Category: Artificial Intelligence
ChatGPT and Bard risk ‘new wave of scams’, Which? warns
ChatGPT and Bard lack effective defences to prevent fraudsters from unleashing a new wave of convincing scams by exploiting their AI tools, a Which? investigation has found. A key way for consumers to identify scam emails and texts is that they are often in badly-written English, but the consumer watchdog's latest research found it could…
Top 10 Most Popular AI tools of 2023 – ChatGPT tops list
1. ChatGPT: Launched in November 2022, it quickly dominated with 14.6 billion visits over 10 months, averaging 1.5 billion monthly. 2. Character AI: Introduced in September 2022, it captivated users, accumulating 3.8 billion visits and surging by 463.4 million within a year. 3. Google Bard: Google's March 2023 entry saw a remarkable 241.6 million visits in just 6…
Rishi Sunak sets out pros and cons of AI ahead of next week’s summit
Artificial intelligence could help make it easier to build chemical and biological weapons, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has warned. What's more, in the worst-case scenario, society could lose all control over AI, preventing it from being switched off. And while the potential for harm is disputed, we must not "put our heads in the…
Majority of developers identify AI as main security challenge, claims report
78% of developers see generative AI as a challenge to data security. However, 83% of respondents note their organizations have already invested in AI technology to manage and/or analyze data. 68% of developers have used passkeys for work applications, yet only 36% believe FIDO2 and passkeys could replace passwords. Over half (54%) of developers spend…
AI scams: Only 1.5% of Brits can identify all the real vs deepfake celebrity videos in this quiz
The majority of people thought the deep fake of Boris Johnson was real When shown a series of 8 short video clips featuring both real and deepfake celebrities, only 1.5% of Brits were able to correctly identify them all. This latest research from personal finance comparison site finder.com highlights the danger from…
Deepfakes could help in training videos, University of Bath study claims
Watching a training video featuring a deepfake version of yourself, rather than a clip featuring somebody else, makes learning faster, easier and more fun, according to new research led by the REVEAL research centre at the University of Bath. This finding was seen over two separate experiments, one exploring fitness training and another involving public speaking. Dr Christof…
Bristol set to host UK’s most powerful supercomputer
UK AI Research Resource dubbed Isambard-AI will be one of Europe’s most powerful supercomputers New facility will serve as national resource for researchers and industry experts spearheading AI innovation and scientific discovery Plans for the supercomputer backed by £900 million investment announced in March to transform UK’s computing capacity A new supercomputer set to be…
Leading experts recruited ahead of UK Government’s AI Safety Summit
Leading tech and diplomacy experts appointed for global talks on safe use of artificial intelligence ahead of UK summit later this year. First major international summit of its kind will be hosted in the UK and include country leaders, tech companies and academics. Announcement comes as £13 million is granted to AI healthcare research in…
UK’s Ai-Da Robot to give keynote speech at AI for Good Global Summit
Britain will be represented by Ai-Da Robot, the world’s first robot artist, who has been invited to give the keynote at the summit's opening dinner attended by AI leaders Artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics innovators - and their high-tech creations - will join humanitarian leaders in Geneva, Switzerland, 6-7 July, for…
Rapid Technological Advancements Through Artificial Intelligence and the Internet of Things
The capacity of artificial intelligence (AI) to simulate intelligent behavior and decision-making and the network of gadgets of the Internet of Things (IoT) that can communicate have altered businesses and how we live and work. This article describes how AI and IoT work well together and how their merger transforms the future and enables new…
