South Africa’s G20 presidency prioritizes AI for sustainable development with new training programs, a national AI policy, and cybersecurity measures.
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A South African non-profit organization, GRIT, has developed an AI-powered app to assist women experiencing gender-based violence.
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Apple on Monday released the first public version of its much-anticipated artificial intelligence (AI) platform, Apple Intelligence. Apple Intelligence is available on iPhone, iPad, and Mac through a free software update with the launch of iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1. “Users can now tap into Apple Intelligence to refine their writing; summarize notifications, mail, and messages; experience a more natural and capable Siri; remove distracting objects from images with Clean Up; and more,” the company said in a blog post. The newly released AI, in addition, can create language and images, take action across apps, and draw from personal context to simplify and accelerate tasks, it added. “Apple Intelligence is generative AI in a way that only Apple can deliver, and we’re incredibly excited about its ability to enrich our users’ lives,” said CEO Tim Cook. “Apple Intelligence builds on years of innovation in AI and machine learning to put Apple’s generative models at the core of our devices, giving our users a personal intelligence system that is easy to use — all while protecting their privacy,” he added. The digital assistant Siri, moreover, becomes more natural, flexible, and deeply integrated into the system experience with Apple Intelligence, according to the company. Siri, with richer language-understanding capabilities, can now answer questions about the features and settings of Apple products, while users can learn everything from how to take a screen recording to how to easily share a Wi-Fi password, it added. To use Apple Intelligence, users need an iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max or any iPhone 16 model.
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US chipmaker AMD announced on Thursday its third-generation commercial artificial intelligence mobile processors. The new Ryzen AI PRO 300 Series is designed to transform business productivity with Microsoft’s Copilot+ features, including live captioning and language translation in conference calls and advanced AI image generators. The processor has up to three times the AI performance than the previous generation, it said, touting its latest offering. According to the chipmaker, the new Ryzen offers up to 40% higher performance, and up to 14% faster productivity performance, than Intel’s Core Ultra 7 165U, comparing its product with those by one of its chief rivals. “Enterprises are increasingly demanding more compute power and efficiency to drive their everyday tasks and most taxing workloads,” said Jack Huynh, senior vice president and general manager of Computing and Graphics Group at AMD. “Our third generation AI-enabled processors for business PCs deliver unprecedented AI processing capabilities with incredible battery life and seamless compatibility for the applications users depend on,” he added.
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Microsoft and Palantir Technologies announced a major partnership Thursday, combining their advanced cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to deliver enhanced solutions for the US defense and intelligence sectors. The collaboration will integrate software and data integration firm Palantir’s software with Microsoft’s cloud services and Azure OpenAI Service, according to Microsoft’s statement on its website. This will enable the deployment of Palantir’s products within Microsoft’s Azure Government and classified cloud environments, specifically designed for sensitive national security operations. Azure Government is a service that provides a dedicated cloud enabling government agencies and their partners to transform mission-critical workloads to the cloud. Utilizing Microsoft’s cloud compute and powerful language models such as GPT-4, the partnership aims to operationalize AI-driven solutions for critical missions, providing tools for data integration, visualization and actionable insights. The goal is to enhance the operational capabilities of the defense and intelligence communities through advanced analytics and AI-powered applications. “This collaboration represents a step change in how we support our defense and intelligence communities,” said Shyam Sankar, Palantir’s chief technology officer. In addition to the technology integration, Palantir and Microsoft plan to offer training sessions and bootcamp experiences to help government personnel effectively utilize the new capabilities. The market reacted positively to the news, with Palantir’s stock rising as much as 11% to $29.23 per share before paring gains to around 9% by the end of the trading session, according to Business Insider.
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Extreme weather events causing floods, drought, and wildfires are becoming more frequent and more severe with climate change, affecting countries around the globe.
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World Economic Forum’s report on prominent tech advances puts great emphasis on artificial intelligence’s influence
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The chipmaker nears a staggering $3 trillion valuation and threatens to dethrone Apple for the second-place spot among the most valuable companies globally.
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Around 25,000 people are expected to attend this year’s event to discuss all aspects of the digitalisation of the world.
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Companies, including Amazon, Google, Meta, X, OpenAI sign Tech Accord to Combat Deceptive Use of AI in 2024 Elections
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