Do you want a bottle of soda for $1? You have to pay by scanning your palm and giving your information to a Chinese tech giant before you say yes. In late September, a video was posted on the Chinese version of TikTok, suggesting to a few Chinese consumers that they should use it. The company that owns the payment system is testing palm-print payment devices.
Supporters of the technology say it is more secure and accurate than other methods. Privacy risks for consumers would still be present in its widespread installation. The full story is available to read.
There is a person who says, "Ze Yi Yang."
We are getting a better idea of the carbon footprint of artificial intelligence.
Large language models need a lot of energy to train and run. The carbon footprints of these models are a mystery. Hugging Face thinks it has a better way to calculate it.
Training a large language model led to 25 metric tons of carbon emissions.
The startup's work, which has been published in a non-peer reviewed paper, could be a step towards more realistic data from tech companies about the carbon footprint of their artificial intelligence products. Experts are calling for the sector to do a better job of evaluating the environmental impact of artificial intelligence. The full story is available to read.
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