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OPPO launches F7 for AI-powered selfies, large-screen entertainment

OPPO Philippines
Updated as of Apr 20 07:32 PM

OPPO Philippines launched their newest flagship phone OPPO F7 Thursday at the Manila Marriott Hotel in Pasay City. Read more »

VP Leni to employers: Invest in human resources amid looming shift to AI

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 18 02:40 PM

Vice President Leni Robredo on Wednesday told employers to invest in human resource training to allow workers to cope with technological advancement in different industries. Read more »

BPO share in online job postings falls, AI influence seen

Jessica Fenol, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 18 01:46 PM

Job openings for fresh graduates in the business process outsourcing sector have shrunk, with the rise of automation seen as among contributing factors, data from recruitment portal Jobstreet.com released on Wednesday showed. Read more »

Saving millions from blindness, rain-drenched commutes: Google bets big on AI

Joel Guinto, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 17 02:23 PM

Google-powered artificial intelligence will help doctors prevent millions from going blind due to diabetes, aside from telling commuters to bring umbrellas before stepping out of the house, officials said. Read more »

ANALYSIS: How technology will change your job

Jose Galang — Your Business
Posted at Apr 12 08:59 PM

If you are now employed as a medical transcriptionist in an IT company, perhaps it’s time you started learning other work skills that will prepare you for a new job. Read more »

Lying eyes: Google engineer developing tool to spot fake video

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 12 03:17 PM

A Google engineer is working with the AI Foundation on a 'Reality Defender' app that would run automatically in web browsers to spot and flag fake pictures or videos. Read more »

AI researchers end ban after S.Korean university says no to 'killer robots'

Reuters
Posted at Apr 09 09:22 PM

More than 50 artificial intelligence (AI) researchers have ended a boycott of KAIST, one of South Korea's top university, after it agreed not to develop "killer robots" under a partnership with a defense company. Read more »

OK Google: What the future holds for AI in consumer tech

Cathy Yang, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 09 12:15 PM

Artificial intelligence is Google's "big bet" and consumers should expect a more "conversational" interaction with their smart devices, the internet giant's Philippines head said. Read more »

Jobs: AI helps sort best performing, problem employees

Jessica Fenol ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 04 02:59 PM

Rumarocket combines human intelligence and machine learning to understand the personalities and predict the future behavior of job applicants. Read more »

France to spend $1.8 billion on AI to compete with US, China

Mathieu Rosemain and Michel Rose, Reuters
Posted at Mar 31 11:56 AM

French President Emmanuel Macron promised 1.5 billion euros ($1.85 billion) of public funding into artificial intelligence by 2022 in a bid to reverse a brain drain and catch up with the dominant US and Chinese tech giants. Read more »

Race to robot cars continues after fatal crash

Julie Charpentrat, Agence France Presse
Posted at Mar 28 01:59 PM

The race to perfect robot cars continues despite fears kindled by the death of a woman hit by a self-driving Uber vehicle while pushing a bicycle across an Arizona street.   Read more »

Digital fluency makes women more 'profitable' in tech

Cathy Yang, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 26 05:44 PM

Digital fluency is the key for women to bridge gender and pay gap in the technology space, an outsourcing company's technology lead said on Monday.   Read more »

'E-Kariton', inilunsad sa Legazpi

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 23 05:00 AM

Inilunsad sa Legazpi City, Albay nitong Huwebes ang proyektong E-Kariton. Read more »

BPOs should see AI rise as 'opportunity,' Jobstreet boss says

Jessica Fenol, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 15 03:04 PM

The rise of artificial intelligence, while it threatens to displace some business process outsourcing workers, also opens opportunities for higher paid jobs, the head of an employment portal said Thursday. Read more »

Artificial intelligence threat on BPO jobs needs urgent action: Sen Aquino

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 14 12:27 AM

The government has to move with "urgency" to protect the 1.4 million Filipinos working in the business process outsourcing industry who might be displaced by the industry's shift to artificial intelligence, a lawmaker said. Read more »

AI can help with early cancer detection, says tech firm

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 13 03:21 PM

Artificial intelligence can help bring down the number of cancer deaths through early detection of the disease, an official of a AI technology company said on Monday. Read more »

BPO industry should not fear AI, says Acer executive

Cathy Yang, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 08 08:43 PM

The next "killer app" in artificial intelligence may be developed in Philippines thanks to its booming business process outsourcing industry, an executive of Taiwanese tech giant Acer said on Thursday.  Read more »

Amazon to quiet Alexa's cackling

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 08 04:18 PM

Amazon on Wednesday promised to keep virtual assistant Alexa from spontaneously cackling, giving people eerie feelings about what the artificial intelligence might be plotting. Read more »

5G connectivity, AI figure prominently in Mobile World Congress

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 07 11:58 PM

Tony Velasquez of ANC's Future Perfect Tech Shorts notes that with speeds of up to 20 gigabits per second and latency of 1 millisecond, the 5G standard makes possible cloud based virtual reality apps and smart cars with autonomous driving, among other things.  Read more »

AI killing jobs? Philippines can be global hub, says tech startup

Jessica Fenol, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 01 05:08 PM

A Silicon Valley-based startup said it would hire Filipino data scientists and software engineers, seeking to make the country a global hub for artificial intelligence. Read more »