BEIJING — China will implement a string of new cybersecurity rules next year, authorities announced Monday, placing an emphasis on national security and requiring companies providing generative artificial intelligence services to add extra data protection. The network data security management regulations contain 64 clauses based on China’s cybersecurity and data security laws. They will go…
This month, OpenAI released a new artificial intelligence (AI) model that it says can reason like a person to solve complex problems. It will continue to improve. When the smartest “person” in the company is a robot, predicting future professional norms and practices becomes like writing science fiction. While many rightfully worry about AI impacts…
This month, OpenAI released a new artificial intelligence (AI) model that it says can reason like a person to solve complex problems. It will continue to improve. When the smartest “person” in the company is a robot, predicting future professional norms and practices becomes like writing science fiction. While many rightfully worry about AI impacts…
Total computing power in China, a critical infrastructure element for processing data and performing digital tasks, grew 25 per cent in the first half of the year, driven by the needs of artificial intelligence (AI) and other technologies. As of June, computing capacity in the country reached 246 EFLOPS, or 246 quintillion floating-point operations per…
Today you can wear a smartwatch that measures your blood pressure, heart rate and oxygen saturation levels, and earbuds that relay the information directly to you. We have come a long way in monitoring heart health. In the late 19th century, things were much more invasive; scientists examining a patient’s cardiac activity punctured heart muscles…
By Didi Tang and David Klepper | Associated Press WASHINGTON — When veteran U.S. diplomat Kurt Campbell traveled to the Solomon Islands to counter Beijing’s influence in the South Pacific country, he quickly saw just how far China would go to spread its message. The Biden administration’s Asia czar woke up one morning in 2022…
In a tapas restaurant in Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay, about 80 people are chatting away on the packed second floor, clinking glasses and sharing small plates while discussing issues ranging from mental health to childhood dreams. Anyone glancing over at the tables may think they are long-time friends, given the constant buzz of conversation. But…
馬克祖克柏身價再度刷新紀錄！ Facebook 母公司 Meta 執行長馬克·祖克柏（Mark Zuckerberg）正式成為全球第 3 位淨資產達到 2000 億美元的億萬富豪，並與特斯拉創辦人馬斯克（Elon Musk）及亞馬遜創辦人貝佐斯（Jeff Bezos）齊名。 根據《彭博》報導，祖克柏的財富於 2024 年激增了 722 億美元，主要是因為於 Meta 公司股價在今年上升了近 60%。今年 Meta 在人工智慧（AI）領域的有很出色的表現，祖克柏透露，Meta A I有望在年底前成為全球使用最普遍的 AI 助理。 Meta 今年的財務數據顯示，該公司第二季度收入同比增長 22%，達到 390 億美元，強化了祖克柏的「效率之年」戰略，該策略是指提升公司運營效率，但這過程中伴隨著大規模的裁員，以及其他削減成本新政策，外界對此評價兩極。 延伸閱讀：沒有微軟就沒有今天的Apple？1997年蘋果差點破產比爾蓋茲神救援，投資150百萬現市值逾3兆！ Meta 在 2024 年於 AI 領域確實有做出成績，並於 Meta Connect 2024 活動上發表多項新技術，其中，Meta 推出了 Llama 3.2 大型語言模型，該模型具備多模態處理能力，不僅能夠處理文字，還能處理圖片、影片和音頻，這使其在 AI 技術領域中具有強大的競爭優勢。然而，由於歐盟的法規限制，Llama 3.2 的多模態功能在歐洲地區暫時無法提供，僅提供文字版本。 Meta 同時宣布了其自家研發的 MTIA AI 加速器晶片，專門為其…
This is a published version of the Forbes Daily newsletter, you can sign-up to get Forbes Daily in your inbox here. Good morning, We’ve all been tied up with monotonous tasks in the workplace, from submitting PTO requests to troubleshooting IT issues. But what if AI could do it for you? That’s the premise behind…
The Hong Kong government is preparing to issue its maiden policy statement on the use of artificial intelligence in finance, according to people familiar with the matter, in a move that could catalyze the use of the technology in areas from trading to investment banking and cryptocurrencies. The city’s Financial Services and Treasury Bureau plans…