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WednesdayJul 17, 2024 10:00 am

Amazon Unveils AI-Powered Shopping Assistant, Available on Prime Day

Last week, Amazon rolled out its generative artificial intelligence (AI)-powered shopping assistant to customers in the United States. The conversational assistant, Rufus, has been designed to aid consumers in making more informed decisions on their purchases and saving time. Rufus can be accessed on the Amazon shopping application beginning July 16, 2024, when Prime Day begins. In November 2023, Amazon rolled out a business chatbot dubbed Q, also powered by generative artificial intelligence. This bot can streamline communications and help with tasks such as generating posts for a blog. Amazon announced its new assistant at the start of the year,…

TuesdayJul 16, 2024 10:30 am

Artificial Intelligence takes Center Stage at Blockchain Futurist Conference 2024 in Toronto

The highly anticipated Blockchain Futurist Conference, Canada’s Largest Web3 Event, is set to return for its sixth year to Toronto this August 13-14, 2024, with a focus on Artificial Intelligence as a core theme. This year’s event promises to offer sessions, panels, and sub-events centered around AI, highlighting how these technologies are transforming Web3 and reshaping our world. The dedicated AI segment is scheduled for Wednesday, August 14, 2024, and is accessible with all conference passes. AI and Web3 technologies are rapidly converging to create a future that promises to revolutionize the digital landscape. AI’s ability to analyze vast amounts of…

MondayJul 15, 2024 10:00 am

Could AI Help Governments Deliver Better Service Quality?

Prior to the roll out of generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as ChatGPT, governments were focused on suing chatbots to automate their advice and services. In the beginning, chatbots had limited conversational abilities and were simpler. However, the emergence of generative artificial intelligence has seen governments offer more efficient public service with people-like advisors who can work 24/7 answering queries on taxes, benefits and other areas where the public and the government interact. In theory, properly trained gen-AI may be able to hack all sorts of queries on government services. In practice, however, this may not be entirely accurate…

FridayJul 12, 2024 10:00 am

NYT Reports OpenAI Suffered Breach Last Year, AI Details Were Stolen

OpenAI is an artificial intelligence (AI) research organization based in San Francisco. The company rolled out its generative AI tool, called ChatGPT, in 2022. This tool was designed to generate dialogue as well as perform tasks such as language translation and content creation, among others. A recently released report shows that in 2023, a hacker gained access to OpenAI’s internal messaging systems and stole details about the design of the company’s tech. It is said that the hacker acquired these details from online discussions where employees discussed these technologies. They, however, didn’t get into the systems where the company stores…

WednesdayJul 10, 2024 10:00 am

Samsung Anticipates Profit Jump After Incorporating AI

Samsung is currently the biggest maker of smartphones, memory chips and televisions. Over the last 12 months, optimism about artificial intelligence (AI) has seen the market rally for these chips grow, with NASDAQ and the S&P 500 hitting new records last week. Recently, Samsung Electronics announced that it expected its profits from the second quarter of the year to rise by a factor of 15. The company expects that its profits for this quarter will reach 10.4 trillion won, which is equivalent to about $7.5 billion. This greatly exceeds analysts’ forecasts, standing at 8.8. trillion won. The latest forecast is…

MondayJul 08, 2024 10:00 am

US Presidential Candidates Remain Notably Silent on Pivotal Tech Topics During First Debate

With the election set for later this year, we saw the first presidential debate being conducted last month. In addition to being the only televised presidential debate since the 1960s to be carried out without an audience, it also did not touch on topics such as quantum computing, artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain or cryptocurrency, despite the popularity of these topics. This is notable for a number of reasons. For starters, artificial intelligence has had a huge impact on the American economy, stock market and technology sector over the last four years. American-based investment and technology companies that specialize in artificial…

MondayJul 08, 2024 9:00 am

D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NYSE: QBTS) Announces Partnership Extension and Launch of New Hybrid Quantum Solver

D-Wave announced an extension of its partnership with Aramco to address geophysical optimization challenges using D-Wave’s quantum technology Over the past two years, the Aramco Research Center has utilized D-Wave’s cutting-edge quantum technologies to solve intricate optimization problems related to seismic imaging D-Wave announced the launch of a new hybrid quantum solver for nonlinear programs, designed to tackle increasingly complex real-world problems at its Qubits 2024 user conference D-Wave Quantum (NYSE: QBTS), a leader in quantum computing systems, software, and services, has announced an extension of its partnership with Aramco, a global leader in energy and chemicals, to address geophysical…

FridayJul 05, 2024 10:00 am

Concerns Grow Regarding “AI Washing” and Likely Harms

Amazon faced some criticism following its launch of the Just Walk Out technology at different physical grocery stores across several markets. This new artificial intelligence-powered system allows consumers at different Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh shops to just pick the things they need and leave the premises, all without having to stop. To work, this system uses many sensors to determine what a customer picks. Once this is done, the customer is then billed automatically. What you may not be aware of is the fact that a few months ago, it had been reported that while Just Walk Out did…

WednesdayJul 03, 2024 10:00 am

State Department Urges Employees Around the World to Use AI

The U.S. State Department is rolling out a new artificial intelligence (AI) hub as more individuals around the globe experiment with artificial intelligence. In an announcement, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced that the hub was a central point for all things artificial intelligence for the department’s employees. Blinken explained that the platform, dubbed AI State, provided both informal and formal training, including videos on how to get started. The hub is comprised of all internal departmental AI tools, use cases and libraries. In his statement, Blinken encouraged everyone to try the hub out, test it out, explore and give…

MondayJul 01, 2024 10:00 am

Leading Global Music Labels Sue AI Firms, Alleging Copyright Violations

Well-known record labels globally have sued a pair of artificial intelligence (AI) start-ups in a possible landmark case. The plaintiffs, which claim that some copyrights have been violated, include Warner Records, Universal Music Group and Sony Music. They claim that Udio and Suno have committed copyright infringement, arguing that the two artificial intelligence companies have been stealing their music and releasing similar tunes. The record labels are asking that they be compensated for this violation, quoting a figure of $150,000 per tune. In a blog post earlier this week, Udio stated that it was completely uninterested in content reproduction. The…

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