Toronto-based Feroot Security “found that so-called tracking pixels from the TikTok parent company were present in 30 U.S. state-government websites across 27 states,” reports the Wall Street Journal, “including some where the app has been banned from state networks and devices.” The review was performed in January and February. The Read more…
It’s one of America’s best hospitals — a nonprofit “academic medical center” called the Cleveland Clinic. And this week it installed an IBM-managed quantum computer to accelerate healthcare research (according to an announcement from IBM). IBM is calling it “the first quantum computer in the world to be uniquely dedicated Read more…
In an effort to more personalize a customer’s experience, the U.S. restaurant chain Panera Bread is rolling out palm-scanning technology which will link the palm print with the customer’s loyalty program. According to Panera Bread CEO Niren Chaudhary, the move will allow a “frictionless, personalized, and convenient” evolution of Panera’s Read more…
On Tuesday, Google initiated the process of opening up Bard to the world by inviting users in the US and UK to sign up for access. It first demoed Bard in February, in a clear response to seeing ChatGPT take the world by storm over the holiday period, but is Read more…
The Writers Guild of America has proposed allowing artificial intelligence to write scripts, as long as it does not affect writers’ credits or residuals. The guild had previously indicated that it would propose regulating the use of AI in the writing process, which has recently surfaced as a concern for Read more…
El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele said on Thursday he will send to the country’s Congress next week a bill to eliminate all taxes on technology innovations as well as computing and communications hardware manufacturing. “Next week, I’ll be sending a bill to congress to eliminate all taxes (income, property, capital Read more…
When ChatGPT exploded in popularity as a tool using artificial intelligence to draft complex texts, David Rozado decided to test its potential for bias. A data scientist in New Zealand, he subjected the chatbot to a series of quizzes, searching for signs of political orientation. The results, published in a Read more…