Artificial intelligence

Voice actors around the globe are mobilizing against the unregulated use of artificial intelligence (AI) to generate and clone human voices that they fear poses a threat to their livelihoods.

Turkish entrepreneurs have unveiled "Turcoai," the first indigenous artificial intelligence robot that is expected to revolutionize various sectors from business to health care.

Europe's best-selling newspaper, German tabloid "Bild" plans to replace a number of editorial positions with artificial intelligence as part of a €100m cost-cutting program, Britain's "Guardian" reported, citing emails sent to the paper's staff. The group will also reorganize its business with regional newspapers, which will lead to hundreds of redundancies in total.

Türkiye's Competition Board has launched a probe into Google to investigate the allegations that the company abuses its dominant position in the market.

The authority completed its preliminary assessments regarding the entity, which consists of Alphabet Inc., Google LLC., Google International LLC., Google Ireland Limited and Google's Turkish advertising unit.

Recently in the United States the case of a lawyer captured public attention, as he based his defense line on previous cases which, however, had not occurred. The lawyer admitted to receiving his references to these "nonexistent" cases through the use of artificial intelligence.

Researchers at Slovenia's Jožef Stefan Institute (IJS) and Ljubljana Faculty of Sport have developed a new method to predict adult height in children and teenagers, using extensive population data and artificial intelligence. The new predictions are much more precise than those based on methods currently in use.

The first package of regulations on risk management and the legal use of artificial intelligence was adopted by a large majority of MEPs during the June plenary session in Strasbourg.

Top executives at artificial intelligence (AI) companies, including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, joined experts and professors on Tuesday in arguing that "the risk of AI leading to the extinction of humanity" is rising. They urged policymakers to equate this with the risks posed by pandemics and the outbreak of nuclear war.

The US tech giant Google is planning to launch a quantum technologies centre in Ljubljana, Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation Minister Igor Papič told the STA on 30 May. Doctoral students could start this autumn or next year at the latest. Several hundred engineers are expected to graduate annually.

The explosion of generative AI has taken the world by storm, but one question all too rarely comes up: Who can afford it? 

OpenAI bled around $540 million last year as it developed ChatGPT and says it needs $100 billion to meet its ambitions.