The pandemic showed AI’s potential for accelerating progress towards the SDGs. It has potential application in health, climate change, agriculture and transport. But we must ensure artificial in...
Martin Burch had been working for the Wall Street Journal and its parent company Dow Jones for a few years and was looking for new opportunities. One Sunday in May 2021, he applied for a data analyst ...
It looks like Facebook’s Metaverse gambit may be showing more signs of implosion. This week, a Facebook — okay, fine, Meta — executive told the company’s Reality Labs division to expect a cutback anno...
Meta is continuing the Meta-fication of its brands by renaming Facebook Pay, its payment system available across Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp, to Meta Pay. The change is set to happen ...
When we think of robots, the first thing that comes to our mind is – how will these robots replace us in our job roles? Whatever the answer, the second question is almost certainly: How can I ensure t...
The metaverse has been hyped since it first entered the vernacular late last year, thanks to Facebook’s transition to parent company Meta. The future picture touted by like-minded advocates is of a la...
Outre-Manche, dans le « discours du trône », le gouvernement a présenté les grandes lignes de sa réforme de la législation sur les données à caractère personnel. Un projet de loi, post-Brexit, qui dev...
Après la CNIL, le rapport d’activité de l’ANSSI permet de faire un autre état des lieux. Si les signalements sont en baisse, les incidents sont en forte hausse ; ils ont même triplé en deux ans. Masse...
Une année record. Si le nombre de plaintes auprès de la Cnil semble avoir atteint un « plateau élevé » à plus de 14.000, l’année 2021 a été « sans précédent » sur le plan des sanctions. L’institution ...
L’Europe ne pourra pas assurer sa défense si elle continue à vendre ses entreprises de cybersécurité stratégiques à des fonds étrangers, explique Stéphane Klécha. La finance a un rôle clé à joue...
Metaverse is one of the trending topics these days. But are companies creating this virtual reality for everyone? One of the conceits behind the metaverse is that everyone will be able to have their o...
Swarms of robots with the ability to kill humans are no longer only the stuff of science fiction. Lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS) are here. In Ukraine, Moscow has allegedly deployed an artifi...
It’sIt’s clear that the future of Google is tied to AI language models. At this year’s I/O conference, the company announced a raft of updates that rely on this technology, from new “multisearch” feat...
Google wrapped up its I/O presentation with one big surprise: a look at its latest AR glasses. The key feature Google showed off was the ability to see languages translated right in front of your eyes...
Until recently, it wasn’t possible to say that AI had a hand in forcing a government to resign. But that’s precisely what happened in the Netherlands in January 2021, when the incumbent cabinet resign...