China Prepares for Weaker Haikui After Direct Hit on Taiwan
China is preparing to deal with the remnants of Haikui after the storm’s direct hit on Taiwan left
2023-09-04 18:53
Alibaba Cloud Eyes State Firms for Up to $3 Billion Fundraising
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.’s cloud division is weighing a private round to raise funds from Chinese state-owned enterprises
2023-09-04 18:28
Continental integrates Google Cloud into vehicle cockpit
MUNICH Continental will integrate Google Cloud services into its vehicle cockpit system, the company said on Monday, enabling
2023-09-04 18:17
EU’s Green Banking Metric Will Mislead Stakeholders, Lobby Says
The European Union’s planned metric for showing which banks have the greenest balance sheets won’t reflect their efforts
2023-09-04 17:21
Continental Taps Google’s AI Technology for Cars: Munich Update
Europe’s automakers are showing off their latest battery-powered cars at the IAA Mobility car show this week as
2023-09-04 17:17
Barclays Warns of ESG Bond Risk Few Creditors Are Pricing Right
Investors in sovereign bonds are mispricing a growing risk that has the potential to trigger downgrades, according to
2023-09-04 16:59
German Banking Regulator BaFin’s Website Hit by Cyber Attack
German banking regulator BaFin said its website has only been partially accessible since Friday after a so-called distributed
2023-09-04 16:45
Russian court fines Tinder, Twitch for refusing to localise data
MOSCOW A Russian court on Monday fined Match Group, which operates Tinder, 10 million roubles ($104,000) and streaming
2023-09-04 16:24
Binance global head of product Mayur Kamat resigns - The Block
Binance's global head of product and design, Mayur Kamat, has resigned amid a string of executive exits and
2023-09-04 15:46
China’s ‘government-approved’ AI chatbot says Taiwan invasion is likely
A military takeover of Taiwan is likely, according to one of many Chinese government-approved artificial intelligencechatbots that seem to toe the ruling Communist Party’s official line. The island nation has been a self-governing democracy since its separation from the mainland following a civil war in 1949, but China has claimed it as part of its national territory. The chatbots have dubbed Taiwan an inseparable part of China. The Chinese government recently approved a number of AI chatbots for use in the country, including a bot named Ernie and developed by tech giant Baidu and TikTok owner ByteDance’s Doubao. When Bloomberg tested some of these AI services for how government oversight affected the accuracy of information provided by these chatbots, it found they appeared to be trained to follow the ruling Communist Party’s line. When asked whether Taiwan is a country, all the tested chatbots reportedly said the self-governed island was a part of China, and Baidu’s Ernie chatbot reportedly said a Chinese military takeover of Taiwan is likely. The Zhipu chatbot described China’s current economic situation, which experts said is at one of its weakest points in recent decades, to be “a mix of joys and sorrows”, reported Bloomberg. Another chatbot, SenseTime, reportedly described the economy as “very stable”. When asked to respond queries that may be deemed “sensitive content”, the Ernie bot was found to “change the subject”, while Zhipu would delete its response if it found it to be “controversial”, according to the report. Such generative AI tools are trained by analysing large quantities of data to respond to user queries with unique human-like replies. For instance, OpenAI’s ChatGPT has demonstrated a wide range of abilities, from summarising complex research, answering logical questions and also cracking business and medical school exams deemed crucial for students to pass. A number of Chinese companies have sought to build their own version of AI chatbots, prompting China’s cyberspace regulator to release ground rules for companies developing generative AI services. But prior to the launch of these chatbots, the Chinese government made several months-long efforts to regulate the generative AI industry. Some of the proposed rules have sought to ensure the content of Chinese AI systems reflect “socialist core values” and avoid information undermining “state power” or “national unity”. Baidu’s launch of Ernie for full public use on Thursday led to the company’s stock price rising by over 3 per cent following the announcement. Other AI firms such as Baichuan and Zhipu AI also launched their ChatGPT-like large language models on Thursday. The ruling Communist Party issued regulations on 15 August that required tech companies to carry out a security review of their chatbots, and obtain approvals before their products are publicly launched. It also requires companies providing such AI services to comply with government data requests, regulations which are currently absent in the US. Read More China's Baidu makes AI chatbot Ernie Bot publicly available Need to know about live-saving CPR? A new study says it's probably wise not to ask Alexa or Siri AI can write better university assignments than students, report suggests India’s moon rover finds sulphur and several other elements near lunar south pole Russian cyber-attacks ‘relentless’ as threat of WW3 grows, expert warns How new bike technology could help cyclists tell drivers not to crash into them
2023-09-04 14:52
First African Offsets Platform Begins With Record 2 Million Credit Trade
Africa’s first verifiable emissions reduction platform has begun operations with a carbon futures transaction of more than two
2023-09-04 13:29
Munich car show shines spotlight on China competition in EV race
MUNICH European carmakers must prove their ability to compete with new Asian players in the electric age on
2023-09-04 13:23