Today’s education system is driven by rules and standardization, too often ignoring the specific needs of individual learners, particularly those already facing disadvantages. AI can change that. AI can be the catalyst we need to finally bridge the digital divide and uplift all students. AI can redefine education, creating personalized, dynamic learning pathways that are attuned to each learner’s needs. With AI, each student can proceed at their own pace, with AI adjusting to a real-time...
Push to integrate AI into Meta products boosts financial results, but share prices tumble with weak sales forecastMeta’s drive to integrate artificial intelligence into its products yielded strong financial results for the second quarter in a row. The company plans to spend even more on AI in the coming months, though, and its share price slumped more than 15% as the company reported earnings Wednesday. A weak sales forecast and higher spending guidance rattled investors.Mark Zuckerberg said his...
Pope Francis will attend this year's Group of Seven (G7) leaders' summit to discuss the challenges posed by artificial intelligence (AI), Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Friday. The pope this year warned against the "perverse" dangers of AI and renewed a call for worldwide regulations to harness it
We have all been guilty of falling under the foundation model spell of the past year-and-a-half, initiated by OpenAI’s unveiling of ChatGPT to the public. But it is not only where large language models (LLMs) such as GPT-4 are concerned that incredible progress has been made in the field of artificial intelligence. And one company has been behind more impressive milestones than most — DeepMind, acquired by Google in 2014 for a reported £400mn to £650mn. Speaking at the TED 40th...
Pretty much every tech company has been investing in generative AI for the past two years, and Apple is rumored to finally bring new AI-based tools to iPhone users soon with iOS 18. However, the costs of operating such tools are quite high, and Meta has just confirmed that it will take years for the company to make money from AI. more
The UK’s reviewer of terrorism legislation warned facilities had become ‘so overwhelmed’ that people were released before all checks were done.
With millions of jobs at risk from AI in the future, a survey of 16,000 workers found nearly half admit the technology can already outperform them in 'routine tasks' - and pays better attention to detail.
Miss AI is set to be the world's first AI beauty pageant. AI-generated contestants will compete for cash prizes and be assessed by a panel of judges — some of which are AI-generated themselves.
Harry Potter author JK Rowling (left) has hit out at Humza Yousaf (right) after the First Minister confirmed trans women will be protected by a new misogyny law.
The Harry Potter author blasted the first minister after he claimed that trans women, who are already protected under the hate crime act while biological females aren't, would also be given protections under the upcoming misogyny law.
Democrats in the California legislature are pushing a law that critics say will hurt renters with higher rents by imposing restrictions on landlords. "This is really going to cause havoc to renters in California," said Daniel Yukelson of the Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles to Blaze News about Assembly Bill 1266. AB 1266 would restrict landlords from asking whether potential renters have pets and would ban them from requiring pet deposits in order to cover the potential cost of...
One of the charges “only carries a 6-month sentence,” said the Baltimore County state's attorney.