Machine learning & AI

UN rights chief warns over generative AI

The UN on Monday warned that generative AI could become "a modern-day Frankenstein's monster," with human rights the first casualty, as powerful tech giants unleash the technology on the world.

Internet

Don't expect AI to disrupt Google's monopoly on search

In a recent episode of the podcast "Acquired," venture capitalists and hosts Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal argued that the horrible roll-out of Google's Bard AI chatbot in February 2023—which led the company's stock to ...

Energy & Green Tech

Clean energy found in old coal mines

Cumberland, B.C. was built on coal mining—both literally and practically. Thousands of workers were employed and millions of tons of coal were exported over 80 years before the mines were shuttered, leaving deep holes in ...

Hi Tech & Innovation

Takeoff of China's flying taxis hits turbulence

An unmanned, oval-shaped craft from flying taxi maker EHang hovers, whirring noisily like a mini-helicopter over a riverside innovation zone on the outskirts of the southern Chinese business hub of Guangzhou, part of a trial ...

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