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AI Is Making Human Connections More Valuable In Hiring

Artificial intelligence is making job applications faster to create, but it may also be making them harder for recruiters to distinguish. A new World Economic Forum report highlights how employers…

AI’s Impact on Jobs Remains Limited, Anthropic Study Finds

Anthropic researchers Maxim Massenkoff and Peter McCrory have introduced a new measure to assess how artificial intelligence could affect employment, combining theoretical AI capabilities with real world usage data. Their…

South Korea Plans Free Artificial Intelligence Access For All Citizens

South Korea is moving ahead with a major government backed programme that will provide citizens with free access to domestically developed artificial intelligence services, as the country seeks to expand…

Nepal Asks Meta And TikTok To Remove Artificial Intelligence Flood Videos

Nepalese authorities have asked Meta and TikTok to quickly remove graphic images, artificial intelligence generated videos, misleading posts and fraudulent donation QR codes circulating after devastating flash floods. Government officials…

Australia Bars Fully AI Generated Music From Official Charts

Australia’s music industry has introduced new rules excluding fully artificial intelligence generated songs from the country’s official music charts, following controversy surrounding an artificial intelligence assisted cover that gained significant…

Bill Gates Calls for ‘Human Reserved’ Jobs as Artificial Intelligence Reshapes Work

Bill Gates has called for urgent action to manage the disruption that artificial intelligence could bring to workers, warning that the technology could become either a major force for equality…

Fake Think Tank Used Artificial Intelligence Content Strategy to Influence Chatbot Responses

A website operating under the name of a think tank that reportedly does not exist as a legal entity published more than 124 reports containing over 560,000 words in just…

South Korea Urges Meta to Apply Youth Protection Measures Globally

South Korea’s Korea Media and Communications Commission has called on Meta to apply stronger youth protection measures worldwide, saying social media companies should take greater responsibility for protecting children and…

How Artificial Intelligence And Power Systems Are Becoming Interdependent

Artificial intelligence and electricity infrastructure are becoming increasingly connected, with each influencing how the other develops. According to Divya Reddy and Kenneth Cheng of the World Economic Forum, artificial intelligence…

UC San Diego Wins Department of Energy Award for Scientific Artificial Intelligence

University of California San Diego researchers will lead a new Department of Energy Genesis Mission project aimed at using artificial intelligence to accelerate research in fundamental physics and quantum computing.…