#AI

The American writer Richard Powers’ latest novel, Playground, delves into the complexities of artificial intelligence, mirroring our current fascination with large language models like ChatGPT and Gemini. One particular passage from the novel, where a character expresses scepticism about artificial intelligence’s (AI’s) overreliance on information processing, has sparked an intriguing discussion. When this passage was […]

For nearly two years, the world’s leading tech companies have proclaimed that AI will revolutionize the web, transform our lives, and reshape the world. But first, they’re starting with the humble search engine. The pairing of chatbots and search seems ideal. Traditional Google searches interpret queries and pull up relevant results, while advanced chatbots synthesize […]

British voters will get the chance to elect what’s being billed as the world’s first AI lawmaker in the July 4 general election. Businessman Steve Endacott, 59, is standing for election, but unlike other candidates, he has campaign leaflets showing not his face but an AI-generated avatar. “AI Steve” will appear on the ballot in […]

Microsoft founder Bill Gates appears to be very much in favour of a three-day work week saying it’s an achievable goal. Speaking to Trevor Noah on his podcast, What Now?, Gates said that AI could lead to a three-day work week. He also mentioned that if handled well, AI revolution won’t cause rampant job loss.”If […]

Amazon has launched a new AI Ready programme which is targeting training at least two million people by 2025.  The Wall Street Journal says that the programe is meant to compete with Microsoft and Google who also have their own AI tools.  Anyone can access the training and there are eight free courses on AWS […]

Artificial intelligence (AI) tools present an alarming potential to amplify election misinformation in the upcoming presidential race. This growing unease is widely shared among adults in the United States, as revealed by a recent poll conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Election misinformation The poll’s results underscore that nearly 6 in […]

Scarlett Johansson has initiated legal action against an AI app that used her name and image in an online advertisement without obtaining permission. The ad, which was approximately 22 seconds long, was posted on X/Twitter by an artificial intelligence image-generating app known as Lisa AI: 90s Yearbook & Avatar. It featured Johansson, although her representatives […]

Taylor Swift garnered the attention of her Chinese fans this week as clips of her speaking fluent Mandarin went viral on Chinese social media. In a video shared on the Chinese platform Weibo, the 33-year-old pop star showcased her Mandarin-speaking abilities, with a slight American accent, in what appeared to be a talk show. Swift […]

As revealed in its recently released third-quarter earnings report, Snapchat has experienced a phenomenal surge in its user base, marking a triumphant milestone of over 400 million users. Over the course of the past quarter, the multimedia messaging app successfully enticed nine million fresh users into its captivating world, propelling its total daily active users […]

In a fiery exchange that added both sparks and spice to the Republican primary debate, former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie took a bold swipe at Vivek Ramaswamy, accusing him of coming across as “robotic” during a discussion on the issue of climate change and sounded like ChatGPT. Chris Christie on Ramaswamy The debate stage […]

We all know that artificial intelligence is here to stay and for many the threat of losing their jobs appears to be an ever-looming threat. According to a Goldman Sachs report, more than 300 million jobs around the world can be disrupted by AI. McKinsey estimates that some 12 million people will change their job […]

Knowing how to use ChatGPT and AI technology is all well and good but making sure it’s used in the right way is another thing altogether. If you want to move away from the mediocre and have great mastery over your work, play or creative endeavors it is important to figure out exactly what prompts […]

How nice if ChatGPT could do all our work for us or how scary is that? Depending on how you look at it. That’s what some people are trying to do apparently and consequently some companies have banned the chatbot at work. According to studies some 43% of employees use ChatGPT at work and most […]

It may be possible that there will be no need to be nervous about job interviews and meeting the interviewers anymore as AI may be what you’re faced with next instead. As recruiters increasingly use technology to conduct job interviews, candidates are often faced with new challenges, one of them being, how do I impress […]