The company released the pledge, saying it was worried by recent “makeshift efforts” by people to weaponize commercially available robots. Several other robotics firms have signed the commitment. The firm doesn’t mention which efforts it is worried about, but one example of this trend, as Vice reported in July, is shown in a video on YouTube, where a robot dog is rigged up with a gun and is shooting at targets....
According to the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications, Australia’s state and territories currently use a location-based-SMS (LB-SMS) system to provide warnings to targeted individuals, however, its efficacy is limited. These messages are delivered by the Emergency Management Australia (EMA) on behalf of the Commonwealth, as well as state and territory emergency services to the Australian public during national events of concern. “While LB-SMS provides a number of advantages, including the collection of data when a mobile device receives a message, its effectiveness can be limited by network congestion and other variables,” the department said....
SEE: The Privacy Paradox: How can businesses use personal data while also protecting user privacy? AWS has updated its models to provide more accurate detections and greater coverage of global celebrities. It also added three new metadata attributes to celebrity profiles – gender, expression, and smile – to help users search for specific moods of celebrities in stills and video. So, instead of a human spending hours tagging photos, AWS will tag them automatically across large media asset repositories....
Given Microsoft’s outsized presence as a technology partner for CES, the logins, the virtual event studio, and other technologies are taking advantage of the partnership. In fact, the Microsoft Studios houses four sound stages in Redmond that include the massive 60 foot by 40 foot sound stage to smaller 22 foot by 22 foot insert stages. There’s some serious equipment there and two identical video control rooms with post production facilities and state of the art off-line editing....
OpenAI’s ChatGPT attracted one million users in one week and now, after announcing the ’new Bing’ with ChatGPT features, Microsoft officials have highlighted their own figure: a million people signed up on the waitlist to try out the new Bing in just 48 hours. Also: I wanted to try the new Bing with ChatGPT. Then, Microsoft went all Microsoft “We’re humbled and energized by the number of people who want to test-drive the new AI-powered Bing!...
Since the prior CCNA certification is now obsolete, you can just take a single exam instead of several tests covering a variety of topics. The “Cisco CCNA 200-301” course will help you obtain the networking certification that is currently standard in the industry. Once you’ve mastered the skills covered in the CCNA certification, you can start moving into more specialized areas. Exam 300-410 covers implementing and troubleshooting all of the services and technologies involved in advanced routing procedures....
One thing is sure – certain aspects of IT plumbing are going by the wayside. “Unless someone wants to work at one of the public cloud providers or collocated data centers, IT staff should be moving away from hardware management, OS management, and related skillsets as these will soon be primarily done by the public cloud and collocation providers,” said Steve Padgett, global CIO at Actian. Overall, the trend has been toward demand for architects and designers, Padgett continued....
The new partnership aims to serve healthcare providers, researchers within the life sciences, biopharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers, and patients. Cognizant will help organizations build, deploy and operate custom applications on Philips HealthSuite. Cognizant will help healthcare providers leverage the platform to monitor patients outside of traditional settings and give patients a way to learn about their health. They’ll help biopharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers build applications to use advanced analytics to guide clinical development decisions....
For the period to 31 December 2020, the company reported a net loss after tax of AU$7.86 million, a further decline from the AU$3.27 million loss that was recorded during the 2019 financial year. “The impact from the rapidly changing market and economic conditions due to the COVID-19 outbreak is uncertain, disrupting the business of our customers and partners, and has impacted our business and consolidated results of operations and could impact our financial condition in the future,” the company said....
Simply put, we’re all amateur epidemiologists with time on our hands. With that reality in mind, here’s a look at some of the options to bolster your data science knowhow as we all pick through COVID-19 data sets and models. These courses had high ratings on various platforms. Some are free and others charge. In addition, data science players such as Google, IBM, and Microsoft have free offerings. Disclosure: ZDNet may earn an affiliate commission from some of the products featured on this page....
Airlines are craving the day when higher-paying, price-elastic business customers will adorn their planes again. I wonder, though, whether airlines are truly prepared for that day. Delta Air Lines, which many believe is America’s finest, offered another recent prediction about business flyers’ return. The airline’s president, Glen Hauenstein, recently mused that spring and summer would see a strong resurgence of business travel. Yes, this spring and summer. In what feels like a related edict, Hauenstein suggested that the airline wasn’t afraid of lower-cost carriers....
Funding allocated to DVA and Services Australia for the initiative, as of March 2021, has totalled AU$653.7 million. According to the Australian National Audit Office, progress in implementing a number of business capabilities for the project has been slower than expected but it noted partnering with other entities, such as Services Australia, in the delivery of reform was “generally effective”. As part of building those capabilities, the DVA recently stood up a data and insights branch which department chief operating officer Mark Harrigan said in the first instance was focused on building a workforce capability....
When I added an Echo Dot to our home to see how it would compare with my HomePod Mini, I was pleasantly surprised right from setup by a feature Alexa had that Siri did not: a multilingual mode for both Spanish and English. This makes it possible for the Echo device to not only understand commands in both English and Spanish, but to also respond in each language accordingly, depending on which one you used to make the command....
If you have ever asked ChatGPT to help you with a task, you have written a ChatGPT prompt. Lucky for you, many companies are looking to hire people with that skill to optimize their company’s AI usage and results. Most importantly, they are offering generous pay. Also: Okay, so ChatGPT just debugged my code. For real A quick Google search for “AI prompt writers” and “AI prompt engineers” will bring you to over a dozen listings for roles that seek people who have expertise in formulating prompts to maximize the ideal result from Google....
After two years of research and development, a company called Reign Maker believes the answer is yes as it roles out the world’s first drone-based water sampling and data collection system, designed to increase sampling rates and accuracy while reducing reliance on field personnel and equipment, such as boats and boots. The solution is called Nixie, and the company claims it can increase sample rates by 75% while reducing costs by 90%....
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At an energy conference in Norway, Musk said he hopes for a wide release in the US and possibly Europe by the end of the year, with the timeline dependent on regulatory approval. This means you might be able to get your hands on a self-driving vehicle by Christmas. “The two technologies I am focused on, trying to ideally get done before the end of the year, are getting our Starship into orbit … and then having Tesla cars to be able to do self-driving,” Musk said, according to the Reuters report....
In a series of tweets Musk said Apple ‘puts a secret 30% tax on everything you buy through their App Store’ and said Apple has threatened to “withhold” Twitter from the App Store. Apple does charge between 15 and 30% for in-app purchases, but this cost is well known and not a secret. Musk also says Apple has “mostly stopped advertising on Twitter”. “Do they hate free speech in America?...
A lot of machines can cost thousands, like the Jura S8 smart coffee maker. While the S8 makes a great cup of Joe, I wanted something within my price point. The Gevi espresso machine allows me to make up to two shots of espresso, and at $119, it’s affordable. It also can foam up milk with a special frothing wand, so if you’re not feeling a cappuccino and want something a little more milky and creamy, you can make a latte for your morning buzz....
In fact, AISG had adopted the country’s Model AI Governance Framework since it was introduced in 2019 into its processes, and provided a simplified version that its apprentices and engineers could follow, said Lawrence Liew, AISG’s director for AI innovation. Launched in 2017 by the National Research Foundation, AISG is a national programme that aims to build AI capabilities and demonstrate how AI technologies can be applied to daily lives and boost efficiencies for businesses....
