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Karnataka has notified a ban on bike taxi services owing to what the Congress regime sees as an apparent lack of encouraging response from ride-hailing services to offer services with electric two-wheelers and gross misuse of the present policy.Transport department has withdrawn the Karnataka Electric Bike Taxi Scheme, notified on July 14, 2021. ET had on February 9 reported the government planned to end the bike taxi scheme in the state. Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering…

Over the last few years, ever since the launch of Mahindra’s most technologically advanced SUV, the XUV700, numerous cases of people misusing its ADAS features have come forward. Most recently, another incident where two people demonstrating the misuse of ADAS has been shared online. In this video, the driver was seen sleeping behind in the middle row; meanwhile, the person recording the video shows the XUV700 driving on the highway only with the help of ADAS. View this post on Instagram…

Artificial intelligence companies have been at the vanguard of developing the transformative technology. Now they are also racing to set limits on how AI is used in a year stacked with major elections around the world.Last month, OpenAI, the maker of the ChatGPT chatbot, said it was working to prevent abuse of its tools in elections, partly by forbidding their use to create chatbots that pretend to be real people or institutions. In recent weeks, Google also said it would limit its AI chatbot, Bard, from responding to…

Mahindra XUV700 made huge waves in the market when it was launched back in 2021. It became so popular that the demand for the SUV skyrocketed, and people had to wait for years to take delivery after making a booking. One of the main reasons for its popularity was its features. It was one of the most technologically loaded vehicles ever made in Mahindra’s history. One of the major attractions of this SUV was the level 2 ADAS. This was an assistance feature introduced to make the driver’s life a lot easier and…

Google is calling on the government to provide more action when it comes to combatting spyware sales and the misuse of surveillance software, according to a new report. “The harm is not hypothetical,” Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) said Tuesday in its report, which is titled “Buying Spying,” adding that “spyware vendors point to their tools’ legitimate use in law enforcement and counterterrorism.” “However, spyware deployed against journalists, human rights defenders, dissidents, and opposition pay…

January 26, 2024 @ 8:15 AM CMA 2023 Entertainer of the Year Lainey Wilson will testify before a House subcommittee hearing in Los Angeles next week to address the misuse of artificial intelligence technology in entertainment. Wilson, who also took home “Female Vocalist of the Year” and four other CMAs and was nominated for two Grammys, will testify before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet at a field hearing on Feb. 2 at 9 a.m. at the Los Angeles Convention…

Generative artificial intelligence could transform healthcare through things like drug development and more rapid diagnoses, but the World Health Organization stressed Thursday more attention should be paid to the risks.The WHO has been examining the potential dangers and benefits posed by AI large multi-modal models (LMMs), which are relatively new and are quickly being adopted in health. LMMs are a type of generative AI which can use multiple types of data input, including text, images and video, and generate outputs…

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is asking carmakers and wireless service providers to give more information on car applications that have reportedly been used by domestic abusers to track victims. The FCC sent letters to nine different car companies and three voice service providers to ask for more details on the connected car tools and how they may be misused by domestic abusers. The agency cited a New York Times report from last month that detailed how abusers were using internet-connected apps in…

Rashmika Mandanna deepfake video: Four suspects involved in uploading a deepfake video of actor Rashmika Mandana online have been tracked and the hunt is on to nab the main conspirator, police said on Wednesday. However, the four suspects turned out to be uploaders, not creators, the police said, adding that they were looking for the key conspirator in the case. Out of the four suspects, three have been tracked based on the details provided by Meta, the company that owns and operates social media platforms like Facebook,…

Keith Laing / Bloomberg: Tesla recalls 2M+ vehicles after the NHTSA said its means for keeping drivers engaged in Autopilot were inadequate and open to misuse, part of a yearslong probe — - US regulator finds system doesn't do enough to prevent misuse — Agency will keep defect investigation open, monitor remedies Keith Laing / Bloomberg: Tesla recalls 2M+ vehicles after the NHTSA said its means for keeping drivers engaged in Autopilot were inadequate and open to misuse, part of a…