Would you trust medical advice generated by artificial intelligence? It’s a question raised by yet more headlines this week proclaiming that AI can diagnose a range of diseases. The implication is often that they’re better, faster, and cheaper than medical professionals. But many of these technologies have well-known problems. They’re trained on limited or biased […]
Monthly Archives: April 2023
Artificial intelligence is infiltrating health care. We shouldn’t let it make all the decisions.
AI is already being used in health care. Some hospitals use the technology to help triage patients. Some use it to aid diagnosis, or to develop treatment plans. But the true extent of AI adoption is unclear, says Sandra Wachter, a professor of technology and regulation at the University of Oxford in the UK. “Sometimes […]
This Nigerian EV entrepreneur hopes to go head to head with Tesla
The first, introduced in 2021, is a 12-seat bus constructed from a number of locally sourced materials. It has a range of 212 kilometers and can be charged in 35 minutes via a solar-powered system integrated into the back. In a recent test run funded by the company, the buses transported 35,000 passengers in Maiduguri […]
Griffin on Tech: AI and copyright – Big Tech wants a free pass to mine data
For all their potential to spit out inaccurate information and even start hallucinating, the likes of ChatGPT and Google Bard are pretty remarkable at stringing together coherent thoughts on nearly any topic you throw at them. But that’s because the companies behind them, OpenAI and Google respectively, have harvested vast amounts of information from the […]
Musk vows to sue as Microsoft drops Twitter from its ad platform
Getty Images reader comments 110 with Share this story The Microsoft Advertising platform will drop support for its Twitter integration starting on April 25, according to a recently updated support page. Microsoft allows advertisers to manage their campaigns, create posts, and view engagement data on multiple social sites via one centralized interface, and they’ll still […]
Google to deploy generative AI to create sophisticated ad campaigns
Enlarge / The integration of its latest generative AI, which also powers its Bard chatbot, means Google will be able to produce far more sophisticated campaigns. reader comments 13 with Share this story Google plans to introduce generative artificial intelligence into its advertising business over the coming months, as Big Tech groups rush to incorporate […]
The Download: recycling batteries, and augmented reality hits stores
Why? The mirrors are part of Snap’s new effort to start offering AR products in the physical world. AR has powered Snapchat filters and Lenses (the company’s term for its in-app AR experiences) for years, but these additional uses of the technology create a potential revenue stream for Snap outside the social media platform’s app. […]
NZ Government is consulting on Procurement
As co-Chair of NZRise I spent 7 years focused on advocacy to reform the New Zealand government procurement system – our quest was to create a level playing field and provide opportunities for New Zealand owned companies. My living and breathing of this topic extended to a joke that if I ever went on Mastermind […]
Rethinking sustainable mobility in a new, digital landscape
Yansong Chen, senior vice president of strategy and technology at Ricardo—an environmental, engineering, and strategic consulting company—says advanced technologies are changing the way the industry looks at its value proposition, at a fundamental level. “They’re also changing the way that the industry perceives its role in interacting with the customer.” Beyond net zero: Data, design, […]
Why your iPhone 17 might come with a recycled battery
The quick uptake of EVs is great news for climate action, but it’s causing a tricky dynamic for battery recyclers. Batteries can last over a decade in a vehicle, and they can be in use for even longer if they end up getting a second life in stationary energy storage. So an EV battery won’t […]