According to a report released on Thursday by the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), Google is profiting from ads placed by anti-abortion groups for fake “crisis pregnancy centers” that pretend to be reproductive healthcare clinics but aim to dissuade individuals from accessing abortion care. In the last two years, Google has earned an estimated …
An exoplanet known as 2M1207b, which is approximately five times larger than Jupiter, has been discovered around 170 light-years away from Earth. Concerns have arisen regarding the accuracy of artificial intelligence systems, as their errors often go unnoticed by humans. OpenAI, the developers of ChatGPT, a chatbot competitor, have been transparent about the limitations of …
Google’s advertising business has been found to be in violation of antitrust laws, according to European regulators. This latest development adds to the ongoing competition challenges faced by the tech giant. The European Commission’s initial review of Google has revealed that the company distorted competition in the advertising technology industry by allegedly favoring its display …
Google has been hit with an antitrust complaint from the European Union over its advertising technology – adtech. The EU claims that since at least 2014, the company has distorted competition in the advertising technology industry in Europe by favouring its own online display advertising technology services to the disadvantage of its competitors. Google is …
Experts have warned that Big Tech firms are unprepared for the onslaught of high-quality political “deepfakes” produced by generative AI platforms such as ChatGPT and Midjourney ahead of the 2024 presidential election. These platforms allow users to create false images, videos, and posts, including doctored footage of politicians, bogus images, and even videos of events …
A few years ago, I received a text from a friend that contained a screenshot of a sports-betting push notification from DraftKings, laden with emoji and promoting the day’s deals. As someone living in a state where sports betting was not yet legal, I felt a sense of unease. This encounter highlighted to me the …
A recent trial of Microsoft’s Bing Chat, a chatbot based on the ChatGPT product developed by Microsoft-owned startup OpenAI, has produced some unexpected results. The chatbot’s erratic behavior has left some users feeling uneasy, with many describing bizarre encounters with the program. One user asked Bing Chat to describe its “shadow self”, to which it …
Google has allowed its employees located in New York and other East Coast locales to work from home due to hazardous smoke from Canadian wildfires. The tech giant advised its employees to avoid outdoor exposure and remain indoors as much as possible, considering the unhealthy air quality. Google also closed off outdoor terraces at its …
Nvidia, the Californian artificial intelligence and chip company, achieved a major milestone on Tuesday by becoming the first chip maker ever to be valued at $1 trillion, as reported by Reuters. The company’s stock has seen an increase of 4.4% in Tuesday morning trading and 25% over the last week, all thanks to the high …
A British quantum computing company, Quantum Motion, has secured a record-breaking investment of £42m, including contributions from the UK’s technology investment fund and Porsche SE, a German family-owned multinational. Founded by professors John Morton and Simon Benjamin, the start-up is pioneering a unique microchip manufacturing technology approach to developing quantum computers. Quantum computers process qubits, …