LANSING — Traffic lights that turn red or green in response to traffic flows, rather than a pre-programmed schedule. Systems that can scan signatures on absentee ballots and flag those that don’t seem authentic. Chatbots that can respond to residents’ questions at 3 a.m., when most state employees are asleep. Those are all potential uses …
Best Buy has made significant cuts to its workforce, including the Geek Squad. On the heels of the cuts, the Minnesota-based company announced that artificial intelligence will help customers Addressing “lower business demand,” Best Buy has made a significant cut to its workforce and laid off a number of employees, including Geek Squad field agents, …
BRANCH COUNTY — County commissioners invited Frontier Northern communication executives back on April 18 to discuss holes in the countywide service internet plan. In a March presentation, Frontier service maps showed significant areas of Sherwood, Butler, Gilead, and Noble townships not receiving Frontier fiber service under the $22.4 million state Realizing Opportunity with Broadband Infrastructure …
The alleged theft involved the building blocks of Google’s supercomputing data centers, which develop applications to generate responses to tasks or questions. WASHINGTON – A Chinese citizen was charged with stealing trade secrets from Google about artificial intelligence technology, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Wednesday. Linwei Ding, who is also known as Leon Ding, was …
Oh, bother! Winnie the Pooh lovers were recently let down when an AI-generated image of a Winnie the Pooh crockpot being sold at Walmart made its rounds on social media. Although Walmart does sell a Winnie the Pooh crockpot, this is different from the one going viral online. The doctored image shows a crockpot bearing …
Sam’s Club, a subsidiary of Walmart, announced it going to implement AI Image capture at it’s exit. Said all 600 stores nation wide will be using the technology by the end of 2024. Sam’s club announced it will start using AI to scan receipts at its store’s exits. Sam’s Club Chief Merchant Megan Crozier introduced …
Groveport Madison schools still have no internet service nearly a week after a computer hack forced officials to shut down the entire system. Since the Dec. 5 incident, teachers have been instructing the district’s 6,000 students the old-fashioned way, with books and paper. The ransomware group BlackSuit hacked into security camera and printers at Groveport …