• ZDNet

    Bank CIO: We don't need AI whizzes, we need critical thinkers to challenge AI

    A few days ago, an industry pundit delivered a scathing post against a leading IT consulting firm, stating that instead of retaining the services of this company for millions of dollars, simply use ChatGPT for free. Here's their reasoning: The consultants will simply get their answers or advice from ChatGPT anyway, so simply avoid the third party and go right to ChatGPT.Also: Master AI with no tech skills? Why complex systems demand diverse learningThere's a valuable lesson to anyone hiring or...

  • Report: Apple and OpenAI Reopen iPhone AI Talks

    Apple has reportedly reopened discussions with OpenAI about integrating artificial intelligence (AI) features into the iPhone. The two tech companies have begun talking about the possible terms of an agreement, and how OpenAI’s AI features could be added to the next version of the iPhone’s operating system, Bloomberg News reported Friday (April 26), citing sources familiar with […]

    • WNYC

    Newshour, UNRWA report says agency needs to improve its neutrality

    An independent review of the UN's operations in Gaza says it needs to improve its neutrality. We ask the head of the review whether countries that suspended donations because of Israeli allegations should resume them. Also on the programme: US prosecutors have accused Donald Trump of a conspiracy over hush money paid to a porn actress at the start of his criminal trial in New York; and we speak to the first woman to run the London Marathon topless to deliberately show the scars from her double...

  • Apple renews talks with OpenAI for iPhone generative AI features: report

    Apple Inc has renewed discussions with OpenAI about using the startup's generative AI technology to power some new features being introduced in the iPhone later this year, Bloomberg News reported on Friday. The companies have begun discussing terms of a potential agreement and how OpenAI features would be integrated into Apple's next iPhone operating system, iOS 18, the report said, citing people familiar with the matter. Apple and OpenAI did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for...

  • Apple has reportedly resumed negotiations with OpenAI to power AI features in iOS 18

    Some reports last month revealed that Apple was in talks with Google to use Gemini to power new AI features coming to iOS 18. Earlier this year, 9to5Mac also reported that Apple had been running internal tests with OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Now a Bloomberg report claims that Apple has resumed negotiations with OpenAI for a potential partnership. more

  • EU Antitrust Chief Margrethe Vestager Says AI Needs ‘Vibrant Competition’

    In a meeting that underscores the European Union’s ongoing scrutiny of the tech industry, Margrethe Vestager, the EU’s antitrust chief, held discussions with representatives from the French artificial intelligence (AI) firm Mistral AI on Friday (April 26). The meeting took place against a backdrop of growing concerns regarding competition in the tech sector, with Vestager expressing concern about […]

  • OpenAI's Sam Altman and other tech leaders join the federal AI safety board

    Sam Altman, OpenAI's CEO, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai are joining the government's Artificial Intelligence Safety and Security Board, according to The Wall Street Journal. They're also joined by Nvidia's Jensen Huang, Northrop Grumman's Kathy Warden and Delta's Ed Bastian, along with other leaders in the tech and AI industry. The AI board will be working with and advising the Department of Homeland Security on how it can safely deploy AI within the country's...

  • TCS CEO K Krithivasan says AI can kill most call centres: Report

    Krithivasan also said that TCS is working on projects of generative AI and it has doubled quarter over quarter to be worth $900 million at the end of fourth quarter as reported by Financial Times. He said that the order flow to'increase significantly' for the next few quarters

  • Goodbye Google Gemini? Apple In Talks With Microsoft-Backed OpenAI For iPhone AI Features: Report

    Apple has resumed discussions with Microsoft-backed OpenAI about incorporating the startup's AI technology into the upcoming iPhone features. read more

  • Former Fort Bend ISD employee isn’t to blame for bond shortfalls, report says

    Administrators blamed a former employee for failing to share updated cost estimates. But a new report found that their failure to account for inflation led to budget overages.

    • CBC

    First responders need better access to mental health care, former Winnipeg firefighter says

    A former Winnipeg firefighter who worked as a peer-support coordinator says the nature and repetition of helping other people in crisis is taking a toll on first responders. Josh Klassen said while his former employer is moving in the right direction more needs to be done to help workers who are struggling.

  • Tech CEO says Gen Zers are pursuing more blue-collar jobs that AI cannot easily take: Report

    As the costs and controversies surrounding college education continue to rise, as well as the potential threat AI presents to white-collar jobs, many young people have started looking into trade schools and blue-collar jobs that are not easily replaceable by tech, according to a recent report by Fox News Digital.Lincoln Tech CEO Scott Shaw told Fox Business' Stuart Varney on Tuesday that "[t]hese [blue-collar] jobs are here to stay," adding that "[s]ince COVID, people are kind of catching the...