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07/11/2023
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By Laura Harris
CONSIDER YOURSELF WARNED: Humanoid robots claim they could run the world better than humans
A panel of AI-enabled humanoid robots appeared at the United Nations AI for Good Global Summit, claiming they could run the world better. The event marked the first-ever press conference featuring humanoid social robots with approximately 3,000 AI experts seeking to harness the power of AI to address pressing global issues like climate change, hunger and […]
07/07/2023
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By Laura Harris
Google Cloud launches AI-powered anti-money laundering tool for banks, paving the way for Orwellian financial surveillance
Google Cloud has launched a tool powered by artificial intelligence (AI) to combat money laundering. The tool could pave the way for surveillance when tied with the so-called social credit system, however. The cloud computing subsidiary of the search engine giant launched the Anti Money Laundering AI (AML AI) tool, which is designed to detect […]
07/06/2023
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By Laura Harris
Fatal prototype hybrid car explosion claims researcher’s life and leaves another severely injured with third-degree burns
A researcher has been killed while her student assistant suffered grievous injuries after a prototype hybrid electric car they were working on exploded in Naples, Italy. Maria Vittoria Prati, 66, and trainee student Fulvio Filace, 25, of the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) research institute were traveling in the car along the Naples ring road when it […]
07/05/2023
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By Laura Harris
Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles produce five times more greenhouse gases than claimed by manufacturers
A new report has revealed that plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) produce much more greenhouse gases than their manufacturers claim. A progress report by the Climate Change Committee (CCC), an independent public body in the United Kingdom, said that PHEVs produce up to five times more greenhouse gases than expected. PHEVs combine a traditional combustion engine with […]
07/02/2023
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By Laura Harris
Queensland opens needle-free vaccine skin patch manufacturing factory
Australia has opened a supposedly state-of-the-art facility for manufacturing vaccine skin patches. The facility, to be set up in the suburb of Hamilton in Brisbane, Queensland, supposedly seeks to simplify the complex process and the exceptional costs associated with traditional vaccine delivery methods. The Australian government further said that this new manufacturing facility will better position […]
06/12/2023
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By Laura Harris
Award-winning study: Self-driving cars more likely to cause traffic incidents and pose hazards due to their limited understanding of human behavior
Self-driving cars, often hailed as the future of transportation, are causing more traffic incidents and posing potential risks down the road due to their limited understanding of human behavior. According to an award-winning study conducted by a team from the University of Copenhagen, autonomous vehicles are having difficulty in interpreting the subtle social cues that influence driving choices. […]
06/06/2023
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By Laura Harris
Instance of AI-powered drone killing human operator did not actually happen – but it is a plausible scenario
A senior official of the U.S. Air Force (USAF) in charge of artificial intelligence (AI) has admitted to “misspeaking” about a purported instance of an AI-powered drone killing its human operator. Col. Tucker “Cinco” Hamilton, the USAF’s chief of AI test and operations, earlier claimed during the Future Combat Air and Space Capabilities Summit that […]
06/02/2023
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By Laura Harris
AI industry leaders: Mitigating risk of HUMAN EXTINCTION should be No. 1 global priority
Top executives of artificial intelligence (AI) companies have warned that their technology could seriously lead to humanity’s extinction. Thus, they called on addressing this risk of extinction to be the No. 1 priority. More than 350 executives, researchers and engineers from leading AI laboratories have signed an open letter warning the world of the possible […]
05/31/2023
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By Laura Harris
Report: Bad bots TAKING OVER the internet with spam, cybercrime
Malicious bots powered by artificial intelligence (AI) have been mimicking human behavior to commit cybercrime and send spam messages over the last 10 years, according to a report. The 2023 Bad Bot Report released by California-based cybersecurity company Imperva noted that in 2022, 47.4 percent of all internet traffic came from bots rather than humans. […]
05/23/2023
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By Laura Harris
Track ’em young: Newborns in Kenya are being used to develop a biometric vaccination management tracking program
A controversial clinical trial of a biometric-based vaccine tracking system in Kenya uses newborn babies to manage vaccination history and schedule. The new digital biometric management system uses fingerprint identification for newborns and voice recognition for caregivers to collect their data. The new system, developed in partnership with the NEC Corporation, the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) […]
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