Not only companies, but state institutions, increasingly rely on automated decisions by algorithm-based systems. Their efficiency saves time and money, but also entails many risks of individuals or population groups being discriminated against. This is the result of a study made by the Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS) at Karlsruhe Institute of ...
Last month, Chinese President Xi Jinping chaired a meeting on blockchain technology with party members. Predicting that technology to play a key role in the next phase of industrial transformation, Xi asked that the country strengthen research and innovation in the area to gain an advantage over other nations. “Just like the Belt and ...
In China, Artificial Intelligence is being increasingly used in schools. While AI is said to be helping students perform better academically, some believe that the technology is adding unnecessary stress to the lives of students. AI and schools The Chinese government has apparently poured billions of dollars into the AI school project. It has brought ...
Many people have suggested that the Hong Kong police might be using facial recognition software to keep the protests in check. A new report by Bloomberg seems to lend credence to the idea as it was revealed that the city’s police department is already in possession of such a system. Policing with AI For the ...
Senator Marco Rubio has asked the U.S. administration to investigate the Chinese social media app TikTok after reports that the company is censoring content worldwide according to Beijing’s policies. Rubio has asked the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), which is tasked with overseeing foreign acquisitions that might impact national security, to ...
As machine learning and AI are being integrated into business operations, a new economic era is opening up. One technology that is at the forefront of this revolution is computer vision, which basically refers to a machine’s visual analysis of an object and its surroundings. “Computer vision describes the process when a computer using artificial ...
Entrepreneur-billionaire-duo Elon Musk and Jack Ma recently debated each other at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai. The two discussed subjects like artificial intelligence and the future of the human race, putting forward several interesting ideas in the process. The future of AI Elon Musk was the most pessimistic of the two as to ...
As companies and militaries pour billions of dollars into developing artificial intelligence (AI), the need for regulation is said to be critical. Imagine an advanced AI getting access to nuclear codes and deciding to launch weapons. While it might sound like sci-fi, the truth is that such a situation won’t be so ludicrous a few ...
According to estimates, the blockchain market will be worth around US$23 billion by 2023 while the business value created by artificial intelligence (AI) will be nearly US$3.9 trillion in 2022. Both technologies are positioned to be the future drivers of human societies. However, it is the combination of both that will bring about huge changes in how ...
The influence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is poised to change the healthcare industry forever as hundreds of variables of a patient will be utilized to provide better care. The evolution also seeks to bring benefits to poorer nations that have often struggled to provide good quality healthcare services to their citizens. Revolutionizing healthcare The first ...
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