In Davos, AI excitement persists but fears over managing risks Walking around in Davos where the global elites gathered for the World Economic Forum this week, there were two inescapable words on the windows: artificial intelligence. If 2023 was the year everyone including investors and politicians were feverishly excited about AI, 2024 looks set to be a more sober year ...
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Companies rush for cyber insurance on data laws, digitization
Companies rush for cyber insurance on data laws, digitization Insurance is generally difficult to sell, but for a product like cyber insurance, the coin has flipped. The market is at a point where demand is growing fast and insurance companies might not be prepared to meet it yet, say industry insiders. Multiple insurance brokers ET spoke to said that over ...
Read More »China issues draft guidelines for standardizing AI industry
China issues draft guidelines for standardizing AI industry China’s industry ministry on Wednesday issued draft guidelines for standardizing the artificial intelligence (AI) industry, it said in a statement posted on the ministry’s website. The draft proposes to form more than 50 national and industry-wide standards for AI by 2026. It also said China aimed to participate in forming more than ...
Read More »RBI releases draft framework for recognising FinTech SROs
RBI releases draft framework for recognising FinTech SROs The Reserve Bank of India on Monday released a ‘draft framework for recognising Self-Regulatory Organisations (SRO) for FinTech Sector’, stating the characteristics of a FinTech SRO, including the required functions and governance standards. RBI stated that self-regulation within the FinTech sector is a preferred approach for achieving the desired balance. According to ...
Read More »Tech firm Baidu denies report that its Ernie AI chatbot is linked to Chinese military research
Tech firm Baidu denies report that its Ernie AI chatbot is linked to Chinese military research Technology company Baidu on Monday refuted a newspaper report that said its artificial intelligence chatbot Ernie was linked to Chinese military research. Hong Kong newspaper South China Morning Post on Friday cited an academic paper from a university affiliated with the People’s Liberation Army ...
Read More »Musk wants 25% voting control at Tesla before fulfilling AI goal
Musk wants 25% voting control at Tesla before fulfilling AI goal Elon Musk, CEO, Tesla Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Monday he would be uncomfortable growing the automaker to be a leader in artificial intelligence and robotics without having at least 25% voting control of the company, nearly double his current stake. Musk said in a post on social ...
Read More »AI and climate change threaten nearly half the world’s businesses
AI and climate change threaten nearly half the world’s businesses Almost half of global chief executives said their business models won’t be viable within a decade due to the pace of technological advances such as AI and climate pressures, according to a survey. PricewaterhouseCoopers’ poll of 4,702 company leaders around the world found that 45% said their businesses could fail ...
Read More »AI likely to weaken global economy in 2024: Chief economists
AI likely to weaken global economy in 2024: Chief economists More than 50% of global chief economists expect the world economy to weaken in 2024, as it grapples with tight financial conditions, geopolitical tension and rapid advances in generative artificial intelligence (AI). The Chief Economists Outlook released by the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Monday said about 70% of the ...
Read More »Kyivstar may need weeks to restore all services after cyber attack: CEO
Kyivstar may need weeks to restore all services after cyber attack: CEO Ukraine’s biggest mobile operator Kyivstar may need several weeks to reinstate all its services after a massive cyber attack, though major services could be restored by the end of this week, the company’s CEO Oleksandr Komarov said on Thursday. Tuesday’s attack on Kyivstar, which counts more than half ...
Read More »Austrian activist Schrems broadens Meta privacy complaint
Austrian activist Schrems broadens Meta privacy complaint Privacy activist Max Schrems’ advocacy group Noyb on Thursday expanded its complaint about Meta Platforms’ paid no-ads subscription service as it urged Austrian authorities to investigate the difficulty users face in seeking to avoid being tracked. In November, Noyb had told the Austrian Data Protection Authority that Meta’s no-ads subscription service launched in ...
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