This is Beirut, 21/03 17:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Il Foglio, a daily broadsheet known for its irreverent tone and a circulation of around 29,000, claims to be the first newspaper globally to print entire editions generated by artificial intelligence. The AI edition, launched on Tuesday, runs alongside its regular publication, featuring four pages, 22 articles, and three editorials. The process ...
Joe André Rahal, 18/03 14:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Lebanon Administration Digital Transformation AI
Amid Lebanon’s ongoing crises, the need to modernize public administration and improve services has never been greater. Digital transformation has emerged as a strategic path to drive progress, enhance transparency and rebuild trust between citizens and the state. The Cabinet has to discuss a comprehensive plan to digitize government ...
This is Beirut, 06/03 19:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Microsoft Artificial intelligence AI South Africa
Tech giant Microsoft will invest $298 million on artificial intelligence (AI) and data centre infrastructure in South Africa, the company's vice-chair said on Thursday. The multinational announced in January it would provide one million South Africans with AI and cyber security training opportunities by 2026. "We are investing more money to ...
Jean-Jacques Bedu, 26/02 19:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
AI Artificial Intelligence Study
Recent studies, including a joint investigation by Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon University involving several hundred professionals, suggest that growing reliance on artificial intelligence tools is leading to a notable decline in critical analysis. As experts place increasing trust in automated systems, they gradually relinquish their own ...
This is Beirut, 26/02 11:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The British artistic community, including renowned figures like Elton John and Dua Lipa, is speaking out against a government proposal that would make it easier for artificial intelligence (AI) companies to use copyrighted works for training purposes. The proposal introduces a "copyright exception" that would allow AI developers to use certain ...
This is Beirut, 24/02 10:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Chinese tech giant Alibaba said Monday it will spend more than $50 billion on artificial intelligence and cloud computing over the next three years, a week after co-founder Jack Ma was seen meeting President Xi Jinping. Investors have piled into Chinese technology stocks since the start of the year, with Alibaba – which runs some of the ...
Moncef Ait-Kaci, 21/02 18:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Technology takes another leap forward as artificial intelligence reinvents the rules of creation. Sora is ushering in a new era—that of fully AI-driven video generation. The developers chose this name in reference to the Japanese word "sora," which means "sky," to evoke boundless creative potential. Previously reserved for a select group of ...
This is Beirut, 12/02 17:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A Saudi company will invest $5 billion to build an artificial intelligence data centre in the futuristic city of NEOM, state media reported. The agreement, signed between DataVolt and NEOM, would fund the creation of a fully sustainable AI data centre with a 1.5 gigawatt capacity, the official SPA news agency said. The project will be located in ...
This is Beirut, 10/02 09:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Political and tech industry leaders were set to descend on Paris Monday for a two-day summit on artificial intelligence, hoping to find common ground on a technology with the potential to upset global business and society. Co-hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the gathering's stated aims include ...
Pierre Nahas, 30/01 15:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
“Artificial intelligence will have a more profound impact on humanity than fire, electricity, and the internet” according to Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Alphabet, Google’s mother company. It is indeed safe to say that AI will fundamentally transform every major industry on the planet, meaning that nations that master AI will also master the ...
This is Beirut, 27/01 20:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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US chip-maker Nvidia led a rout in tech stocks Monday after the emergence of a low-cost Chinese generative AI model that could threaten US dominance in the fast-growing industry. The chatbot developed by DeepSeek, a startup based in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou, has apparently shown the ability to match the capacity of US AI pace-setters ...
This is Beirut, 22/01 09:20 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced a major investment to build infrastructure for artificial intelligence led by Japanese giant Softbank, cloud giant Oracle and ChatGPT-maker OpenAI. The venture, called Stargate, "will invest $500 billion, at least, in AI infrastructure in the United States," Trump said in remarks at the White House. ...