21Apr/23

Kamono Farm Initiatives Limited (KFI) a Zambian company is facing allegations of fraud and money laundering.

April 21, 2023LegalConservative talk radio, Crime, Fraud, Kamono Farm Initiatives Limited, KFI, Money laundering, Radio, Radio stations, Zambiaadmin

Kamono Farm Initiatives Limited (KFI) is a Zambian company that was founded in 2012 with the vision of changing the agribusiness landscape by offering farmers a superior service. KFI’s business model is based on contract farming, which allows the company to provide farmers with access to inputs, markets, and technical expertise. This has allowed KFI to help farmers increase their yields and incomes, and to improve the sustainability of their farming practices.

However, in recent years, KFI has been facing allegations of fraud and money laundering. These allegations stem from a number of factors, including:
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21Apr/23

ChatGPT: lessons learned from Italy’s temporary ban of the AI chatbot

April 21, 2023SecurityArticles, Artificial intelligence, Businesspeople, ChatGPT, Creative Commons, Elon Musk, Existential risk from artificial general intelligence, Garante, Giovanni De Gregorio, Information privacy, Italy, National data protection authority, OpenAI, Oreste Pollicino, Pasquale Stanzione, Privacy law, Privacy policy, SHUTTERSTOCK, Technologyadmin

Oreste Pollicino, Bocconi University and Giovanni De Gregorio, Bocconi University

In March 2023, Italy became the first western country to block the advanced chatbot known as ChatGPT.

The Italian data protection authority, Garante, cited concerns over the protection of personal data when making this decision. It has given OpenAI, the California-based company that created ChatGPT, until the end of April to comply with its demands.

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21Apr/23

Stability AI Partners with Iconic Artist Peter Gabriel to Launch Series of AI Animation Challenges titled #DiffuseTogether

April 21, 2023MusicAcademic disciplines, AI, Articles, Artificial intelligence, Computational neuroscience, Cybernetics, Peter Gabriel, Technologyadmin

Stability AI, the world’s leading open-source artificial intelligence company, together with music legend Peter Gabriel, announces the debut of its Stability AI DiffuseTogether Challenge. This groundbreaking initiative combines the power of generative AI imaging with the talents of a Rock & Roll Hall-of-Famer, and is the first in a series of AI animation challenges that will feature other popular musicians from different genres. Continue reading

20Apr/23

Health data: who owns it?

April 20, 2023SecurityAdam Smith Tech, Brazil, Companies, Cori Crider, Department of Health and Social Care, Economy of New York City, Financial markets, National Health Service, NHS England, NHS number, Palantir, Peter Thiel, Santa Catarina, Thomson Reuters, United Kingdom, United Statesadmin

By Adam Smith | Tech correspondent

April 20, 2023 /Thomson Reuters Foundation/ — U.S. data analytics firm Palantir is bidding to provide Britain’s National Health Service with software across the system – a move which has raised concerns from data specialists and advocates.

Palantir, founded by U.S. billionaire Peter Thiel, was the NHS data analytics provider during the pandemic and is currently bidding for a £480 million contract for a “federated data platform”.
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20Apr/23

Square Software Turns Android Devices Into Powerful Payment Technology

April 20, 2023Mobile.google, Afterpay, Alexis Sowa, Android, Australia, Block Inc., Cloud clients, Contactless payment, Economy, Financial services, France, Google Pay, Ireland, Lena Furr, Mobile payments, Money, Online payments, Payment systems, San Francisco, Smartphones, Spain, Square, Inc., United Kingdom, United States, Washington, D.C.admin

SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Square today launched Tap to Pay on Android for sellers across the U.S., Australia, Ireland, France, Spain, and the United Kingdom. The new technology empowers sellers to securely accept contactless payments with a compatible Android device, and at no additional cost.
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20Apr/23

Why universities should return to oral exams in the AI and ChatGPT era

April 20, 2023TechnologyAcademia, Australia, Central Queensland University, Creative Commons, Education, Educational assessment, Educational psychology, Ken Purnell, Norway, Oral communication, Oral exam, Prelims, Psychometrics, SHUTTERSTOCK, Stephen Dobson, Testsadmin

Stephen Dobson, CQUniversity Australia

Imagine the following scenario.

