Italy Allocates £30 Million to Train Workers, Mitigate Risks of Job Automation
In a concerted effort to empower the unemployed population and address the growing concerns over artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics replacing human workers, Italy has set aside a substantial budget of £30 million ($33...
Study shows metaverse may account for 2.4 percent of US GDP by 2035
A new study commissioned by Meta Platform suggests that the Metaverse could contribute as much as $760 billion, or about 2.4 percent of the US GDP by 2035. The Deloitte report highlights the potential...
Google launches next-generation AI tool, PaLM 2
Google has launched PaLM 2, a next-generation large language model that the company claims will surpass the performance of top systems on some tasks. The company unveiled the avant-garde artificial intelligence at its yearly...
KPMG Study Shows Almost Half of UK Consumers See Metaverse in Their Future
As the metaverse gets increasingly popular globally, a new KPMG study has found that almost half of UK consumers believe that the metaverse will become widely used in the next 10 years. The research...
USC announces $1 billion-plus Initiative for AI, AR, VR, blockchain, robotics and gaming.
The University of Southern California (USC) has launched a new initiative named “Frontiers of Computing”. The initiative aims to enhance education and research in the fields of computing, including AR, VR, AI, data science,...
Research reveals listening to music can ease Cybersickness
As technology continues to advance and people become more reliant on digital devices, the risks of cybersickness, also known as virtual reality sickness, are increasing. Cybersickness is a form of motion sickness that occurs...
Scientists Investigate Root Causes of Cybersickness in Virtual Reality
The University of Waterloo researchers have conducted a study on cybersickness, analyzing the reasons why specific individuals experience the condition while playing high-intensity Virtual Reality (VR) games, while others do not. Cybersickness is a...
US Senate introduces a bill for the creation of an AI Task Force
The United States Senate has submitted a bill proposing the creation of a task force to investigate the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems on privacy, civil liberties, and due process. The increasing popularity...
What Are The Concerns Surrounding Data Privacy In The Metaverse?
The big-tech economy continues to fuel the hype around the Metaverse, but privacy and data security concerns arise from enabling technologies like AR, VR, AI, 5G, and blockchain. In fact, 33% of developers consider...
AI Generates Photographic Evidence of a Non-existent 2001 Earthquake
Can you recall the Great Cascadia earthquake and tsunami that supposedly struck the Pacific Northwest in 2001? Well, it never happened. However, images of this event are currently circulating online. These photos are a...