Risks and opportunities of AI in journalism
The hot topic of artificial intelligence use in journalism was discussed at a recent world media conference in Dubai, with experts agreeing that the technology offers both opportunity and risks.
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Artificial Intelligence is not an existential threat – yet
I’m sorry that I didn’t get my article on Artificial Intelligence last week during the ‘AI Safety Summit’ at Bletchley Park, the historic Second World War decoding centre ...
Cypriot economy: resilience and structural weaknesses
By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides
The favourable assessments from the European Commission and the IMF, as well as the global rating agencies, demonstrate the satisfactory course of the Cypriot ...
World economic outlook: low growth and persistent inflation
By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides
The global economy is undergoing a difficult period, characterised by the enduring geopolitical turmoil and uncertainty, which adversely affect energy security and food sufficiency ...
Benefits of AI outweigh drawbacks says minister
Artificial Intelligence (AI) will not replace human intelligence but rather boost human ingenuity, the Deputy Minister for Research, Innovation and Digital Policy said on Tuesday.
Philippos Hadjizacharias was speaking at ...
China and EU hold talks on AI, cross-border data flow amid renewed tensions
China and the European Union held talks on topics including artificial intelligence and cross-border data flows on Monday in Beijing, amid disputes over an EU probe into China’s electric ...
Congress to hold new AI hearings as it works to craft safeguards
Congress next week will hold three hearings on artificial intelligence, including one with Microsoft MSFT.O President Brad Smith and Nvidia NVDA.O chief scientist William Daly as Congress works ...
OpenAI’s Sam Altman launches Worldcoin crypto project
Worldcoin, a cryptocurrency project founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, launched on Monday.
The project’s core offering is its World ID, which the company describes as a “digital passport” ...
AI: working lives poised to change, experts warn
Local voices discuss the labour and business implications of artificial intelligence
By Kyriacos Nicolaou
The seemingly sudden yet profound market penetration of artificial intelligence has caused tremors in both the ...
Replacing news editors with AI is a worry for misinformation, bias and accountability
By Uri Gal
Germany’s best-selling newspaper, Bild, is reportedly adopting artificial intelligence (AI) to replace certain editorial roles, in an effort to cut costs.
In a leaked internal email ...
Both humans and AI hallucinate – but not in the same way
By Sarah Vivienne Bentley and Claire Naughtin
The launch of ever-capable large language models (LLMs) such as GPT-3.5 has sparked much interest over the past six months. However, trust in ...
Grammys bans AI-only music, allows “only human creators”
“Only human creators are eligible” for the Grammy Awards, the Recording Academy declared on Friday, as the body that grants the world’s most recognized music awards seeks to curb ...
OpenAI CEO says ‘optimistic’ on global AI coordination
The CEO of ChatGPT maker OpenAI on Monday said a tour of capital cities had left him “quite optimistic” about prospects for global coordination on artificial intelligence (AI).
The public ...
We must exploit AI in a positive way, Dr Nello Cristianini says
Artificial Intelligence is in our lives and we must exploit it in a positive manner, Dr Nello Cristianini, Professor of Artificial Intelligence at the University of Bath, said on Friday.
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Sunak, Biden sign new US-UK agreement on clean energy, AI
U.S. President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Thursday agreed to deepen close economic ties between the United States and Britain, pledging to accelerate the clean ...
It’s after our jobs, but not our existence
Artificial General Intelligence would perceive human beings in roughly the same way as we see plants.
By Gwynne Dyer
I’m looking at a headline this morning that screams ‘AI ...
AI means everyone can now be a programmer, Nvidia chief says
Artificial intelligence means everyone can now be a computer programmer as all they need to do is speak to the computer, Nvidia Corp (NVDA.O) CEO Jensen Huang said on ...
Vatican chastises bishops who stoke division on social media
The Vatican urged bishops and high-profile lay Catholic leaders on Monday to tone down their comments on social media, saying some were causing division and stoking polemics that harmed the ...
The role of AI in public schools
The role of artificial intelligence in public school education will be discussed in a coming workshop for teachers and headteachers to be held in Nicosia next month.
The Digital Education: ...
Microsoft beefs up ChatGPT and Bing in wide-ranging AI product launch
Microsoft Corp MSFT.O on Tuesday started making available to users a host of AI upgrades, including to ChatGPT, its search engine Bing as well as to cloud services – an ...
Regulators dust off rule books to tackle generative AI like ChatGPT
As the race to develop more powerful artificial intelligence services like ChatGPT accelerates, some regulators are relying on old laws to control a technology that could upend the way societies ...
Shell to use new AI technology in deep sea oil exploration
Shell Plc (SHEL.L) will use AI-based technology from big-data analytics firm SparkCognition in its deep sea exploration and production to boost offshore oil output, the companies said on Wednesday.
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Adapting to new technologies more important than ever, deputy research minister says
It is now more important than ever to strengthen human resources technological skills through training, including vulnerable groups of the population, said Deputy Minister of Research, Philippos Hadjizacharias at the ...
OpenAI chief concerned about AI being used to compromise elections
The CEO of OpenAI, the startup behind ChatGPT, told a Senate panel on Tuesday the use of artificial intelligence to interfere with election integrity is a “significant area of concern”, ...