Over a third of EU firms adopt AI, bringing digital goals in reach
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Over a third of EU firms adopt AI, bringing digital goals in reach

The Hindu  

More than a third of European businesses adopted artificial intelligence in 2023 as use of generative AI surged, a report commissioned by Amazon Web Services found. The European Commission, the EU executive, in 2021 presented its 2030 Digital Decade vision to transform the region, with 80% of the population acquiring basic digital skills, 5G connectivity everywhere and 75% of EU companies using cloud services. In 2022, however, only a quarter of EU businesses had adopted AI and a report last year estimated the European Union was at risk of falling behind its Digital Decade goals by ten years unless the governments focused on bridging the skills gap. "The accelerated uptake of AI last year has helped put Europe on track to meet its Digital Decade goals," she said.

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Where AI dies: Europe’s AI progress ‘insufficient’ to compete with US & China, says report
1 week, 3 days ago

Where AI dies: Europe’s AI progress ‘insufficient’ to compete with US & China, says report

Firstpost  

Despite some notable European companies like France’s AI firm Mistral, critical components of the AI supply chain, such as semiconductor and graphics processing unit manufacturing, remain underdeveloped in the region Another pressing issue is Europe’s brain drain, with skilled AI professionals increasingly migrating to American companies. Despite some notable European companies like France’s AI firm Mistral, critical components of the …

Generative AI product user base in China reaches 230 mln
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Generative AI product user base in China reaches 230 mln

China Daily  

A participant visits the exhibition booth of China Mobile at the 2024 Artificial Intelligence for Good Global Summit in Geneva, Switzerland, May 30, 2024. BEIJING -- The user base of generative artificial intelligence products in China had reached 230 million by June 2024, highlighting the country's widespread adoption of generative AI-driven upgrades across various industries, a report released Saturday stated. …

SAP confident of new job creation by AI
1 month, 2 weeks ago

SAP confident of new job creation by AI

Live Mint  

German software-maker SAP SE is confident that artificial intelligence will create new jobs even as the rise of the new technology casts a shadow on jobs done by humans. The SAP board’s buoyant remarks on AI contrast with those of Google-parent Alphabet Inc’s chief executive Sundar Pichai, whose comments in the company’s post-earnings conference call with analysts put alarm bells …

Economic Survey | AI casts “huge pall of uncertainty” over jobs
5 months ago

Economic Survey | AI casts “huge pall of uncertainty” over jobs

The Hindu  

The Economic Survey published on Monday warned against the potential challenge that artificial intelligence could present to the Indian economy saying the “advent of the tech casts a huge pall of uncertainty as to its impact on workers across all skill levels – low, semi and high.” The massive changes owing to widespread adoption of AI “will create barriers and …

Our digital age and the exercise and contestation of power
5 months ago

Our digital age and the exercise and contestation of power

Hindustan Times  

Over the last 30 years, digital innovation has been met with vacillating opinions on whether technology is emancipatory or tends to benefit those with political and/or economic power. In the context of innovations in Artificial Intelligence in the early 2020s, this brief tackles the question: In a digital age, what is new in who exercises power over whom? It focuses …

Gen AI is the next wave of tech: Virtusa CTO
6 months ago

Gen AI is the next wave of tech: Virtusa CTO

New Indian Express  

Virtusa Corporation has launched Virtusa Helio, which helps organisations leverage GenAI effectively in their digital transformation initiatives. In an interaction with this newspaper, Ram Meenakshisundaram, chief technology officer at Virtusa Corporation, said Virtusa Helio is a brand for GenAI offerings and services and focuses on practical applications, aiming to deliver real-world solutions that generate tangible business benefits. Virtusa’s research reveals …

Europe Scrambles for Relevance in the Age of AI
6 months ago

Europe Scrambles for Relevance in the Age of AI

Wired  

When a Finn talks to an AI helper like ChatGPT, they often get the sense that something is subtly wrong. Sarlin, founder and CEO of Helsinki-based Silo AI, one of Europe’s largest independent artificial intelligence labs, worries that in the age of ChatGPT, regional social nuances across Europe will start to disappear. As chatbots and large language models mostly derived …

TCS chairman says AI empowers employees, boosts their productivity
6 months, 3 weeks ago

TCS chairman says AI empowers employees, boosts their productivity

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: Artificial Intelligence will empower every employee to perform at a higher level or productivity, Tata Sons chairman N Chandrasekaran said at the group’s IT services arm TCS’ 29th Annual General Meeting held on Friday. Gen AI will not only improve productivity, but also create impact we hitherto have not seen or imagined,” he added. “In the Tata Group, we …

