Gone smishing: Would you recognise an impostor texting you? November 6, 2023 The first warning sign was an anonymous new number being added to my Whatsapp group with my parents. I was later removed from the chat – but I was busy so I didn’t think too much about it. I started to really smell a rat when my parents’ references to bathwater reached double figures. In [...]
Bitcoin holds ground above key $35k threshold November 6, 2023 Bitcoin is trading for roughly $35,215 this morning, up by 0.5% in the last 24 hours, while Ethereum (ETH) remains steady at $1,895.
Natwest upgrades AI chatbot to provide ‘human interaction’ amid branch closures November 6, 2023 Whereas Natwest's original Cora was a basic question-and-answer bot, the updated version will use “generative” AI, similar to ChatGPT.
Musk announces X/Twitter’s new AI tool: a sarcastic chatbot named Grok November 6, 2023 Grok will be able to scrape twitter / X, and have a 'rebellious streak,' Elon Musk said over the weekend as the AI race hots up
Can retail investors save London’s beleaguered stock market? November 6, 2023 Are retail investors the key to curing London's capital markets malaise? They may take some convincing.
SingularityNET launches staking for AGIX tokens on the Cardano blockchain November 5, 2023 AI company SingularityNET has implemented staking for its native token 'AGIX' on the Cardano blockchain platform.
Opera hits the crypto high notes with Minipay in Africa November 3, 2023 Monty Munford tiptoes his way through Africa - a rich tapestry of talent, technology, entrepreneurship and exploited resources.
Sunak: People should ‘be comfortable with failure’ and take risks to start firms November 3, 2023 The Prime Minister said he wanted to “transpose” the entrepreneurial culture of “places like Silicon Valley” to the UK during a talk with tech billionaire Elon Musk.
Obsessing about the existential risk of god-like AI misses the point November 3, 2023 The existential - or x-risk - of a god-like artificial intelligence system is, understandably, what frightens us, but it also misses the point of how it will change the world, writes Anna Thomas
We’ve had dangerous AI with us for decades, and never had a summit for racist algorithms November 3, 2023 AI is already deeply entrenched in public service models – which means its harms are too, impacting everything from policing to benefits.