The MTR Corporation has promoted managing director Jeny Yeung Mei-chun to CEO from January next year and tasked her with leading the Hong Kong rail giant through a transformation. The corporation, which is nearly 75 per cent owned by the Hong Kong government, said on Wednesday that Yeung would succeed CEO Jacob Kam Chak-pui on…
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of lawmakers on Wednesday vowed to keep Chinese artificial intelligence systems out of federal agencies while pledging to ensure the U.S. will prevail against China in the global AI competition. “We are in a new Cold War, and AI is the strategic technology at the center,” Rep. John Moolenaar, the…
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating Tesla after incidents involving the electric car maker’s robotaxis were caught on camera this weekend during a pilot in Austin, Texas. NHTSA, which operates under the Department of Transportation and regulates automobile safety, said it contacted Tesla after videos surfaced showing instances of the company’s self-driving taxi…
Anthropic has won a major legal victory in a case over whether the artificial intelligence company was justified in hoovering up millions of copyrighted books to train its chatbot. In a ruling that could set an important precedent for similar disputes, Judge William Alsup of the United States District Court for the Northern District of…
Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Tesla launched its robotaxi service on Monday in Austin, with only a few cars involved but a great deal of fanfare. The discrepancy is best explained by one Wikipedia page: “List of predictions for…
The new service is intended for digital-first fashion designers and brands. Credit: Frame Stock Footage/Shutterstock. The technology leverages digital reskinning, FIA’s designed process that enables the application of virtual garments, complete with realistic physics and textures, onto captured human movements. The outcome is realistic fashion content that demonstrates natural and expressive motion, opening opportunities for…
A senior US State Department official has accused Chinese artificial intelligence firm DeepSeek of supporting China’s military and intelligence operations, a report has said, adding that the official also said that the company also used shell companies in Southeast Asia in an attempt to unlawfully acquire high-end US semiconductors.The allegations, shared with news agency Reuters…
Shares of Elon Musk’s Tesla popped 10% on Monday following the debut of its self-driving “Robotaxi” fleet — the first major test of technology that the billionaire has promised will transform the company’s business. Tesla shares were trading at about $354 per share as a handpicked group of influencers who participated in the trial run…
For Tesla Inc., the distance between a disastrous robotaxi launch and a merely disappointing one was just a foot or two. The “safety monitor” who was sat in the front passenger seat of the handful of Tesla robotaxis that began operating in a limited part of Austin on Sunday was the contradictions of Elon Musk’s…
(Reuters) -Goldman Sachs on Monday announced a firmwide launch of an artificial intelligence assistant, a tool driven by generative AI, to boost productivity, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters. Around 10,000 employees at the bank are already using the GS AI Assistant, the memo sent to staff by Chief Information Officer Marco Argenti…