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AI and electoral integrity

THE emergence of artificial intelligence brings both promise and peril to the democratic process as Bangladesh prepares for its national and local elections. While artificial intelligence offers tools for efficiency, communication and data management, it also poses threats to electoral integrity, political stability and social trust. Without proactive measures, the...

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Semiconductors costing Nvidia, AMD dearly

US semiconductor giants Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices will pay the United States government 15 per cent of their revenue from selling artificial intelligence chips to China, according to media reports...

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Nasdaq ends at record high

The Nasdaq posted a second straight record Friday as US equities concluded a winning week on an upbeat note amid optimism over artificial intelligence and less uncertainty over trade policy...

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AI gives global stocks a lift, dollar mixed

Investor enthusiasm for artificial intelligence helped lift Wall Street Thursday as Microsoft surfed a tech wave to pass $4 trillion in market value even as traders weighed Federal Reserve rates caution...

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Urgent need for global approach on AI regulation: UN

The world urgently needs to find a global approach on regulating artificial intelligence, the United Nations’ top tech chief said this week, warning that fragmentation could deepen risks and inequalities...

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Use of AI in medical science inevitable: BMU VC

Bangladesh Medical University vice-chancellor Professor Dr Md Shahinul Alam at a seminar in Dhaka on Monday said that the use of artificial intelligence in medical science was inevitable...

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Malaysia clamps down on export, transit

Malaysia clamped down Monday on the export, transshipment and transit of all US-made artificial intelligence chips, seeking to stop illegal trade to countries including China...

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Discussion for making youths prepared for AI challenges

Speakers at a discussion on Saturday urged the government to equip youths with the skills necessary to explore the opportunities offered by Artificial Intelligence as well as tackle the challenges it posed, said a press release...

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Can Kenya attract outsourcing jobs of the AI future?

In a leafy Nairobi suburb, a Kenyan firm helps foreigners track shoplifters, monitor lung damage from Covid-19 and identify whales — tapping into the outsourcing market’s artificial intelligence-boosted boom.

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AI robots fill in for weed killers and farm hands

Oblivious to the punishing midday heat, a wheeled robot powered by the sun and infused with artificial intelligence carefully combs a cotton field in California, plucking out weeds...

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AI robots fill in for weed killers, farm labourers

As US farms face labour shortage and weeds grow resistant to herbicides, startup Aigen says its robot can save farmers money, help the environment and keep harmful chemicals out of food...

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Intelligence before AI

IN A world increasingly driven by artificial intelligence, we find ourselves captivated by machines that emulate what we call ‘intelligence’. But before we marvel at neural nets and language models, we must ask: whose intelligence are we referring to when we use the term? The rise of AI, paradoxically, urges us to reflect not just on technology, but on what...

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The vanishing mind

ONCE the pinnacle of evolutionary achievement, the human brain is now experiencing an unprecedented decline in its cognitive and analytical capabilities. What began as a gradual erosion with the rise of social media has accelerated into a cognitive crisis with the integration of artificial intelligence into our educational systems. Recent ground-breaking research...

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Pope warns of AI risks to young brains

Pope Leo XIV warned on Friday of the potential consequences of artificial intelligence on the intellectual development of young people, saying it could damage their grip on reality.

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Big tech on a quest for ideal AI device

ChatGPT-maker OpenAI has enlisted the legendary designer behind the iPhone to create an irresistible gadget for using generative artificial intelligence or AI...

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Google turns queries into conversations

Google on Friday began letting people turn online searches into conversations, with generative artificial intelligence providing spoken summaries of query results...

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Machines may generate, only people can mean

NOT long ago, artificial intelligence made headlines for what many described as a creative breakthrough. OpenAI’s GPT-4 ranked in the top one per cent on standardised creative thinking assessments — those same tests used to measure human originality and problem-solving. Around the same time, an Artifical Intelligence generated song that mimicked the...

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Tackling AI-generated crimes

AS BANGLADESH moves towards a digitally advanced society, it must prepare to face the growing threat of artificial intelligence-driven crimes. Artificial intelligence can help crime in various ways such as generating deepfake videos, fake audio clips and doctored screenshots, creating convincing phishing messages, automating online scams, hacking into secure...

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Bill Gates says AI key for health, education innovation

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said artificial intelligence will play a key role in unlocking new tools for health, education and agriculture at a meeting with Indonesia’s president on Wednesday...

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VOICE hosts webinar on AI, future of journalism

Speakers at an event on Saturday urged the government to publish an update on the National Artificial Intelligence Policy 2024 and finalise it through a consultative process...

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German industry grapples with AI at trade fair

Artificial intelligence is set to bring sweeping change to modern life, but at an industrial fair in Germany many companies wonder how they fit into the tech revolution.

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Meta's head of AI research stepping down

The head of Meta's artificial intelligence research division said she plans to step down, vacating a high-profile position at a time of intense competition in the development of AI technology...

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Google to buy cybersecurity company Wiz for $32b

Google said Tuesday it will acquire cloud security platform Wiz for $32 billion, citing the need for greater cybersecurity capacity as artificial intelligence embeds itself in technology infrastructure...