Palestinian digital rights group Sada Social has sought an investigation into Israel’s alleged exploitation of WhatsApp data to target Palestinians via its AI system, Lavender. Reports suggest Israel Defense Forces (IDF) employ Lavender, using AI to select targets in Gaza potentially based on WhatsApp data. Meta, WhatsApp’s owner, faces accu...
LAGOS, Nigeria (AA) – A young Nigerian has developed a drone to deliver medicine and medical supplies to patients in rural areas of the country’s impoverished northwest region. Jubrin Musa, a 25-year-old secondary school dropout in Nigeria’s city of Kano, said he began working on the project 12 years ago. “I couldn̵...
American artificial intelligence company OpenAI has unveiled its new model, named GPT-4o, which is much faster than the previous models. GPT-4o, in which “o” stands for “omni,” is a step toward more natural human-computer interaction. It accepts input of any combination of text, audio and image, while generating any com...
Cape Canaveral, United States – AFP The first crewed flight of Boeing’s Starliner spaceship was dramatically called off around two hours before launch after a new safety issue was identified, officials said Monday, pushing back a high-stakes test mission to the International Space Station. Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams...
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia — AFP Microsoft has pledged a $2.2 billion investment in artificial intelligence and cloud computing in Malaysia to help develop the country’s AI infrastructure. The tech giant’s chief executive Satya Nadella is on a three-nation tour of Southeast Asia — Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia — to...
Google has fired 28 employees for involvement in protests against its $1.2 billion contract with Israel. The employees’ identities remain undisclosed. In a statement, the workers called Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai and Thomas Kurian, CEO of the cloud in question, “genocide profiteers.” The firings came after an internal memo ci...
Open internet advocates are supporting the Federal Communications Commission plan to vote on reinstating broadband oversight and net neutrality rules on April 25. FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel emphasizes the necessity of restoring net neutrality to safeguard broadband networks, consumer data, and ensure an open internet. The proposed pl...
A Washington state judge has ruled against the use of artificial intelligence-enhanced video evidence in a triple murder trial. King County Superior Court Judge Leroy McCullogh says this is due to concerns over what he called the technology’s “novelty” and “opacity.” The unprecedented decision stems from a case i...
Facebook’s parent company Meta is facing backlash and outrage via social media amid claims it shared users’ private messages with Netflix. Documents in a lawsuit filed against the company in the U.S. claim it granted Netflix access to private messages of Facebook users for about a decade. There are reports of a deal worth several [...
Israeli attacks have killed 62 Palestinians and injured 91 others over the past 24 hours in Gaza. Israeli forces shelled Deir el-Balah and the Nuseirat refugee camp. Concerns have arisen over Israel’s use of AI-assisted targeting systems, with experts highlighting risks to civilian lives. Reports say the Israeli military has identified t...
