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Human Collaboration Vs. Collaborative Intelligence In The Workplace

April 2, 2024 No Comments Education , , ,

How Can Collaborative Intelligence Improve Team Work? Collaboration is more challenging than ever with hybrid and remote work increasing, more complex workflows, and new technologies being introduced. However, data shows that employees spend 50% more time collaborating with their colleagues than ten years ago. The same research found that only 3% to 5% of a [...]read moreHuman Collaboration Vs. Collaborative Intelligence In The Workplace

Conflict, climate, corruption drive Southeast Asia people trafficking: UN | Human Trafficking News

March 26, 2024 No Comments News , , , , , , , ,

Latest report comes amid a surge in mostly Muslim Rohingya making dangerous sea journeys in search of safety. Conflict, climate and the demand for low-paid labour in countries such as Thailand and Malaysia, with corruption as a “major enabler”, are driving the growth of the people smuggling trade in Southeast Asia, according to a new [...]read moreConflict, climate, corruption drive Southeast Asia people trafficking: UN | Human Trafficking News

Large language models can help home robots recover from errors without human help

March 26, 2024 No Comments Technology , , ,

There are countless reasons why home robots have found little success post-Roomba. Pricing, practicality, form factor and mapping have all contributed to failure after failure. Even when some or all of those are addressed, there remains the question of what happens when a system makes an inevitable mistake. This has been a point of friction [...]read moreLarge language models can help home robots recover from errors without human help

Hong Kong’s new security law comes into force amid human rights concerns | Hong Kong Protests News

March 23, 2024 No Comments News , , , , , , , , ,

A new national security law has come into force in Hong Kong despite growing international criticism that it could erode freedoms in the China-ruled city and damage its international financial hub credentials. The law, also known as Article 23, came into at midnight on Saturday, days after Hong Kong’s pro-Beijing lawmakers passed it unanimously, fast-tracking [...]read moreHong Kong’s new security law comes into force amid human rights concerns | Hong Kong Protests News

AI-generated blues misses a human touch — and a metronome

March 23, 2024 No Comments Technology

I heard a new song last weekend called “Soul Of The Machine.” It’s a simple, old-timey number in E minor with a standard blues chord progression (musicians in the know would call it a 1-4-5 progression). In it, a voice sings about being a trapped soul with a heart that once beat but is now [...]read moreAI-generated blues misses a human touch — and a metronome

US sanctions Nicaragua’s attorney general over human rights concerns | News

March 22, 2024 No Comments News , , , , , , ,

Washington says Morales Urbina ‘exploited her office to facilitate a coordinated campaign to suppress dissent’. The United States has imposed sanctions on Nicaragua’s attorney general for what it says is her role in the government’s “unjust persecution of political prisoners and civil society”. Wendy Carolina Morales Urbina, who has been the attorney general since 2019, [...]read moreUS sanctions Nicaragua’s attorney general over human rights concerns | News

AI Demo Shows Why It Can’t Hope To Replace Human Writers

March 20, 2024 No Comments Gaming , , , ,

Unity and Convai have released a trailer for their AI demo, Project Neural Nexus, and it predictably looks and sounds like shit. Project Neural Nexus is meant to be a proof-of-concept AI demo that’s also powered by Unity— you know, the company behind the similarly titled game engine that tried to force an installation fee [...]read moreAI Demo Shows Why It Can’t Hope To Replace Human Writers

Thousands bid final farewell to Russia’s Alexey Navalny, risking arrest | Human Rights News

March 2, 2024 No Comments News , , , , , ,

Thousands gathered to bid a final farewell to Alexey Navalny, many chanting his name and saying they will not forgive Russian authorities for his death as the opposition leader was laid to rest. Crowds of mourners turned up near a church in southern Moscow on Friday, waiting hours to pay their respects to Navalny under [...]read moreThousands bid final farewell to Russia’s Alexey Navalny, risking arrest | Human Rights News

Funeral of Kremlin critic Navalny to be held in Moscow on Friday | Human Rights News

February 29, 2024 No Comments News , , , , , , , , ,

Widow of the Russian opposition leader unsure whether his funeral will pass off peacefully after Russia blocked memorial service plans. The funeral of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, who died earlier this month in a remote Arctic penal colony, will be held in Moscow on Friday, his family and spokesperson have said. Navalny’s widow Yulia [...]read moreFuneral of Kremlin critic Navalny to be held in Moscow on Friday | Human Rights News

Northern Ireland judge rules ‘Troubles’ violence amnesty breaches rights | Human Rights News

February 29, 2024 No Comments News , , , , , ,

A new law that gives immunity from prosecution for most offences committed during Northern Ireland’s decades of sectarian violence is not compliant with human rights, a judge in Belfast has ruled. The British government’s Legacy and Reconciliation Bill, passed in September, stops most prosecutions for alleged killings by armed groups and British soldiers during “the [...]read moreNorthern Ireland judge rules ‘Troubles’ violence amnesty breaches rights | Human Rights News