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Alphabet CEO backs temporary ban on facial-recognition, Microsoft disagrees

Foo Yun Chee and John Chalmers, Reuters
Posted at Jan 21 08:33 AM

While Pichai cited the possibility that the technology could be used for nefarious purposes as a reason for a moratorium, Smith said a ban was akin to using a meat cleaver instead of a scalpel to solve potential problems. Read more »

Heartbroken Ai Ai asks for prayers for embattled Jiro Manio

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 19 03:10 PM

Popular comedienne Ai Ai delas Alas turned emotional after learning about the altercation involving former child actor Jiro Manio. Read more »

EU mulls 5-year ban on facial recognition tech in public areas

Foo Yun Chee, Reuters
Posted at Jan 17 08:40 AM

The plan by the EU's executive - set out in an 18-page white paper - comes amid a global debate about the systems driven by artificial intelligence and widely used by law enforcement agencies. Read more »

Robot-loving Japan struggles to automate human work

Motoko Rich, The New York Times
Posted at Jan 01 11:16 AM

Japan, the world’s third largest economy, hopes that robots and other types of automation will help solve its demographic problems and impending labor shortage. That priority is reflected in a government blueprint, dubbed Society 5.0 and repeatedly emphasized by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Read more »

AI raises success rate of spouse-hunting in Japan

Kyodo News
Updated as of Dec 29 06:27 PM

AI devices are being employed to give people a picture of their potential mates along with everything about them -- their hobbies, whether or not they smoke, or if they have walked down the aisle before, among other things. Read more »

WATCH: Sandara goes nostalgic with 'Meteor Garden' soundtrack cover

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Updated as of Dec 25 05:53 PM

Korean pop star Sandara Park gifted her fans with a new song cover video on Christmas Eve.   Read more »

Ai Ai, husband mark second wedding anniversary

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 12 11:05 AM

Comedienne Ai Ai delas Alas and her husband Gerald Sibayan marked their second wedding anniversary on Thursday.    Read more »

China's SenseTime expects $750-M revenue despite US ban -sources

Yingzhi Yang and Brenda Goh, Reuters
Posted at Dec 09 10:26 AM

Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) start-up SenseTime, which Washington put on a trade blacklist in October, expects its 2019 revenue to increase by more than 200 percent year-on-year to around $750 million, 2 sources familiar with the matter said.  Read more »

Internet companies prepare to fight the 'deepfake' future

Cade Metz, The New York Times
Posted at Nov 25 05:41 AM

For internet companies like Google, finding the tools to spot deepfakes has gained urgency. If someone wants to spread a fake video far and wide, Google’s YouTube or Facebook’s social media platforms would be great places to do it. Read more »

Ai Ai Delas Alas, hindi na itutuloy ang planong pagbubuntis

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 24 01:49 PM

Malungkot na inihayag ng comedy queen na si Ai Ai Delas Alas ang tila pagka-udlot ng kanilang plano ng mister na si Gerald Sibayan na magkaroon ng sariling anak. Read more »

Robochef: Sony cooks up new AI unit for food revolution

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 20 03:16 PM

Cooking robots and tastier recipes: Japanese electronics giant Sony on Wednesday launched a new artificial intelligence unit they hope will change the way we cook and eat. Read more »

Ai Ai Delas Alas, pinaghahandaan na ang baby sa 2020

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Updated as of Nov 06 05:00 PM

Hindi na maitago ni Ai Ai Delas Alas ang kanyang pananabik para sa kanyang planong magka-baby muli. Read more »

MMFF 2019: Ai Ai Delas Alas, masaya na makasama si Coco Martin sa pelikula

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 04 05:05 PM

"Nakasama ko rin, finally."  Read more »

Ai Ai Delas Alas, inaming mahirap maging isang kabit

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Updated as of Oct 30 06:29 PM

Muling binalikan ni Ai Ai Delas Alas ang kanyang naging karanasan bilang isang kabit. Read more »

Asian cities risk stumbling 'zombie-like' towards digital dystopia

Rina Chandran, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Oct 17 06:04 PM

As Asian cities turn to technologies such as facial recognition and artificial intelligence to deliver social welfare and public services, urban experts on Thursday urged authorities to address privacy concerns and protect the vulnerable. Read more »

China's blacklisted AI firms: what you should know

Eva Xiao and Danni Zhu, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 13 02:34 PM

The eight firms were added on Monday to a list of 28 entities that US companies are barred from selling components to without government approval. Read more »

US widens blacklist to include China's top AI startups ahead of trade talks

David Shepardson and Josh Horwitz, Reuters
Posted at Oct 08 04:23 PM

The action bars the firms from buying components from US companies without US government approval - a potentially crippling move. Read more »

Apple's new iPhones shift smartphone camera battleground to AI

Stephen Nellis, Reuters
Posted at Sep 12 07:59 PM

The technology industry's battleground for smartphone cameras has moved inside the phone, where sophisticated artificial intelligence software play a major role in how a phone's photos look. Read more »

AirAsia winds down call centers as chatbot takes on customer care

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 27 09:41 AM

Since its launch earlier this year, AVA or AirAsia Virtual Allstar, handles some 50,000 messages daily, Adam Geneave, head of AirAsia's Customer Happiness group. Read more »

Amazon, Microsoft, may be putting world at risk of killer AI, says report

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Aug 22 07:21 AM

Dutch NGO Pax ranked 50 companies by three criteria: whether they were developing technology that could be relevant to killer robots, whether they were working on related military projects, and if they had committed to abstaining from contributing in the future. Read more »