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Microsoft Unveils $15.2 Billion AI Investments in UAE

This is Beirut, 03/11 21:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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US tech giant Microsoft on Monday announced $15.2 billion in investments in artificial intelligence and cloud computing in the United Arab Emirates. Microsoft's vice chairman and president Brad Smith said Microsoft had invested $7.3 billion in the Gulf country since 2023 and would spend $7.9 billion more by the end of 2029. The deal sent US ...

OpenAI Signs $38 Billion Infrastructure Deal with Cloud Giant AWS

This is Beirut, 03/11 17:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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ChatGPT-maker OpenAI signed a $38 billion deal Monday with Amazon's AWS cloud computing arm, as the artificial intelligence company continues on a major partnership spree that has also included Oracle, Broadcom, AMD, and chip-making juggernaut Nvidia. Under the seven-year agreement, OpenAI, which is partly owned by AWS's archrival Microsoft, will ...

Nvidia, 1st Company to Top $5 Trillion in Market Value

This is Beirut, 30/10 11:20 - Reading : less than a minute

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Artificial intelligence (AI) continues to push the limits – literally. On Wednesday, Nvidia became the first company in the world to surpass $5 trillion in market capitalization, a historical record cementing its dominance in the semiconductor industry. Once a simple graphics card manufacturer, Nvidia has become a cornerstone of the AI ...

James Bond 2.0: Can Artificial Intelligence Upstage 007?

Bélinda Ibrahim, 18/10 19:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The announcement of the next James Bond, now in the hands of Denis Villeneuve and screenwriter Steven Knight, reignites a familiar question: What role will technology play in 007’s world? After the Daniel Craig era, defined by gritty realism, should we expect a flood of AI-powered gadgets or a return to high-tech restraint? Official statements ...

Is ChatGPT Doomed to Hallucinate in Order to Survive?

Bélinda Ibrahim, 08/10 11:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

ChatGPT AI Artificial Intelligence Science World Hallucinate

Like other generative models, ChatGPT revolutionized our relationship with information while continuing to deliver confident factual errors. OpenAI, the company behind the famous chatbot, published a new study that doesn’t dispel doubts but instead reveals how deeply the problem is rooted in the system’s design. These so-called hallucinations ...

Tablecoin: When Human Intelligence Becomes a Currency

Christiane Tager, 22/07 10:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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As technological advances accelerate, Washington has just passed two landmark pieces of legislation: the country’s first national framework for stablecoins and the ambitious Genius Act. The aim? To regulate digital assets while safeguarding human intellectual contribution in an increasingly automated world. What Is the Genius Act? Recently ...

When AI Develops an Attitude of Its Own

Lyne Sammouri, 06/07 16:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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You ask your AI assistant or chatbot to do something, and instead of just doing what you told it to do, it dodges your request, deceives you or backtalks like a stubborn taxi driver who refuses to put the meter on. It might find an exception, or even lie to get what it's trying to do. Frustrating, isn't it? This might have surprised you. But in ...

When Students Stop Thinking: The Hidden Cost of AI-Written Essays

This is Beirut, 02/07 10:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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When Jocelyn Leitzinger had her university students write about times in their lives they had witnessed discrimination, she noticed that a woman named Sally was the victim in many of the stories. "It was very clear that ChatGPT had decided this is a common woman's name," said Leitzinger, who teaches an undergraduate class on business and society ...

Buying Brains: Meta’s $100M Bonuses Spark AI Talent War

This is Beirut, 30/06 12:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Mark Zuckerberg and Meta are spending billions of dollars for top talent to make up ground in the generative artificial intelligence race, sparking doubt about the wisdom of the spree. OpenAI boss Sam Altman recently lamented that Meta has offered $100 million bonuses to engineers who jump to Zuckerberg's ship, where hefty salaries await. A few ...

With Gibberlink, AIs Talk to Each Other and Keep Us Out

Bélinda Ibrahim, 19/06 12:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

AI Artificial Intelligence Gibberlink Coded Language Communication

A video posted by AI Convo, a popular creator on YouTube, has captivated millions and sent ripples through the tech world. In the clip, three AIs, designed to simulate a natural conversation around booking a hotel, initially speak fluid, human-like English. But suddenly, everything shifts: once they recognize each other as artificial agents, they ...

ChatGPT Suffers Major Outage, Service Disrupted for Hours

This is Beirut, 10/06 16:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Thousands of ChatGPT users nationwide faced difficulties accessing the app on Tuesday morning and turned to social media for answers. OpenAI confirmed the platform was experiencing issues and, after six hours of investigation, stated, “We have identified the root cause of the elevated errors and latency.” OpenAI acknowledged the issue, citing ...

Global Cybercrime Losses Hit $9.5 Trillion in 2024

This is Beirut, 09/06 15:15 - Reading : less than a minute

Artificial Intelligence Cost of Data Breaches SoSafe

The global cost of cyberattacks soared to an estimated $9.5 trillion in 2024, underscoring an alarming rise in digital threats facing businesses, governments and critical infrastructure, according to a new report by cybersecurity firm BD Emerson. IBM’s annual Cost of Data Breaches report revealed that the average data breach cost surged to ...

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