announced a new generative AI system named Sora, which produces short videos from text prompts. While Sora is not yet available to the public, the high quality of the sample outputs published …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |Â Microsoft has announced the biggest change to its keyboards in three decades with the introduction of an artificial intelligence (AI) key, the BBC reported on Jan.04. The key will allow users to access Copilot, Microsoft’s AI tool, on new Windows 11 PCs. Microsoft is a …
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COMMENT |Â ROBERT SKIDELSKY |Â Â A little over a year ago, the San Francisco-based OpenAI released its chatbot, ChatGPT, triggering an artificial-intelligence gold rush and reigniting the age-old debate about the effects of automation on human welfare. The fear of displacement by machines can be traced back to the nineteenth-century Industrial …
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Experts cite asymmetrical advancement in use and purpose of AI technologies between the developed and developing countries Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME |Â War and combat capabilities of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology were at the back of some peopleâs minds at the just concluded global summit on safety in the UK …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |Â Artificial intelligence could help make it easier to build chemical and biological weapons, United Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has warned through a BCC news report. In a worst-case scenario, society could lose all control over AI, preventing it from being switched off, Sunak said. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |Â Makerere University Deputy Vice Chancellor in Charge of Academics, Professor Umar Kakumba, has warned young people, particularly students, to exercise caution in their use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to prevent the potential erosion of creativity. He made the plea while addressing a gathering at …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |Â An innovative solution utilizing artificial intelligence to identify optimal locations for Electric Vehicle (EV) charging points has clinched the top spot in the prestigious ‘TotalEnergies Uganda rEVolution hackathon.’ The ingenious solution presented by the TBKN team was unveiled as the winner during an awards ceremony …
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Why isnât it copyrightable? ART | AGENCIES |Â More than 100 days into the writersâ strike in Hollywood, fears were in August mounting over the possibility of studios deploying generative artificial intelligence to completely pen scripts. But intellectual property law has long said that copyrights are only granted to works created …
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Why those who optimally mix what AIs and humans each can do best will be champions in the new economy COMMENT | JAMIE METZL |Â Everywhere we look nowadays, we find warnings that artificial-intelligence algorithms are coming for our jobs. While Goldman Sachs estimates that two-thirds of all current jobs in …
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