Author: iMaster

Author: iMaster

Schools Ban ChatGPT amid Fears of Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Cheating
02/06/2023 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

U.S. educators are debating the merits and risks of a new, free artificial intelligence tool called ChatGPT, which students are using to write passable high school essays. So far, there isn’t a reliable way to catch cheating. Matt Dibble has the story. …

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Technology Brings Hope to Ukraine’s Wounded
02/06/2023 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

The war in Ukraine has left thousands of wounded soldiers, many of whom require the latest technologies to heal and return to normal life. For VOA, Anna Chernikova visited a rehabilitation center near Kyiv, where cutting edge technology and holistic care are giving soldiers hope. (Myroslava Gongadze contributed to this report. Camera: Eugene Shynkar )        …

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Ransomware Attacks in Europe Target Old VMware, Agencies Say
02/06/2023 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

Cybersecurity agencies in Europe are warning of ransomware attacks exploiting a two-year-old computer bug as Italy experienced widespread internet outages.  The Italian premier’s office said Sunday night the attacks affecting computer systems in the country involved “ransomware already in circulation” in a product made by cloud technology provider VMware.  A Friday technical bulletin from a

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Seeing Is Believing? Global Scramble to Tackle Deepfakes
02/04/2023 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

Chatbots spouting falsehoods, face-swapping apps crafting porn videos, and cloned voices defrauding companies of millions — the scramble is on to rein in AI deepfakes that have become a misinformation super spreader. Artificial Intelligence is redefining the proverb “seeing is believing,” with a deluge of images created out of thin air and people shown mouthing

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Musk Found Not Liable in Tesla Tweet Trial
02/04/2023 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

Jurors on Friday cleared Elon Musk of liability for investors’ losses in a fraud trial over his 2018 tweets falsely claiming that he had funding in place to take Tesla private. The tweets sent the Tesla share price on a rollercoaster ride, and Musk was sued by shareholders who said the tycoon acted recklessly in

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ChatGPT: The Promises, Pitfalls and Panic
02/02/2023 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

Excitement around ChatGPT — an easy to use AI chatbot that can deliver an essay or computer code upon request and within seconds — has sent schools into panic and turned Big Tech green with envy. The potential impact of ChatGPT on society remains complicated and unclear even as its creator Wednesday announced a paid

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Zimbabwe Plans to Build $60 Billion ‘Cyber City’ to Ease Harare Congestion
02/01/2023 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

Zimbabwe plans to build “Zim Cyber City,” a modern capital expected to cost up to $60 billion in raised funds and include new government buildings and a presidential palace. Critics are blasting the plan as wasteful when more than half the population lives in poverty and the government has let the current capital, Harare, fall

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Zimbabwe Plans to Build $60 Billion ‘Cyber City’ to Easy Harare Congestion
02/01/2023 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

Zimbabwe plans to build “Zim Cyber City,” a modern capital expected to cost up to $60 billion in raised funds and include new government buildings and a presidential palace. Critics are blasting the plan as wasteful when more than half the population lives in poverty and the government has let the current capital, Harare, fall

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Boeing Bids Farewell to an Icon, Delivers Last 747 Jumbo Jet
02/01/2023 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

Boeing bid farewell to an icon on Tuesday, delivering its final 747 jumbo jet as thousands of workers who helped build the planes over the past 55 years looked on.  Since its first flight in 1969, the giant yet graceful 747 has served as a cargo plane, a commercial aircraft capable of carrying nearly 500

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Cheaters Beware: ChatGPT Maker Releases AI Detection Tool 
01/31/2023 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

The maker of ChatGPT is trying to curb its reputation as a freewheeling cheating machine with a new tool that can help teachers detect if a student or artificial intelligence wrote that homework. The new AI Text Classifier launched Tuesday by OpenAI follows a weeks-long discussion at schools and colleges over fears that ChatGPT’s ability

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Huawei Latest Target of US Crackdown on China Tech
01/31/2023 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

