Dr. Geoffrey Hinton, AI’s godfather, is leaving Google. The man tells The New York Times that he is concerned about the possible risks of artificial intelligence. Geoffrey Hinton is one of the pioneers of AI and has contributed to the technology behind many of today’s generative AI systems. In an […]
IBM subsidiary and open source specialist Red Hat is going to lay off just under four percent of its twenty thousand employees. Red Hat says fewer than 800 people are involved, mainly in general and administrative roles. The company emphasizes that there are no layoffs in sales or people who […]
A woman injured after a boulder hit her head in a cave in Slovenia has been rescued after 30 hours. The 33-year-old woman was seriously injured and found herself in an unprecedented cave system near Cerknica, and the Slovenian rescue service told the STA news agency. According to reports, a […]
To regain advertisers’ trust, Twitter must decouple its corporate image from owner Elon Musk’s “personal brand.” That says principal analyst Jasmine Engberg of market researcher Insider Intelligence, who forecasts ad revenue for this year. Insider Intelligence expects that revenue to fall by more than a third. Although, in October, the […]
US President Joe Biden does not plan to attend King Charles’s coronation. American and British media write that based on different sources. And that is apparently not so exceptional. On May 6, 2023, Charles will be officially crowned as British King. And Joe Biden reportedly won’t be among them. Sources […]
From now on, French civil servants are no longer allowed to have TikTok, Twitter, Instagram and Netflix on their work phones. As an explanation, reference is made to insufficient data security and protection. The ban will take effect immediately, the French authorities report. France joins a growing list of countries […]
US healthcare facilities are battling an increasing spread of the potentially deadly fungal infection Candida auris. The number of cases doubled in 2021 compared to a year earlier. The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention is sounding the alarm. The number of cases of Candida auris rose sharply in […]
The acquisition of the discredited Swiss bank Credit Suisse by compatriot and industry peer UBS is a strong signal to people who believe that the financial markets are not yet in crisis, says analyst Hebe Chen of IG Markets. She writes that the fall of Credit Suisse exposed “the rotten […]
Google has announced a new suite of features that work with advanced artificial intelligence (AI). For example, Google now has tools that help users write emails or texts based on a few keywords. With the new functions, Google hopes to compete with generative AI programs such as ChatGPT and Dall-E, […]
Despite massive protests, judicial reform in Israel continues to progress rapidly. A special parliamentary committee approved a law change on Monday, making it much more difficult to declare a prime minister incompetent. According to media reports, Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing conservative government plans to accelerate other vital elements of the controversial […]
