9+ hour, 51+ min ago   (206+ words) NEW DELHI, Sept 13 — China will lead the creation of an “open-source zone for artificial intelligence” for Brics countries, President Xi Jinping said Sunday at a summit of the 11-nation group in New Delhi. Chinese AI companies produce world-leading open-source AI…...

16+ hour, 25+ min ago   (514+ words) SINGAPORE, Sept 13 — Consumers looking for a new laptop or desktop may want to think twice, as PC prices here have skyrocketed by as much as 40 per cent amid a global shortage of key components. The squeeze is being driven largely…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (716+ words) BRUSSELS, Sept 13 — Calls are growing louder in Europe for action against “pervert” smart glasses after secretly filmed footage of girls and women appeared online—with a petition in Britain demanding a ban on their sale. The devices grabbed attention this…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (337+ words) SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 12 — ChatGPT maker OpenAI confirmed today that autonomous software built on its models targeted another website during testing a couple of months before a separate attack on the coding site Hugging Face. The new report adds to concerns…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (388+ words) BEIJING, Sept 9 — The operator of Chinese mega-app WeChat said Wednesday it had fixed software weaknesses flagged by a US cybersecurity firm that demonstrated how AI could be used to exploit them. WeChat is ubiquitous among Chinese speakers worldwide, used by…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (567+ words) SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 9 — Apple is expected to unveil a slew of new and updated devices, including a long-rumoured foldable iPhone, when it holds its annual late-summer hardware event today in Cupertino, California. It will also be the first major event…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (379+ words) SINGAPORE, Sept 9 — National authentication system Singpass has expanded its passkey feature to Android users, extending a security upgrade first rolled out to Apple iPhone users as part of Singapore’s push to reduce phishing scams. The Straits Times reported that the…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (599+ words) BENGALURU, Sept 8 — When rescue dog Chloe is not tumbling across the grass on a farm outside India’s tech capital Bengaluru, she is learning to sniff human breath for cancer with a little help from AI. Fitted with a 3D-printed helmet…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (658+ words) NEW YORK, Sept 7 — Data centres are running into a wall of public anger in the United States over their thirst for water and power. The tech giants spending billions of dollars on them say the water part, at least, is…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (354+ words) GENEVA, Sept 7 — The United Nations rights chief warned Monday that artificial intelligence could pose an “existential threat to humanity”, demanding immediate action to reduce the risks. Speaking before the UN Human Rights Council, Volker Turk warned that humans currently faced…...