WELCOME TO THIS WEEK’S EDITION OF SALIENCE
This week we cover Google’s high-profile hiccup, the tech which can pitch to people, and how to stop factoring fraud. Plus, humans hold their own against machines, and we get up close and personal with snowflakes.
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I, Robot meets Dragons’ Den? AI-driven language generator GPT-3 has tried its hand at pitching its own ideas for transformative tech startups – with scarily convincing results! And for all you know, a machine may have written this newsletter too…
Factor in fraud when totting up tech’s uses
Factors which invest in fraud prevention will see significant returns. Kevin Day, CEO of secured lending platform and Sapience client HPD LendScape, explains how lenders can foil fraudulent schemes while providing support to businesses who really need it.
Half-a-job humans risk redundancy?
Machines will be clocking up the same working hours as humans by 2025, according to this year’s Future of Jobs Report by the World Economic Forum. But we aren’t being replaced by robots just yet, with employers placing a premium on workers’ humanity in the wake of the global pandemic.
And finally…A Christmas close-up
Everyone knows no two snowflakes are the same. But now, thanks to former Microsoft CTO Nathan Myhrvold, we have cameras which can capture individual flakes in all their microscopic glory. An early Christmas present for admirers of great aesthetics…
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