You are a student and enter a room or Zoom meeting. A panel of examiners who have read your essay or viewed your performance, are waiting inside.

You answer a series of questions as they probe your knowledge and skills. You leave. The examiners then consider the preliminary pre-oral exam grade and if an adjustment up or down is required.

You are called back to receive your final grade.

This type of oral assessment – or viva voce as it was known in Latin – is a tried and tested form of educational assessment.

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20Apr/23

How to claim your share of Facebook privacy settlement

April 20, 2023LegalDigital media, Digital rights, Facebook, Federal Trade Commission, Human rights, Identity management, Internet privacy, Operating systems, Privacy, Privacy law, Software, Terms of service, United Statesadmin

April 20, 2023 /Legal/ — If you were a Facebook user in the United States between May 2007 and December 2022, you may be eligible to receive a share of a $725 million settlement between Facebook and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The settlement resolves allegations that Facebook violated the FTC’s privacy law by failing to adequately protect the privacy of its users.
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20Apr/23

What Large Language Models (or LLMs) are, how they are developed, and how they work.

April 20, 2023InnovationAcademic disciplines, Articles, Artificial intelligence, Computational linguistics, Computational neuroscience, Cybernetics, Deep learning, Emerging technologies, Machine learning, Natural language processing, Neural network, Technologyadmin

April 19, 2023 /Technology/ — A large language model (LLM) is a type of artificial intelligence (AI) that is trained on a massive amount of text data. This data can be anything from books and articles to social media posts and code. LLMs are able to learn the statistical relationships between words and phrases, which allows them to generate text, translate languages, write different kinds of creative content, and answer your questions in an informative way. LLMs can be used for a variety of tasks, including: Continue reading →

20Apr/23

How organizations are using crowdsourcing to improve AI systems

April 20, 2023InternetAcademic disciplines, Amazon, Amazon Mechanical Turk, Articles, Artificial intelligence, Collective intelligence, Crowdsourcing, Crowdsourcing software development, Government crowdsourcing, Human-based computation, IBM, Social information processing, Watson, Web servicesadmin

April 20, 2023 /Technology/ –Crowdsourcing is the process of obtaining information or services from a large group of people, typically via the internet. Crowdsourcing is a powerful tool that can be used to ensure that AI systems are accurate, unbiased, and meet the needs of the people who will be using them. There are a number of ways that organizations are using crowdsourcing to achieve these goals.

One way that organizations are using crowdsourcing is to collect data. This data can be used to train AI systems to perform tasks such as facial recognition, speech recognition, and language translation. Crowdsourcing can be used to collect a wide variety of data, including images, text, and audio. This data can be collected from a large number of people, which helps to ensure that the data is accurate and representative of the real world.
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20Apr/23

It is possible that AI training data could be banned by data regulators

April 20, 2023InnovationArticles, Artificial intelligence, Data portability, Data protection, Data security, General Data Protection Regulation, In Europe, Information privacy, Personal data, Privacy, Privacy law, THE EU REPRESENTATIVEadmin

April 20, 2023 /Technology/ –It is possible that AI training data could be banned by data regulators like the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The GDPR is a comprehensive privacy law that gives individuals control over their personal data. The law also requires companies to obtain consent from individuals before collecting or using their personal data.

AI training data often contains personal data, such as images, videos, and text. This data can be used to train AI models to perform tasks such as facial recognition, natural language processing, and object detection. However, the collection and use of AI training data can raise privacy concerns. For example, individuals may not be aware that their personal data is being used to train AI models. They may also not be aware of how their personal data is being used or who has access to it.
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