Bitcoin tops $40,000 for first time since May 2022 as momentum builds

Bitcoin tops $40,000 for first time since May 2022 as momentum builds

Bitcoin and ether hit 2023 highs Rate cut and ETF optimism driving gains Signs of institutional buyers in November – market maker LONDON/SINGAPORE, Dec 4 (Reuters) – Bitcoin has broken above $40,000 for the first time since May 2022 as it rides a wave of momentum on broad enthusiasm about U.S. interest rate cuts and … Read more

US Space Force pauses use of AI tools like ChatGPT over data security risks

US Space Force pauses use of AI tools like ChatGPT over data security risks

[1/2]OpenAI and ChatGPT logos are seen in this illustration taken, February 3, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights WASHINGTON, Oct 11 (Reuters) – The U.S. Space Force has paused the use of web-based generative artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT for its workforce over data security concerns, according to a memo seen by Reuters. A … Read more

Google nears release of AI software Gemini, The Information reports

Google nears release of AI software Gemini, The Information reports

A logo is pictured at Google’s European Engineering Center in Zurich, Switzerland July 19, 2018 REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights Sept 14 (Reuters) – Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) Google has given a small group of companies access to an early version of Gemini, its conversational artificial intelligence software, The Information reported on Thursday, citing people … Read more

US Homeland Security Department reveals new AI guardrails as it deploys technology across agency

US Homeland Security Department reveals new AI guardrails as it deploys technology across agency

The seal of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is seen after a news conference near the International Bridge between Mexico and the U.S., as U.S. authorities accelerate removal of migrants at border with Mexico, in Del Rio, Texas, U.S., September 19, 2021. REUTERS/Marco Bello/File photo Acquire Licensing Rights WASHINGTON, Sept 14 (Reuters) – The … Read more

Musk says AI ‘referee’ needed after meeting with US lawmakers

Musk says AI ‘referee’ needed after meeting with US lawmakers

WASHINGTON, Sept 13 (Reuters) – American technology leaders including Tesla (TSLA.O) CEO Elon Musk, Meta Platforms (META.O) CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Alphabet (GOOGL.O) CEO Sundar Pichai met with lawmakers at Capitol Hill on Wednesday for a closed-door forum that focused on regulating artificial intelligence. Lawmakers are grappling with how to mitigate the dangers of the … Read more

Meta is developing a new, more powerful AI system, Wall Street Journal reports

Meta is developing a new, more powerful AI system, Wall Street Journal reports

The logo of Meta Platforms’ business group is seen in Brussels, Belgium December 6, 2022. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights Sept 10 (Reuters) – Meta Platforms (META.O) is working on a new artificial-intelligence system intended to be as powerful as the most advanced model offered by OpenAI, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, … Read more

China’s Huawei launches Mate 60 Pro+ smartphone for presale

China’s Huawei launches Mate 60 Pro+ smartphone for presale

People walk past a Huawei store with advertisements for the Mate 60 series smartphones, at a shopping mall in Beijing, China August 30, 2023. REUTERS/Yelin Mo/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights BEIJING, Sept 8 (Reuters) – China’s Huawei Technologies on Friday started presales for its Mate 60 Pro+ smartphone, adding a new version to a series … Read more

Generation AI: education reluctantly embraces the bots

Generation AI: education reluctantly embraces the bots

LONDON/STOCKHOLM, Sept 7 (Reuters) – At leading Swedish university Lund, teachers decide which students can use artificial intelligence to help them with assignments. At the University of Western Australia in Perth, staff have talked to students about the challenges and possible benefits of using generative AI in their work, while the University of Hong Kong … Read more

China lets Baidu, others launch ChatGPT-like bots to public, tech shares jump

China lets Baidu, others launch ChatGPT-like bots to public, tech shares jump

Baidu sign is seen at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai, China July 6, 2023. REUTERS/Aly Song Acquire Licensing Rights Baidu, SenseTime, Baichuan open AI products to the public Chinese media say 11 firms have received government approval Approvals anticipated after Beijing passed generative AI rules Shares in Baidu, SenseTime jump Aug 31 … Read more

William Shatner, Star Trek’s Captain Kirk, takes on an AI chatbot

William Shatner, Star Trek’s Captain Kirk, takes on an AI chatbot

LOS ANGELES, Aug 24 (Reuters) – Legendary “Star Trek” actor William Shatner has been spending time exploring the new frontier of artificial intelligence. The actor best known for playing Captain Kirk on “Star Trek” talked with ProtoBot, a device that combines holographic visuals with conversational AI, and grappled with philosophical and ethical questions about the … Read more