China says it is “deeply concerned” over reports that the United States is moving to further restrict sales of American technology to Huawei, a tech company that U.S. officials have long singled out as a threat to national security for its alleged support of Beijing’s espionage efforts. As first reported by the Financial Times, the

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As Children in US Study Online, Apps Watch Their Every Move 
01/29/2023 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

For New York teacher Michael Flanagan, the pandemic was a crash course in new technology — rushing out laptops to stay-at-home students and shifting hectic school life online. Students are long back at school, but the technology has lived on, and with it has come a new generation of apps that monitor the pupils online,

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US, EU Launch Agreement on Artificial Intelligence
01/28/2023 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

The United States and European Union announced Friday an agreement to speed up and enhance the use of artificial intelligence to improve agriculture, health care, emergency response, climate forecasting and the electric grid.  A senior U.S. administration official, discussing the initiative shortly before the official announcement, called it the first sweeping AI agreement between the

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US Dismantles Ransomware Network Responsible for More Than $100 Million in Extortion
01/26/2023 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

An international ransomware network that extorted more than $100 million from hundreds of victims around the world has been brought down following a monthslong infiltration by the FBI, the Department of Justice announced Thursday. The group known as Hive targeted more than 1,500 victims, including hospitals, school districts and financial firms in more than 80

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Trump Reinstated to Facebook After 2-Year Ban
01/26/2023 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

Facebook parent Meta is reinstating former President Donald Trump’s personal account after a two-year suspension following the January 6, 2021, insurrection.  The company said in a blog post Wednesday it is adding “new guardrails” to ensure there are no “repeat offenders” who violate its rules.  “In the event that Mr. Trump posts further violating content,

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Olive Pits Fuel Flights in Spain
01/25/2023 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

The war in Ukraine has exposed Europe’s energy dependence on Russia and is spurring the development of new, cleaner-burning biofuels. Spain is emerging as a leader in this effort, with the introduction late last year of airplane fuel made from olive pits. Marcus Harton narrates this report from Alfonso Beato in Seville. …

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Microsoft Reports Outage for Teams, Outlook, Other Services
01/25/2023 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

Microsoft said it’s seeing some improvement to problems with its online services including the Teams messaging platform and Outlook email system after users around the world reported outages Wednesday.  In a status update, the tech company reported “service degradation” for a number of its Microsoft 365 services.  Thousands of users reported problems with Teams, Outlook,

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ChatGPT Bot Passes US Law School Exam
01/25/2023 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

A chatbot powered by reams of data from the internet has passed exams at a U.S. law school after writing essays on topics ranging from constitutional law to taxation and torts. ChatGPT from OpenAI, a U.S. company that this week got a massive injection of cash from Microsoft, uses artificial intelligence (AI) to generate streams

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US, 8 States Sue Google on Digital Ad Business Dominance
01/24/2023 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit against Alphabet’s GOOGL.O Google on Tuesday over allegations that the company abused its dominance of the digital advertising business, according to a court document. “Google has used anticompetitive, exclusionary, and unlawful means to eliminate or severely diminish any threat to its dominance over digital advertising technologies,” the government

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AI Tools Can Create New Images, But Who Is the Real Artist?
01/21/2023 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

Countless artists have taken inspiration from “The Starry Night” since Vincent Van Gogh painted the swirling scene in 1889. Now artificial intelligence systems are doing the same, training themselves on a vast collection of digitized artworks to produce new images you can conjure in seconds from a smartphone app. The images generated by tools such

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Google Parent Company To Lay Off 12,000 Workers Globally
01/20/2023 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

Alphabet Inc., the parent company of tech giant Google, announced Friday it is laying off 12,000 workers across the entire company — cuts reflecting six percent of the company’s total workforce. In an email to employees Friday, Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai said the company saw dramatic growth over the past two years and hired

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FBI Chief Says He’s ‘Deeply Concerned’ by China’s AI Program
01/19/2023 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

FBI Director Christopher Wray said Thursday that he was “deeply concerned” about the Chinese government’s artificial intelligence program, asserting that it was “not constrained by the rule of law.” Speaking during a panel session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Wray said Beijing’s AI ambitions were “built on top of massive troves of

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