Tag: artificial intelligence
Tech Digest daily roundup: Photographer says prize-winning image AI-generated
Boris Eldagsen’s award-winning picture. Photograph: © Boris Eldagsen, Germany A photographer is refusing a prestigious award after admitting to being a “cheeky monkey” and generating the prize-winning image using artificial intelligence. The German artist Boris Eldagsen revealed on his website that he was not accepting the prize for the creative open…
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…
How maths-solving Honeybees could help AI
Honeybees can solve a type of maths test without any need for numbers - a discovery that could be used to develop smarter artificial intelligence - according to new research from the University of Sheffield. In the study, by researchers in the University’s Department of Computer Science and their international collaborators, published in the journal…
AI investment remains strong despite Covid-19
2020 might have been a tricky year with enterprises and governments sidetracked by the Covid-19 epidemic, yet tech investment continues apace especially in AI, writes Ashley Norris of Transition Earth. Artificial intelligence startups raised $9.9bn in the second half of 2020, 15% more compared to the same period a year ago according to data from…
Three in five Brits fear autonomous AI, claims poll
People fear the idea of artificial intelligence (AI) acting without human assistance, new research by Fountech.ai has revealed. The AI firm commissioned an independent survey among 2,000 UK adults to uncover their perceptions towards AI. It found that the majority (61%) of Brits are concerned by the idea of AI systems being able to function…
3 Notable Ways Technology Has Transformed The Workplace And The Way We Work
Over 6 million people in the UK are employed in occupations that are likely to radically change or disappear completely by 2030, according to recent studies by Nesta. The work environment and the way we work continues to be transformed at an astonishing pace by trends including technological development and globalisation. The debate about…
Facebook brings its video-calling Portal devices to UK
Facebook’s range of video-calling Portal devices are to go on sale in the UK for the first time, the company has announced. Three new versions of the screen-based smart home hubs have been announced, and will now also support Amazon’s voice-based assistant, Alexa, and support encrypted video calling via WhatsApp. First released in the US…
Hyundai technology calls emergency services within 7 seconds of injury
Hyundai is developing technology which will enable its vehicles to send information about injuries sustained in road traffic accidents to the emergency services within SEVEN SECONDS of impact. The car manufacturer has teamed up with MDGo, which specialises in medical artificial intelligence systems, to work on a new safety feature which could slash ambulance response…
Google I/O developer conference: all the key announcements
Google has revealed a string of software and hardware updates as the company set out its plans for the rest of 2019 at its annual I/O developer conference. Alongside new, cheaper Pixel handsets were a range of new technologies for its artificial intelligence programmes. Here is a look at the key announcements. Pixel 3a Siblings…
Connected Conservation expands globally in bid to save endangered wildlife
Technology that's dramatically reduced rhino poaching in a South African game reserve could be used to help other threatened species across the world, as conservationists look for new ways to stop poachers before they can reach wildlife. Dimension Data and Cisco first introduced its Connected Conversation effort in 2015, using a mixture of sensors, CCTV,…
