DOLE chief: Filipinos losing jobs to AI

Luisa Cabato 06/26/2024

MANILA, Philippines — Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma on Wednesday admitted that Filipinos are already losing jobs to artificial intelligence (AI) but noted that the government is working on preparing workers to adapt to digital workplaces. When asked…

Airlines eye ‘new frontier’ of AI ahead of global summit

Agence France Presse 06/03/2024

Airlines may not be replacing pilots with artificial intelligence anytime soon, but aviation industry experts say the new technology is already revolutionising the way they do business. “Data and AI are fantastic levers for the aviation sector,”…

OpenAI designs special version of ChatGPT for universities

ETX Daily Up 06/02/2024

OpenAI has announced ChatGPT Edu, a version of its conversational AI tool specially designed for universities. The idea is for generative AI to come to the aid not only of students, but also of campus teaching staff…

Will AI replace doctors who read X-rays, or just make them better than ever?

05/17/2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — How good would an algorithm have to be to take over your job? It’s a new question for many workers amid the rise of ChatGPT and other AI programs that can hold conversations, write…

Google’s AI search revamp puts publishers in a quandary

05/17/2024

San Francisco, USA—Google’s use of artificial intelligence to summarize answers to search queries has publishers wondering if website traffic will wither. The internet titan announced Tuesday that it is introducing AI-generated answers to online queries in the…

TikTok to start labeling AI-generated content as technology becomes more universal

05/10/2024

TikTok will begin labeling content created using artificial intelligence when it’s been uploaded from outside its own platform in an attempt to combat misinformation. “AI enables incredible creative opportunities, but can confuse or mislead viewers if they…

ChatGPT faces complaint for providing ‘inaccurate information’

Agence France Presse 04/30/2024

VIENNA—A Vienna-based privacy campaign group said on Monday it would file a complaint against ChatGPT in Austria, claiming the “hallucinating” flagship AI tool invents wrong answers, which creator OpenAI cannot correct. NOYB (“None of Your Business”) said…

Google’s new AI forecasts extreme weather events

ETX Daily Up 04/27/2024

Google has announced the development of artificial intelligence technology specifically dedicated to weather forecasting and the anticipation of extreme weather events. Faster and more cost-effective than current solutions, it could be able to alert people to the…

A coffee roastery in Finland has launched an AI-generated blend. The results were surprising

04/21/2024

HELSINKI (AP) — An artisan roastery based in the Finnish capital has introduced a coffee blend that has been developed by artificial intelligence in a trial in which it’s hoped that technology can ease the workload in…

SC mulls use of AI translators, podcasts about cases

Vincent Cabreza 04/14/2024

BAGUIO CITY, Philippines — Imagine adaptive algorithms translating courtroom exchanges from English to major Filipino dialects in real time for the benefit of litigants, or podcasts that explain the scope and impact of landmark decisions to average…

Musk’s xAI to launch improved version of chatbot

03/29/2024

(Reuters) -Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI said on Thursday it will launch an enhanced version of its chatbot Grok. The new version, called Grok-1.5, will be made available to early testers and existing Grok users on…

AI fails to spot Black people’s depression signs in socmed posts

03/29/2024

Analyzing social media using artificial intelligence or AI may pick up signals of depression in white Americans but not in Black counterparts, according to a study that highlights the risk of training AI models for healthcare-related tasks…

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