AI will impact 40% of global jobs – IMF
The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, has predicted that artificial intelligence (AI) is poised to impact approximately 40% of jobs across the globe.
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AI, cyber inequity portend risks for cybersecurity sector – Report
The World Economic Forum (WEF), a renowned independent international organization dedicated to public-private cooperation, has unveiled a report offering a comprehensive overview of the diverse challenges confronting the global…
U.S. regulator rejects Apple, Disney bid to skip vote on AI
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has ruled that Apple and Disney are required to include shareholder votes on the utilization of AI, as proposed by a labour group, removing the possibility of avoiding such assessments.
The…
Google to employ AI in ensuring food security
Google is pushing new frontiers in the deployment of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Precisely, Google is seeing AI capabilities in ensuring food security, flood management, and weather forecasting, among others.
According to Google, when…
Google DeepMind reveals potential for new materials
Google DeepMind has used artificial intelligence (AI) to predict the structure of more than 2 million new materials, a breakthrough it said could soon be used to improve real-world technologies.
In a research paper published in the…
AI threatens wages, not jobs – ECB report
Research published by the European Central Bank indicates that the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to reduce wages, but so far it is creating, not destroying jobs, especially for the young and highly…
India seeks to enforce rules to deter deepfakes
India's government has warned social media firms, including Facebook and YouTube, to repeatedly remind users that local laws prohibit them from posting deepfakes and content that spreads obscenity or misinformation.
The warning was…
Beatles ‘last’ song to be released November 2
A much-anticipated “new” Beatles record, “Now And Then”, created with the help of artificial intelligence, is set to be released on November 2.
The song, which was first written and performed by John Lennon and developed by the rest of…
Nigerian Government Mandates AI Integration in Basic Education Curriculum
The Federal Government has instructed the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC) to guarantee the incorporation of robotics and artificial intelligence into the basic education curriculum in the country.
Permanent…
UK hospital uses robot for thoracic surgery
Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge is one of the first in the UK to use a Versius for lung and chest surgery.
Adam Peryt, a surgeon at the hospital who has begun using the technology, said: "It's completely different from the old…