On Tuesday, the Biden administration announced that it is requesting feedback from the public on potential measures for holding artificial intelligence (AI) systems accountable, amid concerns about its impact on national security and education. The fast-growing AI program ChatGPT has recently gained the attention of US lawmakers due to its ...
Read More »Forecast predicts a 28% decline in Twitter’s ad revenue for this year
According to a recent forecast, Twitter’s advertising revenue is expected to decline by 28 percent in 2023 due to the platform’s struggles under the ownership of Elon Musk. The analysts at Insider Intelligence have reduced their earlier worldwide revenue estimate from $4.74 billion to $2.98 billion, citing a deteriorating trust ...
Read More »WhatsApp users to soon have option to share status updates on Facebook
WhatsApp is developing a new feature that will allow users to share their status updates on Facebook Stories without having to leave the app. WABetaInfo, a website that monitors updates from WhatsApp, has reported that the messaging app is working on a new feature that will allow users to automatically ...
Read More »Tips for working remotely indefinitely, according to a digital nomad
Bankrate survey shows that 56% of the workforce are likely to look for a new job in the year ahead, up from 51% in 2022, as more workers seek a better work-life balance following the Great Resignation. Sophia Bera Daigle, CEO and founder of Gen Y Planning, a financial planning ...
Read More »Amazon lays off over 100 employees in its video game department
On Tuesday, an executive in charge of Amazon’s video games division wrote in a memo to employees that the company is laying off approximately 100 workers. Christoph Hartmann, Amazon Games’ vice president, wrote a memo to staffers on Tuesday stating that around 100 employees in Amazon’s video games division have ...
Read More »Italy’s Deputy PM warns of the risk to Italy’s competitiveness if ChatGPT is not reactivated soon
On Tuesday, Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister and Infrastructure Minister, Matteo Salvini, stated that if the widely-used ChatGPT chatbot is not reactivated soon, Italy’s competitiveness will be negatively affected in comparison to its peers in the European Union. On Friday, OpenAI, which is backed by Microsoft, deactivated ChatGPT in Italy due ...
Read More »Twitter ends legacy verified blue ticks; New York Times loses badge after Elon Musk’s policy overhaul
Twitter has discontinued its legacy verified blue ticks on accounts since April 1, resulting in the popular news organization New York Times losing its verification badge following Elon Musk’s policy changes. The White House has also announced that it will not pay to verify its staff’s accounts. Businesses, on the ...
Read More »Sundar Pichai unveils Bard AI upgrade to combat ChatGPT
According to Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai, the AI-driven chatbot Bard is set to transition to a more potent PaLM model. This development is occurring at a crucial time, with Google’s chatbot competing against OpenAI’s ChatGPT, which has gained immense popularity. In just two months since its launch, ChatGPT acquired 100 ...
Read More »Apple Analyst Kuo Predicts 1-2 Month Delay for Mixed-Reality Headset, Raising Questions About WWDC Launch
On Thursday, Ming-Chi Kuo, a prominent Apple analyst at TFI Securities, stated on Twitter that Apple’s highly anticipated mixed-reality headset might not be prepared for the company’s June WWDC event. According to a tweet from Kuo, Apple is not optimistic about receiving the same level of reception with their mixed-reality ...
Read More »Nokia to Launch 4G Internet on the Moon Later This Year
Later this year, Nokia is getting ready to launch a 4G mobile network on the moon, with the aim of improving lunar explorations and eventually facilitating human habitation on the celestial body. At the Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona earlier this month, Luis Maestro Ruiz De Temino, Nokia’s ...
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