staff 2024-10-23

AI will amplify human intelligence, not replace it, says Meta's Yann LeCu

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is not going to take over us, it is only going to amplify human intelligence, said Yann LeCun, vice president and chief AI scientist at Meta on Wednesday. Social media giant Meta's first Build with AI Summit in India was held here to discuss AI's transformative role in shaping the future of humankind. "AI assistants will eventually be smarter than us, but we should not feel threatened by that. We should feel empowered by it. It's kind of like everybody would walk around with a staff of smart people working for them. There is nothing better than working with people smarter than you, right? said LeCun in his keynote address. According to him, everybody is going to be smarter because of that. "It's not just people like us in the tech community or in academia. It's going to be everyone. Everyone in India, even in rural areas, can ask questions to their AI assistants in their own language or for health issues, whatever. And it's a very different future that will become possible," he added. He also talked about how open source is not just important today, it is also going to get more important in the future. "Because AI is going to become a common infrastructure that all of us can use in the future and share. We need AI systems in t

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BUSINESS staff 2024-10-22

GM overcomes US sales drop; China JV losses drag Q3 profit to $3 bn

US sales are down and a once-reliably profitable joint venture in China is losing money, but General Motors still managed to post a third quarter profit of $3 billion Tuesday, slightly less t

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BUSINESS staff 2024-10-19

UK Foreign Secretary Lammy urges China against supporting Russian army

Britain's foreign secretary raised concerns about China's support of Russia in its war against Ukraine on Friday, urging his Chinese counterpart to prevent Chinese firms from

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BUSINESS staff 2024-10-19

Japan's ruling party headquarters attacked with firebombs, suspect arrested

A man threw several firebombs into the headquarters of Japan's ruling party in Tokyo Saturday, public broadcaster NHK and other Japanese media reported. There were no reports of injur

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INTERNATIONAL staff 2024-10-10

US inflation likely cooled again last month in sign of healthy economy

Donald Trump's contributions from small-dollar donors have plummeted since his last bid for the White House, presenting the former president with a financial challenge as he attempts

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INTERNATIONAL staff 2024-10-10

US mourns death of industrialist Ratan Tata who 'drove India to prosperity'

Indian Americans have mourned the death of veteran industrialist and philanthropist Ratan Naval Tata, remembering him as someone who drove India to greater prosperity and development.

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INTERNATIONAL staff 2024-10-09

Taiwan reports 12 PLA aircraft, 8 naval vessels near its territory

Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence (MND) has said that 12 Chinese military aircraft, eight naval vessels and one official ship were detected operating around Taiwan in past 24 hour

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