Role of artificial intelligence in newsroom management spotlighted at Kazan workshop
KAZAN: A “New Tools for Newsrooms: Exploring the Benefits and Challenges of Artificial Intelligence Technologies” workshop was held by the Union of News Agencies of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (UNA) in cooperation with the Russian agency “Sputnik” and the “Tatmedia” news agency in Tatarstan. The workshop held within the Kazan Forum 2024 was attended […]
WJC2024 conference: Should journalists welcome Artificial Intelligence, fear it, or both?
By Habib Toumi SEOUL: The second conference of the World Journalists Conference (WJC2024) in the Korean capital Seoul piqued my interest. It was a far cry from the first one that addressed “The Role of the Media in War Journalism and World Peace”, but failed to include any speaker from the Middle East, the region where […]
In South Korea, Artificial Intelligence speakers fill in welfare blind spots of lonely seniors
Seoul: Kim In-hwan spends most of her time by herself in a small apartment in Seoul, but the 83-year-old with no family says she’s not lonely thanks to a new talking buddy named Aria, the virtual assistant of SK Telecom Co.’s artificial intelligence (AI) speaker, NUGU. Waking up to the alarm of the AI […]
China to further boost AI competitiveness
China will strengthen R&D and the application of big data and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, foster clusters of emerging industries like next-generation information technology, high-end equipment, biomedicine, new-energy automobiles, and new materials, and expand the digital economy, according to the Government Work Report 2019. It has been the third time that AI was included in […]
China speeds up legislation on AI
China is hastening legislation related to artificial intelligence (AI), move insiders said would help regulate the AI industry and assist China to compete in the high technology field with others in the international arena. Zhang Yesui, spokesperson for the second session of the 13th National People’s Congress (NPC), said at a press conference on March […]
China to open 400 big data, AI majors in universities for global competition
China will open around 400 majors related to big data, artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics in universities in 2019, China’s Ministry of Education (MOE) announced on Tuesday（February 26th ). Another 612 new engineering research projects will also be implemented in universities. “AI and big data are newly established majors and will be taught in some […]
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