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Nov 22, 2024 | 
capx.co | Matthew Feeney
22 November 2024 @M_Feeney Hyperinflation and high unemployment helped Argentine President Javier Milei push his small government agenda. Photo by Luis ROBAYO / AFP) (Photo by LUIS ROBAYO/AFP via Getty ImagesHyperinflation and high unemployment helped Argentine President Javier Milei push his small government agenda.
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Oct 28, 2024 | 
capx.co | Matthew Feeney
A new report finds that the majority of Large Language Models exhibit left-leaning biases Students, journalists and researchers must understand AI to use it well Large Language Models are not impartial search engines or unbiased personal assistantsFor many years, social media companies and search engines dominated the ‘Big Tech’ bias debates.
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Oct 25, 2024 | 
capx.co | Matthew Feeney
Artificial Intelligence offers hope for the UK's flatlining growth The UK has failed to implement pro-innovation, pro-market AI regulation Britain could lead the world in establishing pro-growth tech standardsEconomic growth has proven to be stubbornly elusive in the UK since the 2007/08 financial crisis. The average UK year-on-year GDP growth from 1980 to 2006 was about 2.5%. From 2007 to 2023, UK year-on-year GDP growth averaged less than half that, at under 1.2%.
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Oct 25, 2024 | 
capx.co | Matthew Feeney
25 October 2024 @M_Feeney Demis Hassabis (L) and John M. Jumper of DeepMind received a share of the 2024 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for an AI model that can predict protein structures; Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty ImagesDemis Hassabis (L) and John M.
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Aug 20, 2024 | 
msn.com | Matthew Feeney
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Aug 20, 2024 | 
cityam.com | Matthew Feeney
Tuesday 20 August 2024 5:18 am | Updated: Monday 19 August 2024 5:09 pm Is Google a monopoly? Sort of, but that’s the free market When was the last time you used Yahoo search? How about a little trust in the dynamism of the free market?
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Aug 11, 2024 | 
capx.co | Matthew Feeney
The Online Safety Act is not going to end the riots Getting to the bottom of complex social issues requires discussion, not censorship Rioters seem content to film themselves - we don't need to end online anonymity to stop themTragedies make for bad policy. The recent killing of three girls in Southport and the subsequent riots are not exceptions. Since the attack, riots and violent protests have taken place across England, with many participants chanting anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant slogans.
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Aug 1, 2024 | 
capx.co | Matthew Feeney
Lawmakers must respond sensibly to the rise of deepfakes We've calmly navigated periods of technological change before, AI is no different Criminalising deepfakes would be pandering to a small number of gullible peopleShould making fun of politicians be illegal? According to some legislators, it should be. Elon Musk recently shared a video featuring the voice of presumptive US Democratic presidential candidate and current Vice President Kamala Harris.
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Jun 17, 2024 | 
capx.co | Matthew Feeney
A number of deepfakes have emerged depicting parliamentary candidates Only 13% of people in the UK have a great deal/quite a lot of confidence in the press Deepfakes are here to stay – we must regulate them sensiblyWe are in the midst of the UK’s first deepfake general election.
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May 29, 2024 | 
capx.co | Matthew Feeney
Our innovators are having to ask the state for permission rather than forgiveness We need to roll out the red carpet to entrepreneurs, inventors and researchers Our approach to tech is too restrictive to foster innovationThe UK once led the world in a civilisation-changing Industrial Revolution. Today, the country is in the midst of relative economic stagnation characterised by poor economic growth, stunted GDP per capita growth, and a slowdown in worker productivity.
