Conversations about the promises and perils of AI took centre stage in Toronto at the tech conference Collision. Leading venture capitalists (VCs) and top AI experts grappled with AI’s explosive rise in recent months. However, these two groups disagreed on how the potential risks of innovation amid increasingly powerful models like OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s […]

The brains of bees could help to take AI systems to the next level, according to scientists in the U.K. The team at the University of Sheffield has conducted a study that it says reveals the underlying mechanisms that drive the creatures’ ”remarkable” decision-making capabilities, which could be transferred to AI technologies, the BBC reported. […]

Enlarge / The IBM logo in front of an AI-generated background. IBM / Midjourney IBM Chief Executive Officer Arvind Krishna has revealed plans to pause hiring for about 7,800 positions that could be replaced by artificial intelligence systems over time, according to a Bloomberg news report published Monday. Krishna said that hiring in back-office functions […]

In what can only bode poorly for our species’ survival during the inevitable robot uprisings, an AI system has once again outperformed the people who trained it. This time, researchers at the University of Zurich in partnership with Intel, pitted their “Swift” AI piloting system against a trio of world champion drone racers — none […]

You’ve no doubt heard of the scam where the perpetrator calls up an elderly person and pretends to be their grandchild or some other close relative. The usual routine is to act in a distressed state, pretend they’re in a sticky situation, and ask for an urgent cash transfer to resolve the situation. While many […]

Airbnb has taken user feedback to heart and is adding a more transparent way for app users to see how much a stay in a rental property actually costs. For years, users have been hit with additional hidden fees and checkout requirements, but with the addition of a single slider to the Airbnb app, the […]

The mobile wireless industry is preparing to deploy 5G all across the country, and 6G is already in development — but millions of people in the United States don’t even have access to household internet. This differential in access is called the “digital divide,” and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is trying to bridge it. Part […]

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: Airplane WiFi is slow and usually expensive. And just because you’re paying more doesn’t necessarily mean you’re getting more. You may not get WiFi until you’re 10,000 feet in the air, and when you do get it, it may be slow and spotty. Even so, people are […]

AirPlay 2 is now a feature on many 2020 smart TVs from Samsung, LG, Sony, and Vizio, and several of these companies have also pledged the same support their older models, too. LG indicated that it would bring the wireless audio and video technology to its 2018 TVs, but a report from AppleInsider on September […]