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More than a dozen leaders from various religions with roots in Asia gathered at the Peace Park in the western Japanese city

Eastern Religions Join Call For Ethical AI

The "Rome Call for AI Ethics" says artificial intelligence should be developed "with ethical principles to ensure it serves the good of humanity", given concerns over the impact on warfare, elections and employment.
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Amazon's computing arsenal is housed in data centers scattered across the globe, and Prasad Kalyanaraman, Vice President for AWS Infrastructure, is the man in charge of keeping them running

Amazon Counts On 'Grit And Innovation' To Meet AI Surge

To satisfy their generative AI urge, firms need to secure state-of-the-art software and ramp up computing power, which quickly brings them knocking on the doors of the globe's cloud computing giants, of which Amazon's AWS is the biggest.
AFP news Jul 03, 2024
Chang'e-6's lunar lander used a drill and robotic arm to scoop up samples on the far side of the Moon

China Lunar Probe Returns To Earth With Samples

The landing module of the Chang'e-6 spacecraft touched down at a predetermined site in Inner Mongolia at 2:07 pm (0607 GMT), the China National Space Administration said, hailing the mission a "complete success".
AFP news Jun 25, 2024
Vinod Khosla, founder of Khosla Ventures, speaks on a panel on the main stage during the 2024 Collision tech conference in Toronto, Canada

Beyond Nvidia: The Search For AI's Next Breakthrough

Nvidia, which makes the processors that are the only option to train generative AI's large language models, is now Big Tech's newest member and its stock market takeoff has lifted the whole sector.
AFP news Jun 24, 2024
The US Commerce Department said it would prohibit the sale of Kaspersy's software in the United States

US Bans Russia's Kaspersky Antivirus Software

The announcement came after a lengthy investigation which found that Kaspersky's "continued operations in the United States presented a national security risk due to the Russian Government's offensive cyber capabilities and capacity to influence or direct Kaspersky's operations," it added.
AFP news Jun 21, 2024
Attendees watch a panel on the main stage during the 2024 Collision tech conference at Enercare Centre in Toronto, Canada, June 18, 2024

Booking.com Sounds Alarm On AI-enabled Travel Scams

Marnie Wilking, Chief Information Security Officer at the Netherlands-based travel giant, said generative AI had sparked an explosion in online phishing scams, and that the hospitality industry, long spared, had also become a target.
AFP news Jun 20, 2024
Microsoft President Brad Smith spent more than three hours answering questions from members of the Homeland Security Committee in Washington

Microsoft Faces Heat From US Congress Over Cybersecurity

Microsoft President Brad Smith spent more than three hours answering questions from members of the House Committee on Homeland Security in Washington, assuring them cybersecurity is being woven more deeply into the technology company's culture.
AFP news Jun 14, 2024
Dubai's Museum of the Future was the venue for the AI Retreat industry event on Tuesday

'Selective' UAE Courting US, Not China, On AI: Minister

Omar Al Olama, Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, was speaking Tuesday after a state-linked Emirati AI firm secured a major investment from Microsoft, reportedly divesting Chinese interests as part of the deal.
AFP news Jun 12, 2024
The Vatican has brought in a range of experts to help its understanding of the issue

Pope Francis To Weigh In On 'Ethical' AI At G7 Summit

The 87-year-old will become the first head of the Catholic Church to address a G7 summit when he speaks on the second day of the Puglia meeting, to an audience including US President Joe Biden and France's Emmanuel Macron.
AFP news Jun 12, 2024
Apple chief executive Tim Cook has called generative AI a 'key opportunity' across the iPhone maker's line of products

Apple To Break AI Silence At Developers Conference

AI and perhaps even a partnership with ChatGPT-maker OpenAI will likely be a driving theme at the kickoff of Apple's WWDC developers' conference in Silicon Valley, according to analysts.
AFP news Jun 10, 2024
Designed to eventually be fully reusable, Starship stands 397 feet (121 meters) tall with both stages combined -- 90 feet taller than the Statue of Liberty

World's Most Powerful Rocket Starship Set For Next Launch

It will be the fourth test for the most powerful launch system ever built, vital to NASA's plans for landing astronauts on the Moon later this decade and to SpaceX CEO's Elon Musk's hopes of one day colonizing the Red Planet.
AFP news Jun 06, 2024
Midjourney's guardrails failed in forty percent of test cases, according to the nonprofit CCDH

AI Tool Creates Deceptive Biden, Trump Images, Tests Show

Disinformation researchers fear rampant misuse of AI-powered applications in a year of major elections around the world, thanks to proliferating online tools that are cheap and easy to use and lack sufficient guardrails.
AFP news Jun 06, 2024
The Italian watchdog said that since it had started investigating, Meta had changed its practices.

Italy Fines Meta Over Data Use, Account Transparency

Italy's competition authority on Wednesday fined global tech giant Meta 3.5 million euros ($3.8 million) for a lack of transparency in its use of data and management of Instagram and Facebook accounts.
AFP news Jun 05, 2024
TikTok says the number of accounts compromised in a recent cyberattack was 'very small' and it put defenses in place to thwart the tactic used by hackers

TikTok Says Cyberattack Targeted Big Names Including CNN

TikTok on Tuesday said it slammed the door on a cyberattack that targeted high-profile accounts including CNN. The number of accounts compromised was "very small" and TikTok has beefed up defenses to thwart the method used by the hackers, according to a spokesperson.
AFP news Jun 05, 2024
CEO Patrick Gelsinger discussed Intel's latest technologies during a keynote speech at Computex in Taiwan

Intel Unveils New Chip Tech In AI Battle With Nvidia, AMD

US chip titan Intel on Tuesday struck a defiant tone in the face of strong challenges from rivals Nvidia, AMD and Qualcomm, unveiling technologies it said would lead the artificial intelligence revolution.
AFP news Jun 04, 2024
Campaigners say TikTok failed to detect ads riddled with election disinformation.

TikTok Fails 'Disinformation Test' Before EU Vote, Study Shows

International campaign group Global Witness created 16 ads targeting Irish audiences with false information about this week's EU elections and tried to get them approved by three platforms -- TikTok, Google-owned YouTube and Elon Musk's X (formerly Twitter).
AFP news Jun 04, 2024
AMD CEO Lisa Su unveiled the chip giant's latest line of products during a keynote speech at Computex 2024 in Taipei

AMD Unveils New AI Chips To Challenge Nvidia

AMD has emerged as one of Nvidia's most serious contenders and CEO Lisa Su said the firm's next-generation processors will rival the top offerings from competitors.
AFP news Jun 03, 2024
At the GITEX Africa fair in the Moroccan city of Marrakesh this week, innovations in remittances and healthcare that cater to the continent's demands underscored the thriving sector

African Tech Startups Cater To Continent's Needs

At the GITEX Africa fair in the Moroccan city of Marrakesh this week, innovations in remittances and healthcare that cater to the continent's demands underscored the thriving sector.
AFP news May 31, 2024

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