The Alibaba office building is seen in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China, Aug 28, 2024. CFOTO | Future Publishing | Getty Images Alibaba on Thursday released more than 100 open-source artificial intelligence models and boosted the capabilities of its proprietary technology as it looks to ramp up competition with rivals. The newly-released models, known as Qwen … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain According to the World Health Organization (WHO), air pollution is one of the greatest environmental health challenges that we face today. Various studies have shown that in addition to the lungs, it affects essential organs like the heart and brain, and that those who suffer most from its consequences are the … Read more
Commonwealth Bank is trialling an artificial intelligence-based chatbot that could replace its call centre staff as the company focuses on expanding AI-driven customer service. Called Hey Commbank, the Chat-GPT style system is being tested on employees who are also customers, the Australian Financial Review reports. The initiative forms part of its broader AI strategy in … Read more
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Part of many people’s pandemic experience included working from home. Even after lockdowns, videoconferencing remains a big part of life as people continue to work remotely, connect with families and friends online, and attend virtual events hosted on videoconferencing platforms. Spending hours on video calls, however, can be exhausting and manifest … Read more
Demaerre | Istock | Getty Images Corporate leaders can’t “bulls—” their employees about the impact of artificial intelligence on the workforce and the ways in which the technology will affect jobs more broadly, according to one tech billionaire. Jim Kavanaugh, the CEO of World Wide Technology (WWT), told CNBC that people are “too smart” to … Read more
The flags of China and the USA are being displayed on a smartphone, with an NVIDIA chip visible in the background. Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images Chinese companies are ramping up efforts to produce a viable alternative to Nvidia’s chips that power artificial intelligence as Beijing continues its efforts to wean itself off American … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A paper, titled “How local governments avoid floodplain development through consistent implementation of routine municipal ordinances, plans, and programs,” published in Oxford Open Climate Change uncovers evidence suggesting that, contrary to expectations, most U.S. cities are not doing too badly in avoiding development in areas prone to flooding, and those that … Read more
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has seen a 40% increase this year in institutional and corporate investors joining the platform, CEO Richard Teng told CNBC’s Lin Lin in an interview Wednesday. “Allocation into crypto by institutions is just at the tip of the iceberg. It’s just beginning, because a lot of them are still doing their due … Read more
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are continuing to fall behind their peers with the gap widening despite the introduction of SEND legislation. This is according to a new study by Durham University which analyzed data on 2.5 million Year 6 pupils across four school years from 2014–2019. The … Read more
Credit: Eco-Environment & Health (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.eehl.2024.08.001 With the rapid growth of industrial and agricultural activities, water bodies are increasingly contaminated with harmful organic pollutants such as dyes, antibiotics, and bisphenol A. Traditional methods like adsorption, chemical treatments, and biological processes have limitations, including inefficiency, potential secondary pollution, and high operational costs. Due to these … Read more
