AI and justice system reform
The European Commission’s regulatory proposal covering the use of Artificial Intelligence By Christiana Pyrkotou and Aimilia Efstathiou There has been a growing debate worldwide lately...
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Skin in the game: Video chat apps tout ‘inclusive’ AI features
Video conferencing services have for years boasted that their technology is “intuitive” to use or “integrated” to function with other tools, but now vendors such...
Journalism must regain its proper place, says government spokesman
Any attack aimed at silencing a journalist not only violates that person’s human rights, but is also an affront to the collective deeply held beliefs...
EU civil rights groups want ban on biometric surveillance ahead of new laws
Civil and digital rights groups on Wednesday launched a petition seeking the support of one million Europeans to help pressure the European Union to ban...
National AI strategy announced
The cabinet approved a national strategy for Artificial Intelligence (AI), the Communications Minister Yiannis Karousos announced on Monday. If approved by the House of Representatives,...
Seizing opportunities in the digital era
By Evgenios Evgeniou According to PwC’s Global CEO Survey, technology is playing a leading role in today’s business world, leaving its own distinct mark....
AI will have ‘massive impact’ in coming years, Georgiades says
WITH 90 per cent of all jobs after 2020 requiring basic digital skills, and with the advent of artificial intelligence (AI), which is estimated to...
And now for something completely different: Chinese robot news readers
Chinese news readers may have some new competition – artificially intelligent robot anchors that can mimic human facial expressions and mannerisms while reading out reports....
New genre of AI programs take computer hacking to another level
The nightmare scenario for computer security – artificial intelligence programs that can learn how to evade even the best defenses – may already have arrived....
Artificial Intelligence and machine learning will change the way your help desk works
Advancing the service desk: how innovations in artificial intelligence and machine learning will change the way your help desk works It seems like the internet...
How AI is shaping the future of business technology
Artificial intelligence is shaping the world in ways many have never even considered. This is especially the case in business technology, wherein things like e-commerce...
Researchers to boycott S. Korean university over AI weapons work
Over 50 top artificial intelligence researchers on Wednesday announced a boycott of KAIST, South Korea’s top university, after it opened what they called an AI...
France to spend 1.5 bn euros on artificial intelligence by 2022
France will invest 1.5 billion euros of public money into artificial intelligence research by 2022 in a bid to catch up with the United States...
Toothpaste ingredient could fight malaria
Research carried out in part by an artificially-intelligent (AI)’robot scientist’ has found that a common ingredient of toothpaste could be developed to fight drug-resistant strains...
Queen awards CBE to Cypriot AI expert
British artificial intelligence (AI) researcher of Cypriot descent Demis Hassabis has been included in the 2018 New Year Honours’ list. The 41-year-old researcher, who was...
Are robots about to take over our jobs?
Although many jobs are at risk of upheaval due to automation, humans still possess valuable skills unmatched by robots. As long as educational institutions adapt...
Sony revives pet AI project with updated AIBO robot dog
Japan’s Sony Corp said on Wednesday it has brought back AIBO more than a decade since it last made the robotic dog, as the electronics...
Legendary Cypriot game designer sells AI company to Google for €300m
UK Cypriot Demis Hassabis, co-founder of an artificial intelligence company, has sold his firm to Internet giant Google for £242m (€300m). A former child chess...