Fears groundbreaking technology could crack all existing forms of encryption More than a decade ago, Chinese physicist Pan Jian-Wei returned home from Europe to help oversee research into some of the most important technology of the 21st century. At a conference in Shanghai this summer, Mr Pan and his team ... Read More »
The Washington Post By Helaine Olen Opinion writer One morning about three weeks ago, at 5:45 a.m., the robocallers came for me. My cellphone rang. And rang. It hasn’t stopped. The calls claim to come from all over the world. Sometimes they ring once, and stop. Sometimes twice. Rarely more ... Read More »
Prepared by: Rima Abd El Samad Ministry of Information Lebanese Directorate of Studies and Publications Overview The 1st Public Health Policy and Management (PHPM) Program under the International Public Health Management Development was organized by the Department of Community Medicine & School of Public Health – Post Graduate Institute of ... Read More »
City of Chengdu unveils plans to replace streetlights with a satellite that boosts glow of real moon China is planning to launch its own “artificial moon” by the year 2020, it has been reported. The city of Chengdu has unveiled plans to replace the city’s streetlights with a satellite that ... Read More »
Even with all of its problems, AI is a step up from the notoriously biased recruiting process. Artificial intelligence promises to make hiring an unbiased utopia. There’s certainly plenty of room for improvement. Employee referrals, a process that tends to leave underrepresented groups out, still make up a bulk of ... Read More »
Humans’ time may have run out and artificial intelligence could be about to take our place on Earth, according to James Lovelock. The leading environmental thinker, who became famous for Gaia theory and is soon to turn 100, said that the Earth was in dire trouble and could soon experience ... Read More »
Emperor’s 2019 exit will be first era change of information age, and switchover could be as big as Y2K say industry figures On 30 April 2019, Emperor Akihito of Japan is expected to abdicate the chrysanthemum throne. The decision was announced in December 2017 so as to ensure an orderly ... Read More »
Much of the media coverage of artificial intelligence (AI) has been focusing, rightly so, on the fantastic new possibilities enabled by empowered, human-like computers. But beyond the headlines about smart mobile phones and driverless cars lies the impact that these emerging technologies will have on the economy and business. If ... Read More »
Threats include possibilities that are hard even to imagine, like the ability to generate entirely believable, but completely fake, videos The world is under threat from artificial intelligence and needs to do more to keep people safe, experts have urged. A new report compiled by 26 of the world’s ... Read More »
The work represents some of the first detailed research on how humans would react to meeting aliens Humans will actually be very happy to meet aliens, according to new research. Hollywood might have led us to expect that an alien invasion would be greeted with tanks and guns. But some ... Read More »
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