In an effort to retain professional users and gain an advantage against rival X, formerly Twitter, Meta Platforms announced on Tuesday that it was launching the web version of its new text-first social networking platform Threads. According to th ...
Robot Sophia: ‘Not a thing’ could stop a robot takeover
One of the world’s most advanced human-like robots discusses whether AI will outsmart humans. As AI-driven robots become more intelligent and more autonomous, could they also become powerful or harmful? The robot named Sophia was created in 20 ...
Thailand threatens to ‘close Facebook’ over alleged scams
Thailand's government plans to ask a court to close Meta's Facebook in Southeast Asia's second-largest economy if it fails to take action over scams that have affected more than 200,000 people, the country's digital minister said Monday. Talking ...
WhatsApp likely to introduce new text formatting tools
WhatsApp, the Meta-owned messaging platform, is developing new text formatting tools, which will provide users with more ways of presenting a particular text. Back in 2016, WhatsApp introduced formatting tools like bold, italics, and strikethroug ...
AI-run influence campaigns on rise amid limited impact:
A US cybersecurity company Mandiant warned Thursday in its research of the increasing use of artificial intelligence (AI) technology employed for manipulative information campaigns online, prevalent in the past several years, however, it also noted ...
ChatGPT Tests Into Top 1% for Original Creative Thinking
Recent findings from the University of Montana and partners indicate that artificial intelligence can rival the creative abilities of the top 1% of human participants based on a standard test for creativity. Led by Dr. Erik Guzik, an as ...
The United Kingdom is set to host an AI safety summit
A summit on the safety of artificial intelligence will be hosted by the UK government in early November. The UK government is set to host an AI Safety Summit in November, inviting ‘like-minded’ countries to address global threats to democracy pos ...
AI use rising in influence campaigns online, but impact limited
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Google-owned U.S. cybersecurity firm Mandiant said on Thursday it had seen increasing use of artificial intelligence (AI) to conduct manipulative information campaigns online in recent years, though the technology's ...
Microsoft rolls out 90 updates for Windows, Office
Microsoft released 90 updates for the Windows and Office platforms this week along with another update for Microsoft Exchange — paired with a warning about failed updates to Exchange Server 2016 and 2019. With its August Patch Tuesday release, Mi ...
Study Finds ChatGPT Is Incorrect for Over Half of Software Questions
A study suggests that while ChatGPT offers convenient conversational answers, it may not be suitable for software engineering prompts due to its convenience. A new study by Purdue University shows that ChatGPT answers less than half of software e ...









