At least 2 billion people worldwide regularly drink water contaminated with disease-causing microbes. Disinfectant powder is stirred in bacteria-contaminated water (upper left). The mixture is exposed to sunlight, which rapidly kills all the bacteria (upper right). A magnet collects the metallic powder after disinfection (lower right). The powder is then reloaded into another beaker of contaminated water, and the disinfection process is repeated (lower left). (Image credit: Tong Wu/Stanford University) Now, scientists at Stanford University and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have invented a low-cost, recyclable powder that kills thousands of waterborne bacteria per second when exposed to ordinary sunlight. The…
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How to Conduct IoT Penetration Testing
IoT Penetration Testing is the need of time as modern society is completely surrounded and equipped with electronic gadgets, and as time goes on, our reliability on these devices will only grow. For example, we have switched to electronic fingerprint locks and have voice-activated fans, lighting, and showers. Therefore, devices that help us live better lives are stored in our private information. However, since all devices are moving towards IoT (Internet of Things), which simply refers to network interconnected devices that can share and communicate information over the internet. Although IoT development technology has the potential to improve our quality…
ChatGPT boss tells US legislators regulation ‘critical’ for AI | TechnologyNews
Sam Altman, the chief executive of ChatGPT’s OpenAI, has told legislators in the United States that government regulation of artificial intelligence is “critical” because of the potential risks it poses to humanity. Altman used his appearance on Tuesday in front of a US Senate judicial subcommittee to urge Congress to impose new rules on big tech, despite deep political divisions that for years have blocked legislation aimed at regulating the internet. “If this technology goes wrong, it can go quite wrong,” Altman, who has become the global face of AI, told the hearing. “OpenAI was founded on the belief that…
‘Godfather of AI’ Geoffrey Hinton warns about advancement of technology after leaving Google job | Science & Tech News
An artificial intelligence trailblazer, dubbed the “godfather of AI”, has issued a warning about the technology he helped create. Geoffrey Hinton is the latest to join a growing list of experts who are sharing their concerns about the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence. Mr. Hinton went so far as leaving his job at Google to speak openly about his worries for the technology and the real threat it could pose to humanity. Read more: Who is the ‘Godfather of AI’? Image: Geoffrey Hinton. Pic: AP “The idea that this stuff could actually get smarter than people – a few people…
Guide to Salesforce QuickBooks Integration
Undoubtedly Salesforce and QuickBooks are leaders in their respective domains. The integration of these two robust systems has the potential to elevate productivity to new levels. It not only simplifies the accounting process and lead generation, but also reduces the workload of the finance team and empowers sales personnel to work more independently. Looking forward to the integration to unlock new heights in your business? Look no further! We are Digital ETG – a Crest Level Salesforce Partner, headquartered in Plano, Texas. Our dedicated team of 500+ certified Salesforce experts serve the business worldwide from across the globe, ie the…
AI-generated news presenter appears in Kuwait | Science and Technology News
‘Fedha’ appeared on the Twitter account of the Kuwait News, with plans for it to read online bulletins. A Kuwaiti media outlet has unveiled a virtual news presenter generated using artificial intelligence, with plans for it to read online bulletins. “Fedha” appeared on the Twitter account of the Kuwait News website as an image of a woman, her light-colored hair uncovered, wearing a black jacket and white T-shirt. “I’m Fedha, the first presenter in Kuwait who works with artificial intelligence at Kuwait News. What kind of news do you prefer? Let’s hear your opinions,” she heard saying in classical Arabic.…
ChatGPT owner OpenAI fixes bug that exposed users’ chat histories | TechnologyNews
According to reports, the titles of the conversations were visible but the substance of other users’ conversations was not. ChatGPT owner OpenAI says it has fixed a bug that caused a “significant issue” of a small set of users being able to see the titles of others’ conversation history with the viral chatbot. As a result of the fix, users could not access their chat history on March 20, Chief Executive Sam Altman said in a tweet on Wednesday. “We had a significant issue in ChatGPT due to a bug in an open-source library,” Altman said. “We feel terrible about…
The New Technological Innovation In The Private Sector
The world of business has been taken by storm by a new technological innovation known as generative artificial intelligence. ChatGPT is the latest type of chatbot, and entrepreneurs, business leaders, and engineers are rushing to reap its benefits. ChatGPT is a ‘language machine’ that leverages supervised learning and statistics to index sentences, words, and phrases. In a business context, it could help provide better customer support, at the same time improving workflows. Enormous opportunities when used strategically Companies determined to use ChatGPT strategically have viable opportunities of gaining a competitive business advantage. Powered by deep-learning, large-scale models trained on unstructured,…