Heavy AI usage may quietly weaken your thinking
AI is something we use on a daily basis since its inception, whether it be to do research, generate images, or create content. While there are many upsides to using AI in your everyday life, a new study has recently raised concerns about how artificial intelligence may be shaping the way people think, learn, and
Meta Targeted layoffs
The Facebook and Instagram owner will lay off about 10 percent of its global workforce, or close to 8,000 employees, in that initial round.The company is planning further layoffs in the second half of the year, the three sources said, although details of those cuts, including date and size, were not yet settled. Executives may
Amazon is returning to China
Amazon is making a fresh push into China nearly seven years after shutting down its local marketplace, and this time the company is focusing on logistics rather than direct competition with domestic rivals. The e-commerce platform has launched its first Global Warehousing and Distribution (GWD) centre in Shenzhen, marking a new strategy aimed at supporting
Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS transforms near the Sun
The comet 3I/ATLAS is only the third known interstellar object detected passing through our solar system. Unlike typical comets that originate within our system, this object was formed around a distant star. This makes it a rare opportunity for scientists to study the building blocks of other planetary systems. By analyzing such objects, researchers can
Stock Market reactions amid Israel and USA vs Iran war
As stocks soared this week and oil prices dropped amid an apparent cooling of tensions between the United States and Iran, it may have left the impression that the energy shock that rattled the world would quickly fade, along with the risk of sending the global economy into recession.The uncertainty highlights that beneath that surface,
Wikimedia Foundation to hold talks with Indonesia amid new regulations on content
The Wikimedia Foundation said today it will hold talks with the Indonesian government after Jakarta threatened to block Wikipedia over registration rules the firm says “departs from international human rights norms”. Under a 2020 regulation, all PSE companies, including those based outside the country, are required to register for what the government says are for
Explictly labelling AI generated content
AI-generated content, including videos posted on digital platforms, should be clearly labelled so people can tell what is real or fake.Artists have for years been urging the government to introduce legislation so that copyright rules apply to AI content, for example music generated to sound like the work of a songwriter, or paintings made by
AI is a gold mine for spammers
From an advertisement for an herbal remedy that promises to cure all to a video featuring a voice that sounds just like a movie star, you’ve surely encountered spam and scam advertisements online. And they have likely been created with artificial intelligence. The accessibility of generative AI tools has exacerbated the perennial issue of online
Amazon’s AI boom is creating a mess of duplicate tools
Some teams are rapidly building their own AI-powered applications to automate workflows and organize information. But that creative explosion is also causing problems, such as software and data duplication.As more employees spin up tools on their own, sometimes in minutes with AI assistants, organizations can lose visibility into which systems are in use, where sensitive
As Pentagon is planning to sign ‘secret AI’ deal with Google
Google is said to be in talks with the Department of War (previously Department of Defense) to bring its powerful Gemini AI models into the heart of the US military.The company wants to ensure its AI is not used for domestic mass surveillance (which is monitoring American citizens on a large scale) and deploying weapons