Authorities troll LockBit boss on his commandeered Darkweb site
For years, the identity of the leader of the notorious ransomware gang known as LockBit has remained a mystery. Known…
Google says its AI image-generator would sometimes ‘overcompensate’ for diversity
Google apologised Feb 23 for its faulty rollout of a new artificial intelligence image-generator, acknowledging that in some cases the…
Opinion: Political deepfakes will hijack your brain – if you let them
Obsessing over which images are real or fake may be a waste of the time and energy. Research suggests that…
How AI health care chatbots learn from the questions of an Indian women’s organisation
The chatbot, currently a pilot project, represents what many hope will be part of the impact of AI on health…
This worrying scenario envisions the remote capture of a smartphone user’s fingerprints
Computer security researchers have uncovered a novel fingerprint recognition technique, based on the sounds made by a finger on a…
Google suspends Gemini AI chatbot’s ability to generate pictures of people
Google said Feb 22 it is temporarily stopping its Gemini artificial intelligence chatbot from generating images of people a day…
Which were the most used apps in China during Lunar New Year? Familiar names like Tencent and ByteDance dominated top 5
Top 5 apps combined used more than 75% of mobile data during the holiday period, according to MIIT report. Tencent…
How do you breed climate-resistant kelp? In Australia, it starts with AI
Climate change has decimated giant kelp in Australia, but scientists are hoping that a Google artificial intelligence initiative can help…
Survey: Singapore’s leading dating app Tinder draws more socialisers than serious daters
Users on Singapore’s most popular online dating platform are more likely to be “social daters” seeking new friends instead of…