By Lillian Barnard, President of Microsoft Africa (www.Microsoft.com). It’s difficult to imagine a time before the widespread adoption of mobile technology in Africa – particularly where financial services are concerned. For millions of unbanked people, transactions were limited to cash, postal services or even the barter system. Now, in much the same way as mobile…

Narain Batra, under the auspices of the Osher Institute at Dartmouth, will deliver a public lecture, “Superintelligence: Why We Need It” on May 24. He lives in Hartford, Vermont. A few years ago, I was on a return flight from New Delhi to Paris and New York, when the chief flight attendant suddenly broke up…

Avatars are addressing voters by name, in whichever of India’s many languages they speak. Experts see potential for misuse in a country already rife with disinformation. For a glimpse of where artificial intelligence is headed in election campaigns, look to India, the world’s largest democracy, as it starts heading to the polls on Friday. An…

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC), the dominant producer of advanced chips used in artificial intelligence applications, is expected to report a 5 per cent rise in first-quarter profit on Thursday thanks to strong demand. The world’s largest contract chip maker, whose customers include Apple and Nvidia, has benefited from a surge towards AI that has…

From bis.org Many believe artificial intelligence (AI) will be the next general-purpose technology that will boost productivity growth. Indeed, AI adoption is already happening at breathtaking speed – in virtually all countries and industries. While AI is poised to have a profound impact on the economy, relatively little is known about its impact on employment…

An uncivil war over the ‘Civil War!’ An advertisement generated by Artificial Intelligence has created controversy for several reasons. According to ‘The Hollywood Reporter’, in an advertisement campaign launched on Instagram, many landmark buildings have been shown as destroyed in the war. It shows a shattered Las Vegas Sphere, wreckage in Miami, and refugee boats…

Vardaan Ahluwalia, Aman Gupta and Sumedha Kalra, share their experience of onboarding a custom-built AI system Imagine you are negotiating a complex JV proposal back in the 1980s. The deal has a lot of contentious points and, naturally, involves significant back and forth on the commercials and then drafting to capture the commercial intent. Any…

AI now beats humans at some basic tasks, report finds – CBS News Watch CBS News Artificial intelligence has become so advanced it has now surpassed human performance in several basic tasks, according to a new report from Stanford University’s Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence. Russell Wald, deputy director of the institute, joins CBS News…

Dublin, April 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The “Artificial Intelligence in Regtech Global Market Report 2024” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. The artificial intelligence in regtech market size has grown exponentially in recent years. It will grow from $1.37 billion in 2023 to $1.89 billion in 2024 at a compound annual growth rate…