A class action complaint has been filed against the British-Swedish pharmaceutical corporation AstraZeneca, claiming that a COVID-19 vaccine that the business and Oxford University produced has major adverse effects. The complaint claims that the vaccine resulted in injuries and fatalities in numerous cases. The company itself has acknowledged that, in rare instances, its vaccine may result in...

According to Bloomberg, which cites sources, American automaker Tesla will collaborate with Chinese Internet behemoth Baidu Inc. to launch mapping and navigation features in the Full-Self Driving (FSD, "autopilot") driving assistance system on the Chinese market. Data protection tests for Chinese-made Tesla electric vehicles have been passed with success. The China Association of Automobile...

In an interview with the Financial Times, Christoph Schweizer, the CEO of the global consulting firm BCG, stated that his company anticipates making $12 billion in revenue this year, with 20% of that amount coming from artificial intelligence (AI) consulting. The manager clarified that this was a reference to advisory services related to integrating AI into the operations of BCG's client...

Google has consented to remove billions of user activity records, including personal information of over 136 million Americans who use the Chrome browser. In June 2020, a class action lawsuit was launched against Google. Attorneys for the plaintiffs and the company declared at the end of December 2023 that they had come to a settlement to assist with the lawsuit's settlement. Among other things,...

A paper on the possible threats artificial intelligence (AI) poses to the regional labor market was released by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) in Britain. The IPPR presented three potential scenarios – best-case, baseline, and worst-case. Each scenario examines three levels of risk. In the worst-case scenario, the nation's GDP would not rise and 8 million jobs would be lost as a...

According to Bloomberg, which cites sources, Apple Inc. and Google are in discussions about incorporating the Gemini artificial intelligence model inside the iPhone. They state that there is active discussion between the two firms regarding the prospect of incorporating certain new capabilities into the revised iPhone software that will be launched later this year, using Google's Gemini....

German automaker Mercedes-Benz is testing humanoid robots named Apollo at a plant in Hungary, as reported by the Financial Times. The robots can lift up to 25 kg, have a height of around 170 cm, and weigh roughly 73 kg. They will be employed for quality control and component delivery to assembly lines. According to the FT, Mercedes-Benz intends to use the robots to carry out "physically...

The European Parliament passed a bill on artificial intelligence (AI). Its authors believe that this legislation will promote innovation and safeguard citizens' fundamental rights while also promoting security. The applicable legislation was accepted in Strasbourg during the plenary session, having been agreed upon during the EP deliberations with EU member states in December 2023. The new...

OpenAI, a US technology startup, has released Sora, an AI system for creating videos. Based on text queries, Sora can produce lifelike films, writes The Wall Street Journal. A group of scholars and researchers will be able to use OpenAI to find ways to exploit the system and offer suggestions for countermeasures. The general public cannot currently access the software. The business said that it...