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Dollars Artificial intelligence AI Nvidia
Artificial intelligence (AI) continues to push the limits – literally. On Wednesday, Nvidia became the first company in the world to surpass $5 trillion in market capitalization, a historical record cementing its dominance in the semiconductor industry. Once a simple graphics card manufacturer, Nvidia has become a cornerstone of the AI ...
Bélinda Ibrahim, 18/10 19:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Artificial Intelligence AI James Bond Movie Culture
The announcement of the next James Bond, now in the hands of Denis Villeneuve and screenwriter Steven Knight, reignites a familiar question: What role will technology play in 007’s world? After the Daniel Craig era, defined by gritty realism, should we expect a flood of AI-powered gadgets or a return to high-tech restraint? Official statements ...
Bélinda Ibrahim, 08/10 11:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
ChatGPT AI Artificial Intelligence Science World Hallucinate
Like other generative models, ChatGPT revolutionized our relationship with information while continuing to deliver confident factual errors. OpenAI, the company behind the famous chatbot, published a new study that doesn’t dispel doubts but instead reveals how deeply the problem is rooted in the system’s design. These so-called hallucinations ...
Christiane Tager, 22/07 10:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Donald Trump US Congress Washington dollars Artificial intelligence
As technological advances accelerate, Washington has just passed two landmark pieces of legislation: the country’s first national framework for stablecoins and the ambitious Genius Act. The aim? To regulate digital assets while safeguarding human intellectual contribution in an increasingly automated world. What Is the Genius Act? Recently ...
Lyne Sammouri, 06/07 16:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
AI Artificial Intelligence Technology
You ask your AI assistant or chatbot to do something, and instead of just doing what you told it to do, it dodges your request, deceives you or backtalks like a stubborn taxi driver who refuses to put the meter on. It might find an exception, or even lie to get what it's trying to do. Frustrating, isn't it? This might have surprised you. But in ...
This is Beirut, 02/07 10:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Artificial intelligence Education ChatGPT
When Jocelyn Leitzinger had her university students write about times in their lives they had witnessed discrimination, she noticed that a woman named Sally was the victim in many of the stories. "It was very clear that ChatGPT had decided this is a common woman's name," said Leitzinger, who teaches an undergraduate class on business and society ...
This is Beirut, 30/06 12:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Meta Artificial intelligence Talent Race
Mark Zuckerberg and Meta are spending billions of dollars for top talent to make up ground in the generative artificial intelligence race, sparking doubt about the wisdom of the spree. OpenAI boss Sam Altman recently lamented that Meta has offered $100 million bonuses to engineers who jump to Zuckerberg's ship, where hefty salaries await. A few ...
Bélinda Ibrahim, 19/06 12:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
AI Artificial Intelligence Gibberlink Coded Language Communication
A video posted by AI Convo, a popular creator on YouTube, has captivated millions and sent ripples through the tech world. In the clip, three AIs, designed to simulate a natural conversation around booking a hotel, initially speak fluid, human-like English. But suddenly, everything shifts: once they recognize each other as artificial agents, they ...
This is Beirut, 10/06 16:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
ChatGPT OpenAI Artificial Intelligence
Thousands of ChatGPT users nationwide faced difficulties accessing the app on Tuesday morning and turned to social media for answers. OpenAI confirmed the platform was experiencing issues and, after six hours of investigation, stated, “We have identified the root cause of the elevated errors and latency.” OpenAI acknowledged the issue, citing ...
This is Beirut, 09/06 15:15 - Reading : less than a minute
Artificial Intelligence Cost of Data Breaches SoSafe
The global cost of cyberattacks soared to an estimated $9.5 trillion in 2024, underscoring an alarming rise in digital threats facing businesses, governments and critical infrastructure, according to a new report by cybersecurity firm BD Emerson. IBM’s annual Cost of Data Breaches report revealed that the average data breach cost surged to ...
This is Beirut, 22/05 10:05 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Google Artificial Intelligence AI
As Google races to lead in artificial intelligence, it faces the challenge of making sure the technology doesn't slow its profit-pumping advertising engine. The internet giant is dabbling with ads in its new AI Mode for online search, a strategic move to fend off competition from ChatGPT while adapting its advertising business for an AI ...
This is Beirut, 19/05 20:15 - Reading : less than a minute
Microsoft Grok Elon Musk Artificial Intelligence
Microsoft on Monday said its business cloud servers will now host technology from Elon Musk's xAI, days after models from the company went off the rails by generating posts referencing "white genocide" in South Africa. Musk told an event hosted by Microsoft that his company's models "aspire to truth with minimal error," adding that "there's ...