McDonald’s is ending its test run of AI-powered drive-thrus with IBM
Ever get your McDonald’s order mixed up at an AI-powered drive-thru? The experiment behind the fast food giant's current automated…
Thai PM proposes $102 billion budget to parliament to revive economy
BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin on Wednesday proposed a 3.753 trillion baht ($102 billion) budget for the 2025…
Scams keep haunting crypto market, aided by AI and social media
When Jakob-Moritz Eberl clicked on a link to the website of a crypto company, he was stunned at what he…
Mouse shakers, power naps: Corporate America fights ‘keyboard fraud’
A US banking giant fired more than a dozen employees for “simulating keyboard activity”, highlighting a battle within productivity-obsessed corporate…
Europe needs greater political stability, EY says
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Europe must foster greater political stability, cut red tape and reduce energy price volatility to reverse a…
Unrelenting heatwave kills five in Indian capital
(Reuters) - A severe heatwave sweeping India has killed at least five people this week in the capital, New Delhi,…
US government assails Adobe for putting up ‘wholly unnecessary’ roadblocks when subscribers try to cancel
It’s now a dozen years since Adobe became the poster child for what marketing folks and techies used to call…
The AI influencer ads are coming
If you are scrolling through TikTok and see an ad, it is likely that the person trying to sell you…
Companies crave fresh data to train AI models. This startup’s recipe? Data made from scratch – by AI
Ever since OpenAI’s ChatGPT sparked the generative AI boom in 2022, it’s been clear that having the right data, and…