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Month: March 2023

Tech & Innovation

ChatGPT Faces Ban in Italy Over Privacy Concerns

Italy has temporarily banned the use of ChatGPT — the generative AI chatbot created by OpenAI — over privacy concerns, according to media reports. “The Italian SA imposed an immediate temporary limitation on the processing of Italian users’ data by…

Tech & Innovation

Gordon E. Moore, Intel Co-Founder Behind Moore’s Law, Dies at 94

By BY HOLCOMB B. NOBLE AND KATIE HAFNER from NYT Technology Gordon E. Moore, co-founder and former chairman of Intel Corporation, passed away on Friday at his home in Hawaii at the age of 94. Intel and the Gordon and…

EI Digital Desk

Canva’s AI Tools Are Changing the Game for Brands and Independent Creators

  Canva has announced the release of its new AI tools that will assist users with both photo and video editing, just days after Adobe released its own AI tools on different creative platforms.  As large tech companies like Google…

eCommerce Startups & Leadership

Pakistani logistics startup Trax secures $3.7M in seed funding to expand eCommerce services

Trax, a startup that provides logistics services for the eCommerce industry in Pakistan, has raised $3.7 million in seed funding. The funding round included participation from Amaana Capital, Tricap Investments, PNO Ventures, and several angel investors. Trax plans to use…

Tech & Innovation

Crypto Entrepreneur and Celebrity Promoters Face S.E.C. Charges

By BY DAVID YAFFE-BELLANY from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/gfy5Ftx The Securities and Exchange Commission announced charges on Wednesday against a prominent cryptocurrency entrepreneur and a group of celebrities who promoted his ventures, including the actress Lindsay Lohan. The S.E.C. filed a complaint in…

EI Digital Desk Tech & Innovation

ChatGPT bug leaked users’ conversation histories

Social media users had shared images of chat histories with AI conversations they said were not theirs. A ChatGPT glitch allowed some users to see the titles of other users’ conversations, the artificial intelligence chatbot’s boss has said. On social…

Tech & Innovation

From Artificial Intelligence to Human Creativity: BARD by Google the game changer

  As technology continues to advance, new tools emerge that can help make our lives easier and more efficient. One such tool is BARD, an AI language processing tool developed by Google. BARD is an innovative AI tool designed to help…

Tech & Innovation

Google Releases Bard, Its Competitor in the Race to Create A.I. Chatbots

By BY NICO GRANT AND CADE METZ from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/jzL1QT5 via: nytimes.com

Tech & Innovation

Amazon Plans to Lay Off Another 9,000 Employees

By BY KAREN WEISE from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/8h5fzZC Amazon plans to lay off 9,000 corporate and tech workers by the end of April, adding to the 18,000 roles it already cut late last year and this January, Andy Jassy, the…

EI Digital Desk

BBC advises staff to delete TikTok from work phones

The corporation is taking the decision over privacy and security concerns about the popular app. The BBC seems to be the first UK media organisation to issue the guidance – and only the second in the world after Denmark’s public…