Breakpoints - 8
London, holding the European record for the number of security cameras, is conducting studies to detect criminal activities in subway stations and vehicles in advance using artificial intelligence. During a one-year trial period, algorithms managed to detect 44,000 cases.
The UK's National Crime Agency, in collaboration with the US FBI, conducted the "Cronos Operation" to seize the website and server of the notorious ransomware Lockbit. Concurrently, Ukrainian police arrested a father and son in connection with the virus. The operation is ongoing.
Elon Musk announced that the first human trial subject of the Neuralink brain chip is in good health and can move a cursor without using a mouse, solely through thought power.
A collection of 60 desktop computers, some dating back to the 1970s, was unveiled at an auction in London.
Spotify announced AUX, a consultancy service that will produce custom music for brands.
57-year-old Spanish Alicia Framis decided to marry her boyfriend "AIlex," a detail of interest being that AIlex is an artificial intelligence-supported hologram.
France has reduced its electric vehicle discount incentive, which offers up to 5,000 euros, by 20% for citizens in the high-income bracket.
The Australian Parliament approved the right for workers to reject calls and messages outside of work hours. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced the regulation with the words, "Those not paid for 24-hour shifts should not be penalized with the expectation to be available 24/7." The law will come into effect following approval from the House of Representatives.
Cisco announced it would be parting ways with 4,000 employees, citing business downturns as the reason.
This year, half of the world's population will go to the polls to vote.
The New York City Administration has sued TikTok and Instagram, accusing them of addicting children.
Twitter, on the other hand, is accused of selling verified accounts to terrorist organizations and their members for money.
Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon who stepped down as CEO in 2021, sold 2 billion worth of shares recently.
Google introduced version 1.5 of its artificial intelligence model, Gemini, capable of processing 700,000 words, 30,000 lines of code, 11 hours of audio, and 1 hour of video at once. However, following scandals, the company announced a pause in its service until further notice.
Meanwhile, Google introduced a new open-source and free chatbot (or rather, "language model") named "Gemma."
A group of artificial intelligence experts who left Google founded a startup called ElevenLabs, which discovered and developed a solution for generating voices for videos.
OpenAI introduced "Sora," a product capable of generating high-resolution videos. While not perfect, it's regarded as the best. Continuing its activities with record growth, OpenAI has surpassed the $2 billion revenue mark.
Additionally, OpenAI received an investment valued at $80 billion from the venture capital group "Thrive Capital," tripling its value in 9 months and becoming the third most valuable tech startup after TikTok and SpaceX.
In contrast to these developments, traffic to OpenAI's most mass-market product, ChatGPT, has been declining for 8 months.
A joint report by Microsoft and OpenAI revealed that state-supported hacker groups from China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran are using artificial intelligence products to infiltrate systems.
It was rumored that Lenovo would introduce a "transparent portable computer" at the MWC event. Transparent computers no longer surprise us.