IBM uses AI to translate COBOL to Java
Could be the end of the older coders
For decades the rapidly ageing COBOL developer population has been kept in work looking after mainframes with legacy code so old they make Enigma look like a spring chicken.
Microsoft will bring AI to Windows 11
Photos, Snipping Tool, and Paint will get it
Microsoft might be bringing AI capabilities to a handful of Windows 11 apps, including Photos, Snipping Tool, and Paint.
UK government has high AI expectations
But wants to achieve them with low investment
UK government thinks it can recover from its Brexit fiasco on the back of the rise of AI and it is willing to put its money wear its mouth is -- all $127 million.
Hobbled AI cards are good enough for China’s purposes
At least for now
While the US acted aggressively last year to limit China's ability to develop artificial intelligence for military purposes, blocking the sale there of the most advanced US chips used to train AI systems it seems that the Chinese are getting on very well with what is legal.
Microsoft says that AI is the new “tidal wave”
This is a repeat of 1995
Microsoft is repeating a memo that Sir William Gates III wrote about the internet in 1995 only this time it is talking about AI.