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AI Explained: AI Models Lay Groundwork for Everyday Tech
AI Explained: AI Models Lay Groundwork for Everyday Tech
September 16, 2024  |  Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence models have emerged as key drivers of innovation across various sectors, reshaping industries and everyday experiences. These complex algorithms form the foundation of...

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How the UN AI Resolution Could Reshape Commerce
How the UN AI Resolution Could Reshape Commerce
July 03, 2024  |  Artificial Intelligence

The United Nations General Assembly greenlit Monday (July 1) a China-sponsored, United States-backed resolution on artificial intelligence, signaling a potential sea change in global AI...

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UN: China Leads World’s GenAI Patent Race
UN: China Leads World’s GenAI Patent Race
July 03, 2024  |  Artificial Intelligence

New United Nations data showed China with a comfortable lead in the race to develop artificial intelligence products. Between 2014 and last year, more than...

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‘Killer Robots’ on Agenda as Nations Debate AI Weapons
‘Killer Robots’ on Agenda as Nations Debate AI Weapons
April 29, 2024  |  artificial intelligence

Austria says the time has come to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) use in weapons systems. Left unchecked, such technology could create “killer robots,” officials in the Alpine...

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UN Security Council Wants to ‘Exercise Leadership’ in Regulating AI
UN Security Council Wants to ‘Exercise Leadership’ in Regulating AI
July 19, 2023  |  artificial intelligence

Depending on who’s asked, artificial intelligence (AI) represents either the destruction or salvation of civilization.  That’s because the increasingly popular innovative technology could either displace...

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UN Says North Korea Stole Record Amount of Crypto in 2022
UN Says North Korea Stole Record Amount of Crypto in 2022
February 07, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

The United Nations says North Korea stole a record amount of cryptocurrency assets last year. As Reuters reported Tuesday (Feb. 7), a confidential UN report...

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UN Report: Clock Ticking to Dodge Global Recession Worse Than ‘08
UN Report: Clock Ticking to Dodge Global Recession Worse Than ‘08
October 04, 2022  |  Economy

Monetary policies instituted to offset inflation in developed nations like the U.S. and the U.K. are negatively affecting emerging markets, causing the United Nations and...

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UN Agency: Crypto Adoption Threatens Developing Countries
UN Agency: Crypto Adoption Threatens Developing Countries
August 11, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has warned that cryptocurrency use threatens developing countries’ monetary sovereignty — especially their ability to collect...

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UN Study Shows Int’l Travel Stuck At 1980s Levels; Recovery Forecast Suggests Long Way To Go
UN Study Shows Int’l Travel Stuck At 1980s Levels; Recovery Forecast Suggests Long Way To...
June 30, 2021  |  Travel Payments

While the pace of recovery in the U.S. has been relatively swift as COVID-19 vaccines have reached the public quickly, the global pace of recovery...

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