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Google and Microsoft Warn That AI May Do Dumb Things

Google and Microsoft Warn That AI May Do Dumb Things

Google CEO Sundar Pichai brought good tidings to investors on parent company Alphabet’s earnings call last week. Alphabet reported $39.3 billion in revenue last quarter, up 22 percent from a year earlier. Read full Article

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Study: AI Fears Diminish, But People Seek More Help Reskilling

Study: AI Fears Diminish, But People Seek More Help Reskilling

Citizens in developed countries are not terribly frightened that artificial intelligence and robots will take their jobs. But they do realize AI is coming, and want more help updating their skills. Read full Article

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The future of artificial intelligence depends on human wisdom

The future of artificial intelligence depends on human wisdom

Artificial intelligence, the capacity of a machine to imitate intelligent human behavior, now exists as a significant feature in our lives and is increasing rapidly in scale and scope. Read full Article

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Who Will Teach Silicon Valley To Be Ethical?

Who Will Teach Silicon Valley To Be Ethical?

Some think chief ethics officers could help technology companies navigate political and social questions. Ms. Swisher covers technology and is a contributing opinion writer. Read full Article

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Here are the ​10 top tech trends you need to understand right now

Here are the ​10 top tech trends you need to understand right now

Tech analyst firm Gartner has compiled a list of the top ten strategic technology trends that organisations need to explore in 2019. Read full Article

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The disturbing consequences of ultra-connectivity

The disturbing consequences of ultra-connectivity

Smartphones and mobile devices have given each of us a ‘second brain,’ allowing us to navigate new cities without getting lost and speak fluently in different languages. Read full Article

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The Tech ‘Regrets’ Industry

The Tech ‘Regrets’ Industry

Silicon Valley has lost some of its shine in recent months, what with the “fake news” and the bots and the hacks and the hate speech. All the promises about the democratization of information and power ring a little hollow these days. I’d say they rang a little hollow all along. Read full Article

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Kill the tech bro, save the world: how CEOs became Hollywood’s new supervillains

Kill the tech bro, save the world: how CEOs became Hollywood’s new supervillains

Hollywood has a history of drawing on collective fears. The dawn of the atomic age saw a boom in world-ending disasters, James Bond battled Russians all throughout the cold war, and the post-9/11 era saw a grimly predictable rise in Arab and Muslim bad-guys. Read full Article

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