Artificial intelligence (AI) was in the spotlight last week as tech news was chock-full of news. From predictions about AI-enabled surveillance to personal digital agents, the future of AI seems to be on everyone’s mind. Here’s a quick rundown of the top stories that made headlines over the weekend.
Oracle’s Larry Ellison predicts AI-powered surveillance
Larry Ellison, co-founder and CTO of Oracle. Orks Ellison made a bold prediction about the future of law enforcement. He believes AI will power pervasive surveillance systems that will constantly monitor officers and citizens. “All police officers will be watched all the time, and if there’s an issue, AI will flag it and report it to the right people,” Ellison said.
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Elon Musk and NVIDIA CEO share vision for AI-powered personal assistants
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has spoken out about NVIDIA’s NVDA CEO Jensen Huang’s vision is a future where individuals have personal digital agents, like Star Wars’ R2-D2 and C-3PO. Huang shared this vision at T-Mobile’s Capital Markets Day 2024, expressing excitement at the idea of computers that get smarter over time.
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LinkedIn under investigation for allegedly misusing user data
Microsoft’s LinkedIn has come under fire after it reportedly used user data to train AI before updating its terms of service, which mostly affected users in the US, but users in the EU, European Economic Area and Switzerland are likely exempt due to strict data privacy rules.
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Worldwide Technology CEO warns against misleading employees about AI
Worldwide Technology CEO Jim Kavanaugh warned leaders not to mislead employees about the impact of AI on their jobs, stressing that employees are “too smart” to believe that AI won’t change the dynamics of work, and underscored the importance of transparency.
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Salesforce CEO criticizes Microsoft’s Copilot
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said Microsoft MSFT Benioff compared Microsoft’s Copilot to the infamous “Clippy” assistant, saying that Microsoft’s Copilot doesn’t provide any value to customers and is more like selling a science project to companies.
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