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The European Union (EU) AI Act may seem like a done deal, but stakeholders are still drafting the code of practice that will lay out rules for general-purpose AI (GPAI) models, including those with systemic risk. Now, though, as that drafting process approaches its deadline, US President Donald Trump is reportedly pressuring European regulators to scrap the rulebook. The US administration and other critics claim that it stifles innovation, is burdensome, and extends the bounds of the AI law, essentially creating new, unnecessary rules. The US government’s Mission to the EU recently reached out to the European Commission and several [...]
We’re all talking to fake people now, but most people don’t realize that interacting with AI is a subtle and powerful skill that can and should be learned. The first step in developing this skill set is to acknowledge to yourself what kind of AI you’re talking to and why you’re talking to it. AI voice interfaces are powerful because our brains are hardwired for human speech. Even babies’ brains are tuned to voices before they can talk, picking up language patterns early on. This built-in conversational skill helped our ancestors survive and connect, making language one of our most [...]
Apple is on track to source all the iPhones it sells in the US from India by the end of next year as politically driven tensions drive a wedge between the US and China. This is a major move that the company has been building toward for some time, but the recent tariffs announcements may have accelerated the plan. Designed by Apple in California, Made in India If you’ve been following my work you’ll already be aware of the importance India now has for Apple. India is expected to be the manufacturing hub for 25% of all the iPhones sold globally by the end of the year, [...]
As AI integration accelerates, businesses are facing widening skills gaps that traditional employment models struggle to address, and so more companies are choosing to hire freelancers to fill the void, according to a new report. The report, from freelance work platform Upwork, claims there’s a major workforce shift as well, with 28% of skilled knowledge workers now freelancing for greater “autonomy and purpose.” An additional 36% of full-time employees are considering switching to freelance, while only 10% of freelancers want to return to traditional jobs, according to the report, which is based on a recent survey of 3,000 skilled, US-based [...]
Psst: Come close. Your Android phone has a little-known superpower — a futuristic system for bridging the physical world around you and the digital universe on your device. It’s one of Google’s best-kept secrets. And it can save you tons of time and effort. Oh — and no, it isn’t Gemini. It’s a little somethin’ called Google Lens, and it’s been lurking around on Android and quietly getting more and more capable for years — since long before “AI” became part of our popular vernacular. Google doesn’t make a big deal about it, weirdly enough, and you really have to [...]
The Google antitrust trial is “a nonsensical move by the US government that is ridiculously short-sighted, because if compromising privacy for ad revenue is bad, compromising privacy to train AI models is dangerous,” an industry analyst said Thursday. Paddy Harrington, senior analyst at Forrester, who specializes in security and risk, added that efforts by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) to derail the company is a “move that may have been done in the name of anti-trust and competition, but it does not appear as if anyone thought through the implications of something else.” That ‘something else’ raised its head [...]
A growing chorus of European technology executives is calling for the continent to assert control over its digital future, with Danish IT services giant Netcompany leading the latest push for technological self-reliance. In an open letter published on Wednesday — coinciding with the symbolic illumination of the Statue of Liberty replica in Paris a day before — Netcompany CEO André Rogaczewski explicitly challenged Europe’s dependence on foreign technology platforms and urged the region to “bring our data home.” “From social media to cloud infrastructure, from applications to algorithms, we are dependent on technologies developed elsewhere, by actors who may not [...]
If it looks like a trade war, swims like a trade war, and quacks like a trade war, then it’s probably a trade war that has now broken out — this time between the US and the EU as the White House condemns Europe’s punitive fines against Apple and Meta, fines the companies intend to appeal. Europe hit Apple and Meta with fines of €500m and €200m, respectively, yesterday, punishing both companies for noncompliance with Europe’s Digital Markets Act, a piece of legislation that pretends to be about opening up markets but seems custom-designed to impact the US tech giants. The [...]
Sadly, there are many reasons why data stored on disk drives in Windows can — and sometimes does — go missing. As someone who’s used Windows 11 since the day after the first Insider Preview appeared on June 28, 2021, I’ve been through a dozen different data recovery incidents over the past 3-plus years. Some of these have resulted from failing storage media, others from issues with cables or connectors between the media and the PC or its motherboard, and one or two have been self-inflicted arising from mistakes when using disk partitioning or repair utilities. What can I say? [...]
During the pandemic, remote working was common. But many large tech companies have changed their tune in recent years, insisting that their employees to return to the office for at least part of the workweek — even when they lack adequate office space. The latest news is that Google is now threatening to lay off employees in certain departments who are not in the office at least three days each week. For example, remote workers in the Technical Services unit were told they must choose between a hybrid work schedule and a voluntary exit package, according to CNBC. Employees in [...]