Science & Technology

The UN convened the first ever global meeting with education ministers from around the world to explore risks and rewards of using chatbots in classrooms, announcing on Friday a new roadmap to chart a safer digital path for all.

Rayyanah Barnawi, a Saudi astronaut, made history as the first Arab woman to journey into space alongside Ali al-Qarni.

(Report generated by Bard) Google announced the launch of its Artificial Intelligence chatbot Bard on Thursday, May 11, 2023. The chatbot is built on Google's large language model, PaLM2, and...

Citing a major crackdown on terrorist activities, India on Monday announced that it has banned 14 mobile messaging applications. The banned apps include Crypviser, Enigma, Safeswiss, Wickrme, Mediafire, Briar, BChat,...

Around 90 per cent of adolescent girls and young women do not use the internet in low-income countries, while their male peers are twice as likely to be online, according to a new UNICEF analysis, coinciding with the UN’s International Girls in ICT Day.

India was among the leading nations that submitted formal requests to remove content from Twitter during the first half of last year, between January and June, the social media company said on Tuesday.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced the release of open-source AI tools for creators on Instagram. These tools include the DINOv2 model and an animated drawing dataset.

The digital rights group, the Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) on Thursday said it is "deeply concerned" by the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment Rules,...

The Punjab & Haryana High Court on Monday used ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot developed by OpenAI, while deciding a bail case.

India's fervent adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) across manufacturing, IT, and media paints a seductive picture of progress. However, beneath this glossy veneer lurks a critical issue: the persistent gender divide that threatens to magnify existing social inequalities rooted in caste, ethnicity, and occupational discrimination. While a nascent awareness of algorithmic bias exists, translating this awareness into concrete technical solutions remains elusive.

Google on Tuesday began the public release of its Artificial intelligence chatbot Bard in the US and the UK, in an attempt to catch up with Microsoft's ChatGPT. Consumers...

Guterres noted that digital technology – the product of an industry that is predominantly male - represents a new source of discrimination and bias.