Singapore’s IMDA Says, We are currently not looking to Regulate AI

As governments contemplate whether artificial intelligence technology poses risks or threats and whether it needs regulation, Singapore is taking a wait-and-see approach. Lee Wan Sie, director of trusted AI and data at Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority, said, “We are currently not looking at regulating AI.” IMDA promotes as well as regulates Singapore’s communication and media sectors….

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US Cyber Official Says, Aggressive China Cyberattacks are the Defining Threat of our time

The top U.S. cybersecurity official said that China’s cyber espionage and sabotage capacities are a defining threat. She warned, “In the event of open warfare, aggressive cyber operations from China would threaten critical USA transportation infrastructure to induce societal panic.” Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Jen Easterly said, “I think this is the real…

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Allen Institute for Brain Science Teams up with AWS to Create First-ever Map of the Brain

Just like the periodic table is foundational to chemistry and the Human Genome Project created a revolution in modern genetics, researchers at the Allen Institute for Brain Science have partnered up with Amazon Web Services for creating possibly a transformative resource for the neuroscience field. AWS announced its technology will support the Allen Institute for Brain Science as…

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Top cloud providers face ongoing spending cuts by clients

The cloud-computing market keeps growing as firms move an increasing number of workloads out of their own data centers, but executives from the leading cloud providers said this week that clients are looking for ways and means to trim costs. The result is slowing income growth at the cloud divisions run by Microsoft, Amazon, and Google. It’s…

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