Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said he expects artificial intelligence-like technologies to disrupt the labor market but also opines that it won’t eliminate jobs completely. At the Asia Tech x Singapore summit, Wong said, “In fact, technology can make humans more productive and create more jobs. I do not believe we will end up…
Industry analysts are optimistic that Chinese chip makers will develop their own advanced semiconductors despite Washington’s attempts to cut the country off from accessing or manufacturing the technology. Daniel Newman, CEO and principal analyst at research firm Futurum Group said, “I don’t underestimate China’s ability and resolve to build next-generation technologies and to also utilize some lagging…
Searching for important old emails will get a lot easier, according to Google. Recently Google announced an artificial intelligence update for Gmail, “Over the next 15 days, end users will begin to see ‘top results’ when they search their inboxes, featured above the ‘all results’ section.” Google’s machine-learning models power the new category. The new…
The UK recently announced up to £1 billion ($1.24 billion) of support for its semiconductor industry to give a push to its domestic chip-making abilities and prevent further disruptions to supply chain systems after the call for help from leaders at some of the country’s leading companies. The investment will be a part of a…
