Here are a couple of articles looking at the issues raised around Google’s AI chatbot, LaMDA (language model for dialog applications), because Blake Lemoine, an engineer working with the system, has claimed LaMDA is sentient. Google was not pleased – they suspended Blake, for publishing confidential company property. Google does …
UK Government to change the cookie laws – they are too much bother as they are
Sorry but the headlines below all contain the obvious biscuit pun! Knowing, explicitly, what an organisation plans to do with your personal data when you access a web site or sign up for an online service is an essential step in maintaining your privacy. Have a look at this article …
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Because It’s Friday – last minute shopping for Father’s Day… and of course the sentient Google AI story
It is Father’s Day this Sunday, and just in case you still have to buy your Dad a present, I have some ideas over on Octagon Technology that might help you out: Of course if you are well organised, you bought a gift, card and booked the restaurant or food …
Quantum computers – it is never too early to have a plan
A simple explanation of what a quantum computer is, without going into quantum states, parallel universes and super position, is that they will be computers that will exponentially expand our computing power beyond todays classical computers. A quantum computer is not a general purpose computer but a computing device. Quantum …
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Deepfake attacks on online payment processes
This is an excellent article, on TechRepublic, that is looking at how AI and deepfakes are compromising online payment processes: Protecting payments in an era of deepfakes and advanced AI | TechRepublic