How Microsoft’s AI chatbot ‘hallucinates’ election information

Dec15
by on December 15, 2023 at 12:43 pm
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The upcoming year will be a busy one for democracy. Major elections will take place in the US, the EU, and Taiwan, among others. Just as the rollout of generative AI era is gathering pace in earnest — something some fear could prove detrimental to the democratic process. One of the main concerns about generative AI is that it could be used for the malicious spread of disinformation, or that models can make up false statements presenting them as fact, so-called hallucinations. A study from two European NGOs has found that Microsoft’s chatbot — Bing AI (running on OpenAI’s GPT-4)…

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Meta’s Threads app finally launches in the EU

Dec15
by on December 15, 2023 at 12:26 pm
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After a five-month wait, Meta’s latest social media app Threads is now available to people living in the European Union.  “Today we’re opening Threads to more countries in Europe. Welcome everyone,” wrote Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg on the platform. Threads is Mark Zuckerberg’s answer to X, formerly Twitter, which has been steadily loosing users since Elon Musk took over last year.  The social media app, which can only be accessed through Instagram, basically piggybacked off the many controversies at X. The short-text platform works in much the same way as its competitor. From the home section you can interact with…

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Pope Francis: How we deploy AI will be ‘true measure of our humanity’

Dec14
by on December 14, 2023 at 4:44 pm
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Word of the year indeed — it seems even the Catholic Church can’t stop talking about AI. The events unfolding in the Middle East and the continued war in Ukraine has made the well-worn Christmas wish “peace on earth” even more acutely felt than normal (whatever that is). However, that the Pope would throw AI into the mix might have been a little less expected.  The Pope’s message for the World Day of Peace (January 1) is titled “Artificial Intelligence and Peace”. While he expresses cautious optimism when it comes to the technology, he also relays concern that in our…

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EIC opens €1.2B funding for strategic technologies in 2024

Dec13
by on December 13, 2023 at 4:28 pm
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The newly-adopted 2024 work programme of the European Innovation Council (EIC) is opening over €1.2bn in funding opportunities, mainly targeting deep tech startups and SMEs. Under the new scheme, the EIC Fund will receive a capital injection of €585mn to invest in EIC selected companies, leveraging over €2 billion in new investments. The majority of the funding addresses all fields of technology, but €420mn is dedicated to startups and SMEs developing tech for strategic industries, including Generative AI, space, critical raw materials, semiconductors, and quantum. This is in line the bloc’s initiatives such as the Chips Act, the Net Zero…

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Solving the SME cash flow crisis: It’s time for late payments to end

Dec12
by on December 12, 2023 at 5:06 pm
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In the intricate web of business activity in the UK, the relationship between large corporations and SMEs plays a pivotal role in shaping the economic landscape. With SMEs accounting for 99.9% of the UK business population, their importance and contribution to the economy is crucial. Despite this, 2023 has seen the largest net decrease of small businesses on record. The UK government has announced plans to introduce new measures to support SMEs, it’s now time for major corporations to play their part. As businesses continue to struggle against the backdrop of the cost of living crisis, cash flow issues have become a major concern. With…

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