Fear it or love it, there’s no escaping AI in the workplace

Fear it or love it, there’s no escaping AI in the workplace

iStock / Getty Images Artificial intelligence has infiltrated every part of our lives. Increasing numbers of businesses use AI to handle routine customer inquiries; craft job postings, emails, reports and PowerPoint presentations; evaluate candidate applications; and automate other tasks once performed by researchers and entry-level employees. Many workers fear AI, voicing concerns about job displacement, …

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Can smart watches help curb anxiety about health and safety?

Can smart watches help curb anxiety about health and safety?

Apple Watches and other wearable devices are giving us more data about our bodies than we’ve ever had access to before. Photo / Getty Images Wearable tech is advancing swiftly and, from smart watches to sleep tracking, we’ve never had more information about our bodies. Can it make us feel safer? Emma Gleason ponders the …

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Supreme Court of Canada rules internet users’ privacy must be better protected from police search

Supreme Court of Canada rules internet users’ privacy must be better protected from police search

Open this photo in gallery: The Supreme Court of Canada is pictured in Ottawa on March 3, 2023. The Supreme Court says police need judicial authorization to obtain a computer’s Internet Protocol address, calling the unique identification number a crucial link between a person and their online activity.Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press The Supreme Court has …

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What Happens If ChatGPT Becomes the Internet?

What Happens If ChatGPT Becomes the Internet?

There is a tension at the heart of ChatGPT that may soon snap. Does the technology expand our world or constrain it? Which is to say, do AI-powered chatbots open new doors to learning and discovery, or do they instead risk siloing off information and leaving us stuck with unreliable access to truth? Earlier today, …

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WhatsApp rolls out ‘view once’ feature for voice messages

WhatsApp rolls out ‘view once’ feature for voice messages

Meta-owned messaging App WhatsApp has introduced a view once feature on voice notes to add more layers of privacy.  The voice note will disappear once the recipient has listened to it.  “For reading out your credit card details to a friend, or when you’re planning a surprise, you can now also share sensitive information over …

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