When OpenAI launched its latest iteration of ChatGPT to include voice capability the internet was a buzz with opinions. The real drama came soon after with a celebrity lawsuit and CEO Sam Altman needing to explain himself.
When the most popular video game goes head to head with tech’s biggest players, Apple and Google, the litigation battle is an epic war of ethical competition and consumer rights.
AI software has moved from a high potential future scenario into present day warfare to obvious, dire consequences. AI is being used as a cyberweapon in the war on Gaza to detect targets and collect personal data using facial recognition.
ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company, is non compliant with the security expectations of US National Security. So will TikTok find its feet or will the platform be booted from American phones, saving democracy for one more election.
Taylor Swift’s popularity or wealth doesn’t exclude her from being a target to deepfakes. Instead it makes her the prime target for insidious content designed to harm her and her brand. But then, the opposite happened..
When Optus telecommunications were severed for a day on November 8th, 10 million customers struggled to make sense of their lives without the connection to the internet, emergency services, app information and, of course, each other. What happened? And, what happened next?
Medicine practice is changing. Technology and specifically, AI, is bridging a gap for healthcare in remote locations or in third world conditions. Simplifying training to scale will ultimately save lives.
There will be a future lull in programming from all big studios including streaming services for at least 12 months. Writers, directors, actors and producers have asked a simple request, modernise our employment contracts to protect us and our creativity from technologies that seek to undermine our human spirit and creative output.
In trying to simplify our daily interactions with technology we give control to companies to manage security on our behalf. One way big tech has tried to protect us is through 2 factor authentication, to prove we are who we say we are, but is it working and do we get a choice?
