The role of AI in public schools
The role of artificial intelligence in public school education will be discussed in a coming workshop for teachers and headteachers to be held in Nicosia next month.
The Digital Education: ...
Microsoft beefs up ChatGPT and Bing in wide-ranging AI product launch
Microsoft Corp MSFT.O on Tuesday started making available to users a host of AI upgrades, including to ChatGPT, its search engine Bing as well as to cloud services – an ...
Regulators dust off rule books to tackle generative AI like ChatGPT
As the race to develop more powerful artificial intelligence services like ChatGPT accelerates, some regulators are relying on old laws to control a technology that could upend the way societies ...
OpenAI chief concerned about AI being used to compromise elections
The CEO of OpenAI, the startup behind ChatGPT, told a Senate panel on Tuesday the use of artificial intelligence to interfere with election integrity is a “significant area of concern”, ...
Small steps taken to welcome AI into workplace
With the launch of ChatGPT late last year speculation on its impact on the labour force has been largely negative but those in Cyprus see it could boost productivity, and ...
France looks to AI-powered surveillance to secure Olympics
France’s National Assembly on Thursday approved the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) video surveillance during the 2024 Paris Olympics, overlooking warnings from civil rights groups that the technology posed a ...
Israeli sports technology company expands to Cyprus
i-BrainTech’s decision is seen as a vote of confidence in Cyprus
Israeli sports technology company i-BrainTech, a pioneer in athletic brain training, on Tuesday announced its plan to expand ...
Cyprus authority chairman: AI vital to energy sector future
Artificial intelligence will play a vital role in the future of the energy sector, especially as it continues to become more digital and decentralised, according to Cyprus Energy Regulatory Authority (...
‘Artificial intelligence is a tool for human creativity, not a risk’
Cypriot scientist and academic Xenia Miscouridou speaks to PANIS PIERI about artificial intelligence, data science, working with Google, as well as being involved with research and innovation.
It is a ...
The value of computer vision for online platforms
The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency notes that, “The production and trafficking of counterfeit goods poses a significant health and safety threat to consumers”. Additionally, they point out the ...
AI master’s programme at UCy
A new Artificial Intelligence master’s programme at the state University of Cyprus will start in September with the aim to provide students with hands-on AI experience and prepare them ...
AI and justice system reform
The European Commission’s regulatory proposal covering the use of Artificial Intelligence
By Christiana Pyrkotou and Aimilia Efstathiou
There has been a growing debate worldwide lately regarding the development and ...
Skin in the game: Video chat apps tout ‘inclusive’ AI features
Video conferencing services have for years boasted that their technology is “intuitive” to use or “integrated” to function with other tools, but now vendors such as Google and Cisco can ...
Journalism must regain its proper place, says government spokesman
Any attack aimed at silencing a journalist not only violates that person’s human rights, but is also an affront to the collective deeply held beliefs in freedom of expression, ...
EU civil rights groups want ban on biometric surveillance ahead of new laws
Civil and digital rights groups on Wednesday launched a petition seeking the support of one million Europeans to help pressure the European Union to ban biometric mass surveillance ahead of ...