Tag: artificial intelligence

China Loses More in US-China Technology Decoupling, Peking University Report Reveals

The U.S.-China technology war has brought decoupling between the two big powers. Both sides are bracing for losses in the technological and industrial sectors. However, China’s losses are significantly greater than those of the United States, a report by a research institute of Peking University reveals. A Jan. 31 report by Peking University’s International Institute…


US Navy Leads Largest Ever AI-Assisted Unmanned Maritime Exercise in Middle East

The U.S. Navy on Jan. 31 kicked off the largest ever unmanned international maritime exercise in the Middle East region. The Navy said Monday that an 18-day training event commenced during a ceremony at U.S. 5th Fleet’s headquarters in Bahrain. Led by U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, 60 partner nations and international organizations are participating…


Alfi Inks AI Tech Deal for Improved Passenger Experience at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport

ALFI Inc. announced an agreement Thursday with Slice Wireless Solutions Inc. to begin installations of targeted artificial intelligence digital advertising technology in multiple kiosks located within the Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. Slice Wireless Solutions (d/b/a SmartCity Wireless Solutions of BWI Inc.) is a wireless solution provider. What Happened The agreement includes the installation of six digital kiosks to…


Transhumanist Biodigital Vision for Future Advanced by Pandemic, Professor Says

News Analysis A Canadian academic says his doctoral thesis from 17 years ago is playing out today in real time, as medicine is being used to subvert democracy and create tyranny in the COVID-19 era. Travis Smith, now a political science professor at Concordia University in Montreal, earned his PhD at Harvard University in 2005 with…


Chinese Property Giant Said Its Employee of The Year Was Not a Human, But an AI Program

From news anchors to company employees, AI-powered virtual humans have quickly taken over human posts in China. In December 2021, China’s property giant Vanke said its employee of the year was not a human. According to The Paper, a Chinese state-owned media, the company declared an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered debt collector named “Cui Xiaopan” as…


China’s Property Giant Said Its Employee of The Year Was Not a Human, But an AI

From news anchors to company employees, AI-powered virtual humans have quickly taken over human posts in China. In December 2021, China’s property giant Vanke said its employee of the year was not a human. According to The Paper, a Chinese state-owned media, the company declared an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered debt collector named “Cui Xiaopan” as…


China Reveals AI News Anchor, Almost Indistinguishable from a Real Human

“Hello everyone, I am the artificial intelligence news anchor on National Business Daily. I am the virtual twin of the original host. I have been running—reporting the news—undetected for 70 days now,” the AI news anchor N Xiaohei revealed itself to its television viewers on Dec. 20, 2021, after 1700 hours of a continuous live…


China ‘Weaponizing’ Americans’ Personal Data: Expert

A cyber intelligence expert said China “is weaponizing [Americans’] personal information” through stolen data and artificial intelligence (AI) and called on the United States to take reciprocal action against the Chinese regime. “We see a weakening China, which is not what they are telling the world they are [economically],” said Bob Gourley, a cyber intelligence pioneer…


CSIRO Brings ‘Hope’ to Aussies With New AI Weight Loss Coach

Just in time for all those New Year health promises, Australia’s leading scientific research organisation, the CSIRO has introduced Hope, an AI weight loss coach as a part of CSIRO’s Total Wellbeing Diet program. The weight loss program is a 12-week digital membership that focuses on a high protein and low GI diet formulated by…


US Has Fallen Behind in the Artificial Intelligence Race

“We need to stop being complacent,” Nicholas Chaillan said. “We need to wake up before it’s too late for our kids.” On a recent episode of “American Thought Leaders,” host Jan Jekielek discussed the dangers of falling behind communist China in our artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities with Nicholas Chaillan, former chief software officer for the…