Democratization of AI, the need for data literacy, and more are key themes in two new survey-based reports from a cloud giant and a research firm.
109724959 In the realm of innovation, several standout companies continuously push the boundaries of what's possible. These companies are poised to redefine the future, making them essential to watch in 2024. Everest Engineering 109724960 Ranganathan Balashanmugam and Craig Brown cofounded EverestEngineering in 2018. It has around 250 employees in India, Australia, and Malaysia. They are known for building innovative solutions for more than 100 projects in the last five years. "No...
Disgruntled School Employee Uses AI To Frame Principal With Racist Rant A disgruntled ex-athletics director at a northern Baltimore County Public School used artificial intelligence to impersonate the voice of his boss, the high school's principal, then posted the racist and antisemitic hate rant on social media to share with the world. Baltimore County Police Chief Robert McCullough told reporters his investigators worked with FBI agents and experts from the University of...
This year, TIME launched its inaugural list of the World’s Top EdTech Companies of 2024, in partnership with Statista, a leading international provider of market and consumer data and rankings. The result of this quantitative study: 250 companies changing the field of educational technology. Here’s how the winners were selected. Methodology The research project “World’s…
There are now no UK companies among the top 50 largest listed companies in the world, as the British economy has struggled to compete with the dominance of American tech firms.
Led by renowned child safety organization Thorn and non-profit All Tech Is Human. This collaborative endeavor emphasizes the crucial role of technology in fostering a secure online landscape for young users.
Top threats include narrative attacks leveraging disinformation, deepfakes, AI software supply chain exploits and nation-state espionage.
In a bid to address teacher shortages and boost student engagement, 21st Century Digital Teaching (21C) has developed avatar teachers to create innovative math content for schools.Following Bill Gates' 2023 prediction about the potential of AI chatbots like ChatGPT to replace human teachers, 21st Century Digital Teaching (21C), an artificial intelligence company, is taking a step in that direction.In a bid to tackle the persistent teacher shortages plaguing Europe and the UK, 21C is pioneering a...
After a series of highly publicized scandals related to deepfakes and child sexual abuse material (CSAM) have plagued the artificial intelligence industry, top AI companies have come together and pledged to combat the spread of AI-generated CSAM. Thorn, a nonprofit that creates technology to fight child sexual abuse, announced Tuesday that Meta, Google, Microsoft, CivitAI, Stability AI, Amazon, OpenAI and several other companies have signed onto new standards created by the group in an attempt...
Researchers from National Taiwan University and the University of Maryland have published a new Journal of Marketing article that examines how marketers can use GenAI to provide empathetic customer care.
India's largest IT services companies Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys and Wipro saw a staggering 64,000 employees exiting in FY24, amid a weak demand environment globally and tighter tech spends by clients. Wipro, which announced its Q4 earnings on Friday, reported a fall in headcount numbers to 2,34,054 as of March 2024, against 2,58,570 in the year-ago period. Headcount declined by 24,516 during the financial year ended on March 2024. immediate headcount reduction has happened primarily...
The immersive art and entertainment company announced it would eliminate 165 positions earlier this week.