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Will AI outsmart human intelligence?

Artificial intelligence has dominated the headlines in the technology sector in recent years. But what do we actually mean by intelligence? What has AI learned from biological intelligence, and how do they still differ? Renowned computer scientist and 2024 Nobel laureate in Physics, Geoffrey Hinton, examines the similarities and differences between artificial and biological intelligence.

KomPG: When censorship is suddenly called "responsibility"

The EU has already decided – and Switzerland, as always, is dutifully following suit with its "regulation." Under the noble pretext of being able to better prosecute "hate speech," "disinformation," and other offensive terms, the state is currently working on a new law for social media and search engines. It sounds harmless, but in principle, it's a digital gag order.

Delete first. Democracy later – Freedom? Only with a password!

Canada, the friendly land of maple syrup and apologies, has apparently decided not only to "support" Agenda 2030, but to turbocharge it: digital muzzle included. The new bill in Ottawa sounds like a control panel for a sophisticated throttling of democracy: Digital ID + "threat" clause + ministerial authority without a judge = game over for annoying opinions. Of course.

E-ID: The new Swiss identity, the kill switch for your freedom

Switzerland is to become digitally independent. At least, that's the PR rhetoric of Marc Walder, CEO of the Ringier Group and founding father of Digital Switzerland. On the Bürgenstock, the political, business, and tech elite marched together to present the e-ID as the golden key to the digital future. Independence, of course, sounds sexy—especially for a country

Parents beware: Your child’s first love… is an AI

No sweatbands, no teenage tears—just perfectly calculated feelings from the cloud. Dating apps are out—now you flirt with machines that are never "too busy" and definitely never want "just friends." Welcome to the future, where the first heartbreak comes from a software update. When I was single, I never used a dating app. Here

e-ID: Voluntariness – the fairy tale for adults

"No one is forced" – the favorite phrase of every government that knows full well that in the end everyone will be forced. Juncker, that old traitor, summed it up in 2011: "When things get serious, you have to lie." So welcome to the e-ID, the digital panacea that is supposedly offered to us "voluntarily." As voluntary as the Covid certificate, with

WiFi Sensing – We see you. Even if you don't want us to.

Congratulations! The future is here—and it's scanning you right through the wall. Your Wi-Fi router is no longer just a device for Googling cat videos, but now also a high-precision motion detector—straight from the hell of science fiction. Thanks to Wi-Fi sensing, the harmless plastic box in your living room becomes a contactless Stasi 2.0 sensor that can also

The hidden workers behind artificial intelligence

We ask the artificial intelligence of ChatGPT, Google, Amazon, and Meta to write our resumes, plan our vacations, help us shop, and even diagnose illnesses. But what if the intelligence behind it wasn't artificial at all and came at a terrible human cost? 7NEWS Spotlight traveled to Nairobi, Kenya, to

Big Tech – the new colonial masters with algorithm whip

Europe is seriously debating whether Big Tech needs to be dismantled to save democracy. The answer is as obvious as it is depressing: Of course, it should – but no one will. Instead, politicians and citizens continue to gaze, mesmerized, into the colorful algorithmic whirlpool, while Google, Meta, and the like have long since determined what we are allowed to think, feel, and say.

Search or censorship engine: On Google, medicinal herbs come in 28th place, pharmaceuticals in 1st place

Imagine if Google decided one morning to destroy 99,9% of your trust—not in YouTube videos, but in holistic health content. That's exactly what happened to Dr. Joseph Mercola: Years of valued articles on alternative healing methods—*poof!*—were rendered almost invisible by Google updates. The technical term for this: "nonaginate"—derived from the Latin "nonaginta" (ninety), because "decimate"

From Orwell to Reality: Big Data, Big Brother or how Palantir takes over the state

To say you don't care about privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don't care about free speech because you have nothing to say. – Edward Snowden We must decide whether we want to let fear get the better of us. Once upon a time, in our country, we had the standard of "innocent until proven guilty."

How to prevent government surveillance

In 1949, the world was still recovering from World War II. The Korean War would not begin until a year later, but George Orwell was already concerned about the dangers of communism and the totalitarian governments it spawned. World War II was triggered by totalitarian regimes—but even worse than that was how such governments

Will AI outsmart human intelligence?

Artificial intelligence has dominated the headlines in the technology sector in recent years. But what do we actually mean by intelligence? ...

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