Most physicians in a new survey said they regularly feel burned out, and many believe artificial intelligence (AI) could be the solution. The survey, released Wednesday by Athenahealth, found around 93 percent of respondents experienced burnout after working 15 hours over their normal hours. The struggle with burnout is catching up to health care professionals … Read more
Air Canada must pay a Vancouver man a partial refund for his flight ticket that was promised by the site’s chatbot, a Canadian tribunal ruled Wednesday, in what could be a landmark case for the use of artificial intelligence in business. Jake Moffatt asked the airline’s artificial intelligence support chatbot whether the airline offered bereavement … Read more
The House announced Tuesday that it would be launching a bipartisan task force centered on artificial intelligence (AI). In a release, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said he, along with Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), appointed 12 members each to sit on the task force. The research panel will be chaired by Reps. Jay Obernolte (R-Calif.) … Read more
As American regulators and state legislatures quickly implement new rules governing the use of artificial intelligence tools in this presidential election year, Canadian legislators and election authorities are taking a more cautious approach in a year in which three provinces will hold general elections. And while campaign operatives in the United States increasingly explore the … Read more
Major technology companies signed a pact Friday to voluntarily adopt “reasonable precautions” to prevent artificial intelligence tools from being used to disrupt democratic elections around the world. Tech executives from Adobe, Amazon, Google, IBM, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI and TikTok gathered at the Munich Security Conference to announce a new voluntary framework for how they will … Read more
Amidst the surging rates of heart failure across Canada, experts say the urgency for accurate prognostic tools has never been more needed. Yet, within this challenging landscape, promise is emerging from the realm of artificial intelligence (AI). Researchers at the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre in Toronto have unveiled SEATTLE HF, an AI system demonstrating precision … Read more
While the concern around generative AI has so far mainly focused on the potential for misinformation as we head into the U.S. general election, the possible displacement of workers, and the disruption of the U.S. education system, there is another real and present danger — the use of AI to create deepfake, non-consensual pornography. Last … Read more
“So, non-IT are multiple sectors and there are some pockets where it is still growing at a faster rate. Few sectors where it is not growing as fast as what it was let us say two quarters ago,” says Chintan Thakkar, Wholetime Director & CFO, Info Edge.AI is surely picking up pace. And because of … Read more
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Tuesday warned the “very subtle societal misalignments” within artificial intelligence (AI) could cause things to “go horribly wrong,” while still expressing optimism about the technology’s benefits. “There’s some things in there that are easy to imagine where things really go wrong. And I’m not that interested in the killer robots … Read more
I stopped relaxing my hair in the early aughts, back when the natural hair movement was just starting to take off. Products for coily textures were still scarce. Now sometimes I think we’re in a be-careful-what-you-wish-for situation because the number of natural hair-care and styling products on the market is staggering. This embarrassment of riches … Read more
