Robots and artificial intelligence systems have started to make their presence felt across industries. Their relevance will only keep growing as time passes. Food franchise businesses seem to have become more aware of the need to include such automation technologies into their daily processes to cut down costs as well as increase efficiency. On the ...
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has canceled a research contract with iFLYTEK, an AI (artificial intelligence) firm from China that has been involved in activities linked to human rights violations against Uyghurs and other communities. A 2018 White House report warned that iFLYTEK is a Chinese startup supporting the modernization of the country’s military. ...
The outbreak of the CCP virus has raised questions about the future of food. While the lack of restaurant activity has harmed farmers, the common man is facing the prospect of a potential food crisis. The pandemic has triggered many people to seriously reconsider our ideas about food production, distribution, and consumption. Localization The possibility ...
Even though research in artificial intelligence (AI) is in the nascent stage, experts the world over are struggling with ethical dilemmas with regard to this technology. There is fear that the technology might soon develop into some kind of adversary to humanity. The solution, they believe, is to inject it and data science with human ...
Dr. Mark Esper, the U.S. Acting Secretary of Defense, has criticized China for establishing a surveillance state and using artificial intelligence (AI) to subdue people’s freedoms. He was speaking at the Center for Strategic and International Studies’ Global Security Forum in Washington. Chinese surveillance “As we speak, the Communist Party of China is using artificial ...
Imagine putting a device on your head and watching all your thoughts come to life as visualizations on a screen. If this seems like science fiction, you might be shocked to learn that a prototype version of such a device that can read your mind has already been created in Japan. Reading the mind The ...
In October, Google announced that it had achieved the “quantum supremacy” milestone. The term refers to a situation when quantum computing is able to make calculations much faster than conventional computers. Google’s quantum computing milestone To test the supremacy of the quantum computer, Google ran an experiment where it was made to perform a calculation ...
It has come to light that Shutterstock, one of the largest stock photography websites in the world, is blocking searches in China in line with Beijing’s censorship policies. This is yet another instance of an American company censoring itself to maintain access to the Chinese market. Shutterstock censoring itself in China “Anyone with a mainland ...
Lightning is one of the most unpredictable phenomena in nature. It regularly kills people and animals and sets fire to homes and forests. It keeps aircraft grounded and damages power lines, wind turbines, and solar panel installations. However, little is known about what triggers lightning, and there is no simple technology for predicting when and ...
A recent report by the U.S. National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence has exposed the rifts policymakers are facing when deciding the involvement of Chinese students and researchers in the American AI industry. The report was submitted to Congress by former Defense Deputy Secretary Bob Work and former chairman of Google Eric Schmidt. Are Chinese ...