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Generative AI is changing the legal profession – future lawyers need to know how to use it

Generative AI is changing the legal profession – future lawyers need to know how to use it

Generative AI – technology such as ChatGPT that creates content when prompted –...

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How long before quantum computers can benefit society? That’s Google’s US$5 million question

How long before quantum computers can benefit society? That’s Google’s US$5 million question

Google and the XPrize Foundation have launched a competition worth US$5 million...

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AI can help predict whether a patient will respond to specific tuberculosis treatments, paving way for personalized care

AI can help predict whether a patient will respond to specific tuberculosis treatments, paving way for personalized care

Tuberculosis is the world’s deadliest bacterial infection. It afflicted over 10...

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Generative AI could leave users holding the bag for copyright violations

Generative AI could leave users holding the bag for copyright violations

Generative artificial intelligence has been hailed for its potential to transform...

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My search for the mysterious missing secretary who shaped chatbot history

My search for the mysterious missing secretary who shaped chatbot history

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Distinctive Collections archive...

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Cybercriminals are creating their own AI chatbots to support hacking and scam users

Cybercriminals are creating their own AI chatbots to support hacking and scam users

Artificial intelligence (AI) tools aimed at the general public, such as ChatGPT,...

China accelerates development of new quality productive forces

China accelerates development of new quality productive forces

This year, various regions and departments in China have been actively developing...

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Building fairness into AI is crucial – and hard to get right

Building fairness into AI is crucial – and hard to get right

Artificial intelligence’s capacity to process and analyze vast amounts of data has...

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Elon Musk’s brain implant company offers an intriguing glimpse of an internet connecting human minds

Elon Musk’s brain implant company offers an intriguing glimpse of an internet connecting human minds

Elon Musk’s company called Neuralink, launched in 2016, aims to implant a piece...

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Smart rings’ ultra-precise movement tracking takes wearable technology to the next level

Smart rings’ ultra-precise movement tracking takes wearable technology to the next level

There is a lot of hype about smart rings right now – Samsung is due to release a...

China accelerates building of new quality productive forces

China accelerates building of new quality productive forces

China will strive to modernize the industrial system and develop new quality productive...

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Technology to protect South Africa’s oceans: experts find that a data-driven monitoring system is paying off

Technology to protect South Africa’s oceans: experts find that a data-driven monitoring system is paying off

Nine years ago South Africa put in place an innovative information management system...

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Pacemaker powered by light eliminates need for batteries and allows the heart to function more naturally − new research

Pacemaker powered by light eliminates need for batteries and allows the heart to function more naturally − new research

By harnessing light, my colleagues and I designed a wireless, ultrathin pacemaker...

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Ghostbots: AI versions of deceased loved ones could be a serious threat to mental health

Ghostbots: AI versions of deceased loved ones could be a serious threat to mental health

We all experience loss and grief. Imagine, though, that you don’t need to say goodbye...

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Should governments ban TikTok? Can they? A cybersecurity expert explains the risks the app poses and the challenges to blocking it

Should governments ban TikTok? Can they? A cybersecurity expert explains the risks the app poses and the challenges to blocking it

The U.S. House of Representatives voted 352-65 on March 13, 2024, to require TikTok’s...

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What we know so far about the rumoured Apple smart ring

What we know so far about the rumoured Apple smart ring

Samsung officially announced the launch of a new smart ring-shaped wearable device,...

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