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AI tools threaten to upend ad industry
Data-driven algorithms supercharged the advertising industry by enabling precisely targeted campaigns, but new AI tools may be about to shake the sector once again. And as AI tools get more widespread, he said, the people whose images provide the training data will be able to claim fees that will eventually "cost as much as using a model".
EU looks to boost boat tracking to fight overfishing
The EU is moving towards extra tracking and putting cameras on fishing boats to monitor their catches in order to prevent overfishing, under a deal Wednesday that environmentalists hailed as a "landmark moment".
Anti-LGBTQ disinformation surges online in East Africa
Anti-LGBTQ bills in Kenya and Uganda have unleashed an unprecedented wave of online disinformation targeting the community, with experts accusing political leaders of spreading falsehoods that put lives at risk. Political and religious leaders "have used misinformation to twist the reality and this puts LGBTQ people's lives at risk," he told AFP. "The constant lies make queer people misunderstood.
Taiwan's Foxconn predicts huge growth in AI server business
Taiwanese tech giant and key Apple supplier Foxconn predicts three-digit growth for its artificial intelligence server business due to robust demand for AI products such as ChatGPT, its chairman said Wednesday. "For the second half of this year, we may have a three-digit growth, not two digits...
Australian casino group to pay US$290 mn over money laundering failings
Australia's Crown Resorts is set to pay a civil penalty of Aus$450 million (US$290 million) for lax money laundering controls that saw cash being carried into a casino in paper bags, shoe boxes and suitcases. Suspicious activity included "cash being carried in suitcases, envelopes, Crown carry bags, brown paper bags or shoe boxes", it said.
Musk talks 'new energy vehicles' with industry minister during China visit
Elon Musk and China's industry minister discussed ways to develop new energy vehicles Wednesday, a day after the Tesla CEO flew into Beijing and declared he wanted to expand his business in the world's second largest economy.
Musk, China industry minister hold talks on 'new energy vehicles': ministry
Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Chinese industry minister Jin Zhuanglong held talks on "new energy vehicles" Wednesday, Beijing said. The two "exchanged views on the development of new energy vehicles and intelligent connected vehicles", China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said in a readout on its website.
Markets tumble as hardline Republicans threaten US debt deal
Asian markets sank Wednesday on worries that hardline Republicans could vote down a crucial bill to hike the US borrowing limit and risk a catastrophic default that could hammer an already fragile global economy. But with the House vote due later Wednesday, nervous investors were shifting out of risk assets, sending Asian markets into the red.
What's in wine? Campaigners want ingredients on the bottle
European wines are finally being forced to reveal their ingredients to customers, but only on a website -- not on the bottle. In 2017, the European Commission concluded there was no "objective grounds" for this exception, and new rules -- which come into force on December 8 -- require wines to reveal their contents.
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