Singapore’s economy grew six percent year-on-year in the first quarter as demand skyrockets for artificial intelligence chips, balancing the fallout from the Middle East war, the government said Monday. As a major electronics hub, the city-state has seen a significant increase in the production of memory chips and server components...
Racial bias in AI: Officers questioned father in watch theft probe after he was wrongly identified by facial recognition technology
Three years ago in Detroit, Robert Williams arrived home from work to find the police waiting at his front door, ready to arrest him for a crime he hadn't committed. Facial recognition technology used by officers had mistaken Williams for a suspect who had stolen thousands of dollars worth of...
Demand for AI helps Microsoft outperform financial expectations
Microsoft has beaten Wall Street expectations, posting better than expected revenues as its cloud computing and office software business grew amid increasing demand for artificial intelligence (AI). Revenue rose to $56.2bn in the fourth quarter, the three months up to the end of June - up 8% on the same...