Tag: AI
Is your job at risk from AI?
A new online generator aims to predict which UK jobs will be lost to AI in the coming decades - with one in seven roles set to be taken over by a machine. The generator has been developed by data experts at NetVoucherCodes.co.uk who looked at jobs within the UK economy and analysed how likely they were…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Why M3GAN is the perfect AI villain
M3GAN is Hollywood's latest attempt to turn AI into a horror genre. Pic: Universal There is no shortage of robot uprising fiction in the Western canon (see: the works of Ray Bradbury and Philip K. Dick; classics like “The Terminator”; family-friendly spins like “The Mitchells vs. the Machines”). It’s a conceit that…
The Growth of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare 2023
In this article, we will try to analyze how AI-based solutions are used in medical institutions, what awaits us in 2023, and how these innovations affect the quality of diagnosis and treatment. In 2022, artificial intelligence-based systems that are used in the medical field around the world were analyzed. At the same time, analysts concluded…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Apple Books launches AI-narrated audiobooks
Apple has launched a raft of audiobooks narrated by artificial intelligence to its Apple Books platform, but maintains it “remains committed to celebrating and showcasing the magic of human narration”. According to The Guardian, which said the tech giant had “quietly” uploaded the text-to-speech content in “an attempt to upend the lucrative and fast-growing audiobook…
AI-enabled financial fraud detection spend to exceed $10 Billion by 2027
A new study from Juniper Research has found global business spend on AI-enabled financial fraud detection and prevention strategy platforms will exceed $10 billion globally in 2027; rising from just over $6.5 billion in 2022. Growing at 57% over the period, the report predicts that as fraudsters become more sophisticated in their attacks, merchants and issuers will…
Half of IT professionals think AI ‘threat to humanity’
According to the data presented by the Atlas VPN team, 49% of IT professionals believe innovation in AI presents an 'existential threat to humanity'. Despite that, many other experts see AI as a companion which helps with various tasks rather than a future enemy. Nearly three out of four (74%) IT professionals think AI will…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Japanese use AI to train robots to laugh
J.A.R.V.I.S., the AI system with a sense of humour that Dr Tony Stark (played by Robert Downey Jr) created in the Iron Man series of Marvel films Whether it be Iron Man’s Jarvis or Knight Rider’s Kitt, a sense of humour is one key component of sci-fi’s favourite robots which real…
Self charging EVs and public transport to space top mobility wish list of today’s kids
Self-charging electric cars and public transport to space top the future mobility wish list of today’s youngsters. Over seven in 10 children aged 6-10 (72 per cent) said self-charging electric cars were an invention they’d like to see, while over half would like a flying car (51 per cent). And almost two in 10 (17…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Hydrogen powered lorry to be mass-produced in UK
Image: Tevva has added a hydrogen fuel cell to battery HGV. Image: Tevva Hydrogen and electric-powered lorries will be mass produced in the UK by an Essex-based firm. Tevva, based in Thurrock, has added a hydrogen fuel cell system to its battery-electric HGV design and according to the start-up the 7.5-tonne…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Could AI sleep app end insomnia?
A new artificial intelligence sleep app has been developed that might be able to replace sleeping pills for insomnia sufferers. Sleepio uses an AI algorithm to provide individuals with tailored cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia (CBT-I). The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) said it would save the NHS money as well as reduce prescriptions…