Day: May 5, 2023

By Ian Krietzberg New technologies poised to boost productivity more than replace jobs, analyst argues. Artificial intelligence is that one big story right now. It’s cropping up in tons of headlines, and it always seems to be associated with a risk of now or future job loss as the new technology — launched so effectively withOpenAI’s ChatGPT — continues to prove and upgrade its ability to research, write and bring a lot of potential efficiency to the workplace. IBM’s CEO said Monday that the company will pause hiring for jobs that could be accomplished by AI, and suggested that nearly 8,000… Read More “ChatGPT Might Not Threaten Your Job as Much as the Hype Suggests It Will”

By Bret Kenwell AMD stock was out of favor after earnings, but investors are piling in on news it’s working with Microsoft on its next series of AI chips. Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) – Get Free Report on Wednesday fell 9.2% after the semiconductor stalwart reported earnings. A day later, the shares rebounded 6% — and at one point during the session they’d rallied more than 12%. It wasn’t just a rebound following an initial earnings-fueled decline. Instead, a headline hit at midday, saying that AMD and Microsoft (MSFT) – Get Free Report were partnering to build chips for AI projects. Don’t Mi… Read More “AMD and Microsoft Team Up to Fuel AI Ambitions. Time to Buy?”

By jariyawat thinsandee / Getty Images Artificial intelligence has many uses, some of which can be malicious. Hackers could be tempted to use ChatGPT or other such tools to crack passwords and thereby illegally access personal data that is supposedly protected. Artificial intelligence has many uses, some of which can be malicious. Hackers could be tempted to use ChatGPT or other such tools to crack passwords and thereby illegally access personal data that is supposedly protected. Hackers often spare no effort in coming up with new ways to achieve their duplicitous ends and some could very well… Read More “Can AI be used by hackers to crack passwords?”

By Martin Coulter LONDON (Reuters) – Artificial intelligence could pose a “more urgent” threat to humanity than climate change, AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton told Reuters in an interview on Friday. Geoffrey Hinton, widely known as one of the “godfathers of AI”, recently announced he had quit Alphabet after a decade at the firm, saying he wanted to speak out on the risks of the technology without it affecting his former employer. Hinton’s work is considered essential to the development of contemporary AI systems. In 1986, he co-authored the seminal paper “Learning representations by back-propagati… Read More “AI pioneer says its threat to may be ‘more urgent’ than climate change”

By Martin Coulter LONDON (Reuters) – Artificial intelligence could pose a “more urgent” threat to humanity than climate change, AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton told Reuters in an interview on Friday. Geoffrey Hinton, widely known as one of the “godfathers of AI”, recently announced he had quit Alphabet after a decade at the firm, saying he wanted to speak out on the risks of the technology without it affecting his former employer. Hinton’s work is considered essential to the development of contemporary AI systems. In 1986, he co-authored the seminal paper “Learning representations by back-propagati… Read More “AI pioneer says its threat to may be ‘more urgent’ than climate change”

Learning that there’s racism within Fox News is like Captain Renault In Casablanca discovering there’s gambling at Rick’s. “I’m shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on here!” Newly revealed racist text from Tucker Carlson to a Fox News producer reportedly “alarmed” the Fox board when they first heard of it. Really? Alarmed? Shocked that there’s gambling here? Please. What they were probably alarmed about was that it was discovered and would be entered into evidence by Dominion Voting Systems. The text contributed to two things: The $787.5 million settlement with Dominion and Tucker’… Read More “SCABBING WITH TUCKER (CARTOONS, COLUMN, AND VIDEO)”

Two ways the RESTRICT Act could limit your personal freedoms… This common tool could make you a criminal… Big tech is under threat… Here’s the solution… Introduction To The Restrict Act1. I’ve received lots of emails from RiskHedge readers about the warning I issued this month… In short:The US government is trying to pass a bill that would take away your right to privacy in your own home… It’s called the RESTRICT Act. And it’s already under review in Congress. Politicians are promoting this bill as a way to prevent China and other foreign adversaries from spying on you through apps like TikTok… Read More “The Restrict Act: Thank You For Taking My Warning Seriously… Here’s Part 2”