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Why does it seem like every startup is a SaaS company?

By Alex Wilhelm – June 29, 2023 A version of this article was first published on TechCrunch If you read enough startup coverage, you’ve noticed that no matter the part of the economy that an upstart tech company is attacking, there’s a pretty darn good chance that it is doing so through software. Software that the…

Report: Fresh STEM grads in Penang getting starting salaries above RM3,500
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Report: Fresh STEM grads in Penang getting starting salaries above RM3,500

By Opalyn Mok – May 20, 2023 A version of this article was first published on Malay Mail KUALA LUMPUR, May 20 — Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) graduates in Penang are getting higher starting pay from RM3,500 onwards compared to their peers in the Klang Valley and other parts of the country, The Star reported…

Humans could be controlled by robots, AI firm’s founder warns
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Humans could be controlled by robots, AI firm’s founder warns

By The Star – May 21, 2023 A version of this article was first published on TheStar LONDON: Robots could end up controlling humanity, the founder of an artificial intelligence firm has warned. Emad Mostaque, 40, who founded Stability AI three years ago, said this could happen in a “worst case scenario” and humans could be…

Will AI push humans aside, or just give us new tools? Six tech experts weigh in
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Will AI push humans aside, or just give us new tools? Six tech experts weigh in

By JOSEPH N. DISTEFANO – May 20, 2023 A version of this article was first published on TheStar PHILADELPHIA: “Good vs. Evil” was the stark subtitle of the artificial-intelligence (AI) panel earlier this month at Philadelphia Alliance for Capital and Technologies’ yearly Phorum conclave at Penn State Great Valley. The tech-business group summoned technologists to make sense of…

AI could soon be rewriting text messages for you
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AI could soon be rewriting text messages for you

By ETX Daily Up – May 10, 2023 A version of this article was first published on FreeMalaysiaToday PARIS: Generative artificial intelligence could soon make it possible to create custom text messages in Google Messages, in a tone to suit your mood or even in poetic form. The 9To5Google website reports that this new feature, called…

AI could replace 80 per cent of jobs ‘in next few years’, says expert
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AI could replace 80 per cent of jobs ‘in next few years’, says expert

By MalayMail – May 10, 2023 A version of this article was first published on MalayMail RIO DE JANEIRO, May 10 — Artificial intelligence could replace 80 per cent of human jobs in the coming years — but that’s a good thing, says US-Brazilian researcher Ben Goertzel, a leading AI guru. Mathematician, cognitive scientist and famed robot-creator Goertzel,…

Researchers populated a tiny virtual town with AI (and it was very wholesome)
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Researchers populated a tiny virtual town with AI (and it was very wholesome)

By Devin Coldewey – Apr 11, 2023 A version of this article was first published on TechCrunch What would happen if you filled a virtual town with AIs and set them loose? As it turns out, they brush their teeth and are very nice to one another! But this unexciting outcome is good news for…