Why are experts worried about Microsoft’s billion dollar bet in OpenAI’s AGI pipe dream?
Microsoft has invested $1 billion in OpenAI with the goal of building next-generation supercomputers and a platform within Microsoft Azure which will scale to...
Why Intel is betting on BFLOAT16 to be a game changer for deep learning...
A group of researchers from Intel Labs and Facebook have published a paper titled, “A Study of BFLOAT16 for Deep Learning Training”. The paper...
#TechWontBuildIt: Entropic maintainer calls for a ban on Palantir employees contributing to the project...
The tech industry is being plagued by moral and ethical issues as top players are increasingly becoming explicit about prioritizing profits over people or...
How bad is the gender diversity crisis in AI research? Study analysing 1.5million arxiv...
Yesterday the team at Nesta organization, an innovation firm based out of UK published a research on gender diversity in the AI research workforce....
Elon Musk’s Neuralink unveils a “sewing machine-like” robot to control computers via the brain
After two years of being super-secretive about their work, Neuralink, Elon’s Musk’s neurotechnology company, has finally presented their progress in brain-computer interface technology. The...
Amazon’s partnership with NHS to make Alexa offer medical advice raises privacy concerns and...
Virtual assistants like Alexa and smart speakers are being increasingly used in today’s time because of the convenience they come packaged with. It is...
British Airways set to face a record-breaking fine of £183m by the ICO over...
UK’s watchdog ICO is all set to fine British Airways more than £183m over a customer data breach. In September last year, British Airways...
“I’m concerned about Libra’s model for decentralization”, says co-founder of Chainspace, Facebook’s blockchain acquisition
In February, Facebook made its debut into the blockchain space by acquiring Chainspace, a London-based, Gibraltar-registered blockchain venture. Chainspace was a small start-up founded...
A new study reveals how shopping websites use ‘dark patterns’ to deceive you into...
A new study by researchers from Princeton University and the University of Chicago suggests that shopping websites are abundant with dark patterns that rely...
Google rejects all 13 shareholder proposals at its annual meeting, despite protesting workers
Yesterday at Google’s annual shareholder meeting, Alphabet, Google’s parent company, faced 13 independent stockholder proposals ranging from sexual harassment and diversity, to the company's...