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¿La inteligencia artificial tiene los días contados?

Is the clock ticking on AI?

Renowned AI experts call on world governments and tech giants to take action now on AI risks “Probably none of us will have a job,” Elon Musk stated about AI when speaking remotely at a leading tech conference in Paris on 23 May. The billionaire hasn’t been shy about referring to AI as his biggest…
Move over chatbot, here comes the deadbot

Move over chatbot, here comes the deadbot

University of Cambridge study warns about the consequences of AI chatbots that enable people to talk to the dead From creating a poem to telling a joke, we’re well aware by now of AI chatbots’ boundless possibilities. But digitally resurrecting the dead? Bringing grandma and grandpa back to life is creepy – isn’t it? AI…
Did student or ChatGPT write that paper? Does it matter?

Did student or ChatGPT write that paper? Does it matter?

Sam Altman, CEO of firm that developed app, says ethics do matter, but they need to be rethought (and AI isn’t going away) Colleges and universities have been wrestling with concerns over plagiarism and other ethical questions surrounding the use of AI since the emergence of ChatGPT in late 2022. But Sam Altman, whose company,…
Maria Chiara Carrozza: From knee surgery to home drudgery, the robot revolution beckons

From knee surgery to home drudgery, the robot revolution beckons

Automation will play a growing role in people’s lives and Europe has the know-how to lead the way, according to a top Italian researcher Professor Maria Chiara Carrozza believes people in the 21st century will find life more liveable in the growing company of their machine equivalents: robots. Carrozza, president of Italy’s National Research Council,…
NEC Develops High-speed Generative AI Large Language Models (LLM) with World-class Performance

NEC Develops High-speed Generative AI Large Language Models (LLM) with World-class Performance

“NEC cotomi Pro” and “NEC cotomi Light” achieve the same quality as global models at more than 10 times the speed NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) has expanded its “NEC cotomi” generative AI services with the development of "NEC cotomi Pro" and "NEC cotomi Light," two new high-speed generative AI Large Language Models (LLM) featuring…
Entering the quantum era

Entering the quantum era

The world’s most powerful computer hasn’t yet been built – but we have the blueprint, says the team behind Oxford spinout Quantum Dynamics Meanwhile, Chris Ballance, co-founder of spinout Oxford Ionics, says ‘quantum computing is already solving complex computing test cases in seconds – solutions that would otherwise take thousands of years to find.’ Following…
Leading the Intelligent-Driven Future by New Digital Infrastructure

Leading the Intelligent-Driven Future by New Digital Infrastructure

China Telecom Cloud and Connectivity Summit at MWC 2024 Successfully Held On February 27th, the China Telecom Cloud and Connectivity Summit was successfully held at the grand 2024 Mobile World Congress (MWC2024) in Barcelona. With the theme of " Leading the Intelligent-Driven Future by New Digital Infrastructure," this summit brought together communication industry leaders and prestigious corporate…
Researchers and small businesses join forces against hackers

Researchers and small businesses join forces against hackers

Improved cybersecurity defences for electronic commerce have emerged from EU-funded projects What do a Greek pharmacy, a Spanish multinational bank, a German foundation specialised in the digital economy and a UK university have in common? They all helped develop software tools with EU funding to counter cyber and physical threats to e-commerce in the European…
New Oxford research hub to propel transformative AI innovations

New Oxford research hub to propel transformative AI innovations

The research programme will focus on developing rigorous mathematical answers to four fundamental questions that underlie modern AI and machine learning systems The University of Oxford is to share in a major £80 million investment announced today to develop next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. The funding, from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, EPSRC (part of…
Is voice biometrics in banking secure enough?

Is voice biometrics in banking secure enough?

Generative AI voice cloning tools only need a minute of voice data–which is often scraped from social media–to create a result that is almost indistinguishable from the original Apart from going into a branch, calling a bank feels more human for digital-shy consumers. For many, it is the first port of call for making account…