An anonymous reader shares a report: For a man who’s spent his career battling to make France more pro-business, Europe’s prospects on AI are worrying: an oversight that could cost the bloc dearly. “We are not in the race today,” French President Emmanuel Macron told CNN’s Richard Quest in an Read more…
A new paper [PDF] from researchers at Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon University finds that as humans increasingly rely on generative AI in their work, they use less critical thinking, which can “result in the deterioration of cognitive faculties that ought to be preserved.” “[A] key irony of automation is that Read more…
The unemployment rate in America’s information technology sector rose from 3.9% in December to 5.7% in January, meanwhile last month’s overall jobless rate was just 4%, they point out, calling it “the latest sign of how automation and the increasing use of artificial intelligence are having a negative impact on Read more…
“Can you skydive continuously without landing… only to latch onto a speeding plane in mid-air and soar back up into the sky. Harnessing the plane’s momentum, [skydiver Max Manow] soared out of the canyon, embarking on what he calls his “endless skydive”, a manoeuvre that potentially could be done continuously Read more…
I just saw an ad for TikTok on a YouTube video. But at the same time YouTube is running ads on TikTok, targeting TikTok content creators in an effort to lure these valuable users to the Google-owned rival and capitalize on TikTok’s uncertain future. One of YouTube’s ads even received Read more…
Volkswagen has teased plans for a “China-killer” electric vehicle that will cost just €20,000 ($20,664 USD or £16,700) as the German carmaker gears up to take on a flood of Beijing-backed low-cost rivals. The company on Thursday shared its first images of a new vehicle expected to be called the Read more…