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Italy’s parliament on Wednesday approved a new law covering artificial intelligence, making it the first European Union country with comprehensive AI regulations aligned with the EU’s landmark AI Act. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government spearheaded the legislation saying it establishes human-centric, transparent and safe AI use as core principles while emphasising innovation, cybersecurity and privacy … Read more

Artificial intelligence could boost the value of trade in goods and services by nearly 40% by 2040, but without adequate policies it could also exacerbate economic divides, a new World Trade Organization report warned on Wednesday. Lower trade costs and enhanced productivity could drive substantial increases in trade and GDP by 2040, with global trade … Read more

On a sunny day in San Francisco, at Meta’s campus in Menlo Park, I entered the demo zone specifically set up to experience Meta’s Ray Ban Display smart glasses. A Meta employee escorted me to the area under strict secrecy, following all security protocols, to witness what I would easily call Meta’s most advanced smart … Read more

Meta announced a smart glasses tsunami on Wednesday, confirming that its first consumer-ready smart glasses with a display will hit the market as early as later this month, as the social media giant continues to pitch artificial intelligence-powered wearables as the next big thing after smartphones. “These are glasses with the classic style that you … Read more

Meta showcased a slew of smart glasses aimed at different consumers on Wednesday, betting on new wearable devices amid an industry-wide push to develop distinct types of AI-powered consumer electronics. The Menlo Park, California–headquartered company used its Connect conference to announce three new smart glasses, including Meta’s first consumer-ready glasses with a display. These new … Read more

Nvidia’s RTX6000D, its newest artificial intelligence chip tailored for the Chinese market, has seen only lukewarm demand with some major tech firms opting not to place orders, two people with knowledge of procurement discussions said. The RTX6000D, designed mainly for AI inference tasks, is seen as expensive for what it does, the two people said. … Read more

As the influence of AI chatbots on the mental health of young people is being discussed and debated, OpenAI has said it is creating a “different ChatGPT experience,” specifically for teenagers, that will be rolled out later this year. These changes include age-prediction technology to keep kids under 18 out of the standard version of … Read more

Zoom has introduced a new feature that might soon make attending Zoom meetings yourself a thing of the past. The video communication and collaboration platform will let users create photo-realistic, AI-generated avatars of themselves to appear in online meetings on their behalf. The AI avatar will be able to track and mimic users’ live video … Read more

Parents whose teenagers killed themselves after interactions with artificial intelligence chatbots testified to Congress on Tuesday about the dangers of the technology. “What began as a homework helper gradually turned itself into a confidant and then a suicide coach,” said Matthew Raine, whose 16-year-old son Adam died in April. “Within a few months, ChatGPT became … Read more

An analysis found that one-third of generative AI tools, search engines and deep research agents usually make biased claims and can’t correlate information and even provide information that is not backed up by the sources they cite. And even at times, the information is not backed up by reliable sources, and for OpenAI’s GPT 4.5, … Read more