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Is there something special about the human voice
Artificial intelligence-powered speech synthesisers can now hold eerily realistic spoken conversations, putting on accents, whispering and even cloning the voices of others. So how can we tell them apart from the human voice?These days it's quite easy to strike up a conversation with AI. Ask a question of some chatbots, and they'll even provide an ...
Biden signs order to curb U.S. investment in China tech companies
President Joe Biden signed an executive order Wednesday aimed at curbing U.S. investment in China's advanced semiconductor, artificial intelligence and quantum computing sectors, in yet another step by his administration to block Beijing from gaining access to key technologies to modernize its military.The order declaring a "national emergency," wh...
Omi AI Companion Unveiled at CES 2025, Could Be Able to Read Users’ Thoughts in the Future
Omi AI, a San Francisco-based AI firm, unveiled an artificial intelligence (AI) companion at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2025). Currently available for pre-order, the device can be worn in multiple ways. Once paired with a smartphone (it supports both Android and iOS), it continuously listens to the user and their surroundings. The company a...
The Future of Insurance
The future of insurance is digital. The shift to a tech-driven industry is inevitable because technology enables seamless business transactions – insurance included.Today’s robust technological change is driving the evolution and digitization of the insurance landscape. We live in an age of immediacy, where customers demand instantaneous result...
Sam Altman: What on earth is happening at OpenAI?
Picture a boardroom battle at a multi-billion-dollar company whose futuristic tech might either save or destroy the world.Its chief executive, who has the ear of world leaders, was toppled as senior colleagues turned on him - only for the rest of the company to demand they should be fired.No, that's not my pitch for a Netflix drama, that'...
Technology
Software Defined Networking is a meaty topic and a good follow-up to last week’s conversation on Software Defined Storage. There's a lot at stake from both the software and hardware vendors in this space. Both VMware, who’s trying to get their foot in the door and Cisco, who’s trying to maintain market dominance have skin in the game. All SDN...
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Industry
A disruptive period has proven challenging for many and that’s no different for retailers and their backroom staff. During the 2020 pandemic, we’ve seen shift in purchasing behaviour and consumer demand, which has ultimately obstructed the retail market as we know it. To deal with this mounting pressure, we’ve highlighted how decision ma...
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Like many of you, I am working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic and have limited my movement to an absolute minimum. Yet despite being in a high-risk self-isolating category, I am not isolated. I continue to be in ‘virtual’ touch with colleagues, customers, friends and family. We are hearing the stories of acquaintances who have contracte...
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Chinese tech group Tencent Holdings said on Wednesday it will look for domestic sources for AI training chips following new moves by the United States to restrict chip supplies to China.Tencent president Martin Lau said on a call with analysts that the White House’s decision last month to ban more AI chips from export to China will force the comp...
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