Where can people turn for help with ‘digital addiction’?
Digital addictions are not currently recognised by the NHS or World Health Organization, so where can you turn when the scrolling takes over your life? The BBC has spoken to three people in a 12-step programme for internet addicts. “It was better than going outside, it was better than speaking to Mum and Dad, it […]
How Gen AI will change asset management
The writer is president of Queens’ College, Cambridge, and an adviser to Allianz and Gramercy There is little doubt that generative AI is a massively disruptive innovation that will bring both job destruction and enhancement. The balance between the two is now a hot topic where asset management increasingly finds itself, albeit unwittingly, serving as […]
What’s the difference between AI and regular computing?
Introduction November 30th 2022 is a date permanently etched into the history books. For those unaware of its significance, this was when OpenAI released to the public their free-to-use, large language model chatbot, ChatGPT. By January 2023, it had over 100 million users, making it the fastest-growing consumer software application in history. The release of […]
Green computing: what it is and its benefits
For this reason, the main objective of this trend is to mitigate the environmental impact associated with information and communication technologies (ICT) by minimising the consumption of natural resources, the generation of electronic waste and the emission of greenhouse gases. Introduction to green computing To start with the most basic concepts, it is necessary to understand that […]
11 Small Business Tech Trends Of 2024
As an entrepreneur or small business owner, you may not be at the forefront of developing technology, but tech still plays a vital role in your business’s growth and efficiency. Given how much things have changed in the past year, small business technology trends will only become more important throughout 2024. While new infrastructure like 5G […]
AI Fake News Is Creating A ‘Misinformation Superspreader’
Artificial intelligence is automating the creation of fake news, spurring an explosion of web content mimicking factual articles that instead disseminates false information about elections, wars and natural disasters. Since May, websites hosting AI-created false articles have increased by more than 1,000 percent, ballooning from 49 sites to more than 600, according to NewsGuard, an organization […]
You Won’t Be Able To Ignore AI In 2024
Mickey Mouse would perhaps be the most revealing person to ask about what AI holds in store for 2024. The copyright to the cartoon rodent’s first movie, Steamboat Willie, expired on 1 January and immediately the internet began taking the Mickey: cobbled-together games and videos began to proliferate, worthless NFTs were hastily created. The most attention points went […]
Google DeepMind Solves Unsolvable Math Problem With AI
Recent advances in large language models (LLMs) have made artificial intelligence more adaptable than ever before, but that comes with a drawback: lies. Generative AI tends to make things up, but Google DeepMind has devised a new LLM that sticks to mathematical truths. The company’s FunSearch can solve highly complex math problems. Miraculously, the solutions it generates […]
Supercomputer Mimicking a Brain to Unlock AI Secrets
A supercomputer scheduled to go online in April 2024 will rival the estimated rate of operations in the human brain, according to researchers in Australia. The machine, called DeepSouth, is capable of performing 228 trillion operations per second. It’s the world’s first supercomputer capable of simulating networks of neurons and synapses (key biological structures that make […]
Cloud computing growth is the new benchmark
Microsoft (US:MSFT), Amazon (US:AMZN) and Alphabet (US:GOOGL) may be the market’s darlings, but right now the only thing investors really care about is their cloud computing performance. Microsoft and Alphabet both reported their recent third-quarter results on the same day, and both beat consensus earnings expectations. However, Microsoft’s share price rose 4 per cent and Alphabet’s fell 9 per cent. The […]