Over 100 million humans globally will engage robocolleagues by 2026: Gartner
7 months, 1 week ago

Over 100 million humans globally will engage robocolleagues by 2026: Gartner

The Hindu  

Over 100 million humans will globally engage robocolleagues to contribute to enterprise work by 2026, forecast Gartner, U.S.-based management consulting and data research firm. According to Gartner Market Databook 2024 released by the firm, by 2025, generative AI will account for 10% of all data produced, up from less than 1% today. According to Gartner Market Databook 2024 made available …

AI users doubled in last six months, now used by 75% of global knowledge workers: Report
7 months, 1 week ago

AI users doubled in last six months, now used by 75% of global knowledge workers: Report

Hindustan Times  

The number of people using AI has nearly doubled in the last six months and around 75 per cent of global knowledge workers are using AI at workplaces, according to "2024 Work Trend Index Annual Report" by Microsoft and LinkedIn. The survey in the report highlights that 90 per cent of AI users stated it helped them save time, 85 …

Big Tech in ‘underground’ race to license archives that will train Artificial Intelligence
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Big Tech in ‘underground’ race to license archives that will train Artificial Intelligence

The Hindu  

At its peak in the early 2000s, Photobucket was the world’s top image-hosting site. CEO Ted Leonard, who runs the 40-strong company out of Edwards, Colorado, said he is in talks with multiple tech companies to license Photobucket’s 13 billion photos and videos to be used to train generative AI models that can produce new content in response to text …

Europe asks Google, Facebook, TikTok and other platforms how they're reducing generative AI risks
9 months, 1 week ago

Europe asks Google, Facebook, TikTok and other platforms how they're reducing generative AI risks

The Hindu  

European Union regulators on Thursday ratcheted up scrutiny of big tech companies including Google, Facebook and TikTok with requests for information on how they're dealing with risks from generative artificial intelligence, such as the viral spread of deepfakes. The European Commission, the EU's executive branch, has sent questionnaires about the ways that eight platforms and search engines — including Microsoft's …

Europe asks Google, Facebook, TikTok and other platforms how they’re reducing generative AI risks
9 months, 1 week ago

Europe asks Google, Facebook, TikTok and other platforms how they’re reducing generative AI risks

Associated Press  

LONDON — European Union regulators on Thursday ratcheted up scrutiny of big tech companies including Google, Facebook and TikTok with requests for information on how they’re dealing with risks from generative artificial intelligence, such as the viral spread of deepfakes. The European Commission, the EU’s executive branch, has sent questionnaires about the ways that eight platforms and search engines — …

What AI will bring in 2024: 4 predictions
11 months, 3 weeks ago

What AI will bring in 2024: 4 predictions

LA Times  

One thing both skeptics and enthusiasts alike can agree on: Artificial intelligence will have a banner year in 2024. “In the next year, we may require AI systems to get a professional license,” said Amy Webb, chief executive of the Future Today Institute, a consulting firm. Bill Burton, former deputy press secretary for the Obama administration, predicted: “The most viewed …

Europe, a laggard in AI, seizes the lead in its regulation
1 year ago

Europe, a laggard in AI, seizes the lead in its regulation

Hindustan Times  

TWO THINGS European lawmakers should get credit for our stamina and an extraordinary tolerance for bad food. Representatives of the EU Parliament, member governments and the European Commission, the bloc’s executive body, spent nearly 40 hours in a dark meeting room in Brussels until the wee hours of December 9th hashing out a deal on the AI Act, Europe’s ground-breaking …

European Union reaches agreement on landmark legislation to regulate AI
1 year ago

European Union reaches agreement on landmark legislation to regulate AI

Al Jazeera  

EU chief Ursula von der Leyen hails AI Act as ‘global first’ that will safeguard rights of people and businesses. A unique legal framework for the development of AI you can trust,” EU chief Ursula von der Leyen said. I welcome today’s political agreement.” Efforts to pass the “AI Act”, which was first proposed by the EU’s executive arm in …

EU sees 'convergence' with Japan on AI
1 year, 2 months ago

EU sees 'convergence' with Japan on AI

The Hindu  

The European Union sees "convergence" with Japan on thinking about generative artificial intelligence, a senior official said on Monday. "I see a lot of convergence in how we look at AI and generative AI," European Commission Vice-President for Values and Transparency Vera Jourova told Reuters in an interview. The EU is at the forefront of regulating the emerging technology with …

As the negotiation phase of Europe’s AI Act begins, both questions and praise pour in
1 year, 5 months ago

As the negotiation phase of Europe’s AI Act begins, both questions and praise pour in

