Category: Tech

Humanity Faces ‘Orwellian’ Future If AI Is Not Controlled: Australian Human Rights Commissioner

It will be more and more difficult to tell fact from fiction as artificial intelligence (AI) becomes commonplace in the future, warns Australia’s Human Rights Commissioner Lorraine Finlay. Finlay said that the rise of AI platforms like ChatGPT and Google’s Bard would be welcomed by those with “Orwellian tendencies.” “In George Orwell’s 1984, the Ministry…


General Motors Hires Former Apple Exec to Run Software Unit

DETROIT—General Motors has hired a former high-ranking executive at Apple to run a new software organization at the automaker. Mike Abbott is joining GM as executive vice president of software on May 22, the Detroit manufacturer said on May 9. He’ll report directly to CEO Mary Barra. Abbott formerly was vice president of engineering for…


New Twitter CEO Posts First Tweet After Appointment

Linda Yaccarino, Twitter’s new CEO, has posted her first tweet following her appointment, saying she is “committed” to the company’s future even as many on the platform remain concerned that Yaccarino will seek to limit free speech. “Thank you @elonmusk! I’ve long been inspired by your vision to create a brighter future. I’m excited to…


AI Stocks Prevented S&P 500 Being in the Red: SocGen Analyst

The hype over artificial intelligence has resulted in a positive performance in the U.S. stock market this year, says a Societe Generale analyst. “The AI boom and hype is strong,” London-based Manish Kabra, a strategist at the financial services company, said in a note on Friday, according to Bloomberg. “So strong that without the AI-popular stocks, S&P…


Who is Linda Yaccarino, Twitter’s New CEO?

Linda Yaccarino, Twitter’s new CEO in about six weeks, has had decades of experience with the advertising industry and has a position at the World Economic Forum (WEF). Billionaire Elon Musk, who has been running Twitter since he bought it last fall, said he is “excited” to welcome Yaccarino to the post, adding that she “will focus primarily…


Tucker Carlson Announcement Video Draws Massive Numbers

Tucker Carlson’s announcement that he would be bringing his “same show” to Twitter drew more than 126 million impressions this week, signaling there is widespread interest in a program with the former Fox News host hasn’t waned. Of that figure, some 26.6 million watched the clip on Twitter. In the video, Carlson said that he…


Digital ‘Twins’ of Human Patients Can Be Developed Using AI to Speed Up Drug Development: FDA

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has shed light on the possibility of using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine language (ML) in the drug development process, pointing to the benefits these technologies bring, such as digital versions of human patients. “AI/ML’s growth in data volume and complexity, combined with cutting-edge computing power and methodological…


News Corp Should Receive Revenue for Training AI Bots, Says CEO

Media giant News Corporation should be compensated by artificial intelligence engines for using its content, says company CEO Robert Thomson. In an investor call on May 12, Thomson said AI would have a profound effect on the media business. “Generative AI may pose a challenge to our intellectual property and to the future of journalism,”…


AI ‘Can Make Bad Actors More Convincing,’ Warns Apple Co-Founder

Steve Wozniak, the co-founder of Apple, is predicting that artificial intelligence would transform the nature of scams and make them more convincing and is expecting stricter laws to control the use of such technologies. “AI is so intelligent it’s open to the bad players, the ones that want to trick you about who they are,”…


AI and Robots Could Ease Pressure in Care System, Says Health Secretary

Smart technology can provide better and faster care for the elderly, while easing pressure on staff, according to Health Secretary Steve Barclay. Ahead of his trip to the G-7 Summit in Nagasaki, Japan, Barclay spoke about the role of robots and AI technology in supporting patients in care homes across the UK. Learning how other…