Major social media companies are failing to protect LGBTQ+ users from hate speech and harassment, according to a new report from GLAAD out Tuesday. The Social Media Safety Index report highlights how major platforms either do not have policies to protect user data or fail to enforce them; refuse to safeguard users against against online … Read more
In a recent viral video, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella introduced “Recall,” a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool designed to boost productivity by mimicking a photographic memory. This feature continuously takes screenshots to “remember and understand everything you do on your computer.” Elon Musk’s Reaction Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk reacted negatively to the new tool. Known … Read more
Mumbai: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said unchecked trading by individuals in the futures & options (F&O) segment could trigger challenges for the market. “Any unchecked explosion in retail trading of futures and options can create future challenges, not just for the markets, but for investor sentiment and household finances,” Sitharaman said at an … Read more
Things aren’t going so well for AI hardware startups. After years of development, startup Humane launched a $700 wearable in early April that leans heavily on artificial intelligence. The original pitch for the Ai Pin was that you no longer need to juggle different apps; its operating system can “search for the right AI at … Read more
“A lot of this is driven through everything we talked about in the last few quarters, the focus on in-account actions, extreme amount of focus on investing in relevant tech solutions, infusing a lot of tech and AI into these solutions to actually create a differentiation,” says Nitin Rakesh, CEO, Mphasis.Meanwhile, Manish Dugar, CFO, Mphasis … Read more
More than a third of U.S. workers are worried that artificial intelligence (AI) will result in them having their hours or salary slashed or losing their job entirely, two new surveys found. The surveys, conducted by YouGov, found that 36 percent of full-time and part-time workers are concerned that AI will take over their jobs. … Read more
Nina Jankowicz, the former Department of Homeland Security disinformation chief, has joined a nonprofit to combat disinformation ahead of the 2024 election and as artificial intelligence (AI) is on the rise. Jankowicz joined the American Sunlight Project and sent a letter to congressional leaders who have “done little to improve the health of our information … Read more
More than 200 civil advocacy groups urged leading technology companies to increase efforts to combat misinformation fueled by artificial intelligence (AI) ahead of elections across the globe, in a letter published Tuesday. The groups wrote top executives for popular technology companies including Google, Meta, Reddit, TikTok, YouTube and X, requesting “swift action” to reinforce their … Read more
GlobalFoundries, a company that makes chips for others, including AMD and General Motors, previously announced a partnership with Lightmatter. Harris says his company is “working with the largest semiconductor companies in the world as well as the hyperscalers,” referring to the largest cloud companies like Microsoft, Amazon, and Google. If Lightmatter or another company can … Read more
Dipesh Shah, Head Samsung R&D, Samsung India, says “it is primarily a software driven innovation. The sensors and devices are the same. Now, we are doing signal processing on those sensors using AI in the backend through a secure Knox platform so that it brings in additional benefits to daily life. As long as we … Read more