The Hindu  

On June 14, the European Parliament adopted its negotiating position on the draft EU Artificial Intelligence Act, which takes a risk-based approach to regulating AI, going from minimal, limited, and high to unacceptable risk. “The EU AI Act is a bold legislation rooted in fundamental rights that provides citizen-centric protection,” Gaurav Sharma, AI adviser for the German Agency for International …

With new legislation, Europe is leading the world in the push to regulate AI
1 year, 6 months ago

With new legislation, Europe is leading the world in the push to regulate AI

LA Times  

Authorities worldwide are racing to rein in artificial intelligence such as ChatGPT. Lawmakers in Europe signed off Wednesday on the world’s first set of comprehensive rules for artificial intelligence, clearing a key hurdle as authorities across the globe race to rein in AI. That’s what China does, not us,” Dragos Tudorache, a Romanian member of the European Parliament who is …

Is it real or made by AI? Europe wants a label for that as it fights disinformation
1 year, 6 months ago

Is it real or made by AI? Europe wants a label for that as it fights disinformation

Associated Press  

LONDON — The European Union is pushing online platforms like Google and Meta to step up the fight against false information by adding labels to text, photos and other content generated by artificial intelligence, a top official said Monday. EU Commission Vice President Vera Jourova said the ability of a new generation of AI chatbots to create complex content and …

US, Europe working on voluntary AI code of conduct as calls grow for regulation
1 year, 6 months ago

US, Europe working on voluntary AI code of conduct as calls grow for regulation

Associated Press  

LONDON — The United States and Europe are drawing up a voluntary code of conduct for artificial intelligence, a top European Union official said Wednesday, as the developing technology triggers warnings about the risks it poses to humanity and growing calls for regulation. The voluntary code would bridge the gap while the 27-nation EU works on groundbreaking AI rules that …

In global rush to regulate AI, Europe set to be trailblazer
1 year, 7 months ago

In global rush to regulate AI, Europe set to be trailblazer

Associated Press  

LONDON — The breathtaking development of artificial intelligence has dazzled users by composing music, creating images and writing essays, while also raising fears about its implications. “Europe is the first regional bloc to significantly attempt to regulate AI, which is a huge challenge considering the wide range of systems that the broad term ‘AI’ can cover,” said Sarah Chander, senior …

Explained | What is the EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act and how does it plan to rein in tech like ChatGPT?
1 year, 7 months ago

Explained | What is the EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act and how does it plan to rein in tech like ChatGPT?

The Hindu  

The story so far: After intense last-minute negotiations in the past few weeks on how to bring general-purpose artificial intelligence systems like OpenAI’s popular new chatbot ChatGPT under the ambit of regulation, members of the European Parliament reached a preliminary deal this week on a new draft of the European Union’s ambitious Artificial Intelligence Act, first drafted two years ago. …

Boost to global tech sector as ChatGPT spurs AI investment bonanza
1 year, 8 months ago

Boost to global tech sector as ChatGPT spurs AI investment bonanza

The Hindu  

Published : Apr 22, 2023 16:55 IST - 5 MINS READ The artificial intelligence gold rush is truly underway. “We will talk about it in the same way as the internet itself—how it changes everything that we do as a human species.” Foster noted how generative AI is being integrated into tools companies already have, like Microsoft Office, so they …

Why Generative AI is a house divided
1 year, 8 months ago

Why Generative AI is a house divided

Live Mint  

Generative AI has polarized artificial intelligence experts with some calling for a six-month moratorium on building new systems and others arguing against the idea on the grounds that the benefits of AI far outweigh perceived risks. But the exponential progress in generative AI models that are used to create new content appears to have alarmed many, ever since the launch …

Reeling AI in: European Union lawmakers plan to reach common, unified position on draft AI rules
1 year, 10 months ago

Reeling AI in: European Union lawmakers plan to reach common, unified position on draft AI rules

Firstpost  

The EU has been trying to finalise a set of legislation for AI applications, and tech businesses developing AI bots like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Dalle2 and Google’s BardAI. Lawmakers in the European Union plan to come up with a basic set of draft rules for tech companies dealing with artificial intelligence sometime next month. One source of debate is the …

U.S., EU plan AI road map at upcoming trade, technology council meeting
2 years, 1 month ago

U.S., EU plan AI road map at upcoming trade, technology council meeting

The Hindu  

The United States and the European Union plan to release a new artificial intelligence road map that prioritises security and risk management at the next meeting of their joint trade and technology council, a senior U.S. official said on Thursday. Marisa Lago, commerce undersecretary for international trade, told an event hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce that the document …

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