P1 billion just went into an AI that sees the flood coming.
The budget department put P1 billion into Project NOAH's AI flood forecasting, Amazon raised device prices by as much as 60% on the AI-driven memory shortage, and Maya cut account verification time by 84% by wiring in the National ID.
P1 billion for an AI that sees floods first
The budget department released P1 billion to UP to expand Project NOAH, which uses AI, laser ground mapping and live hazard data to work out which areas flood before the water arrives.
AI ate the memory. Amazon raised prices 60%
Over the weekend Amazon raised prices on Fire TVs, Kindles and Echos, with the Echo Dot jumping from $49.99 to $79.99, and blamed the memory and storage shortage the AI build-out created.
Your National ID now opens a Maya account
Maya plugged the government's National ID eVerify service into its account checks, so eligible users type their ID number and take a video selfie instead of photographing a physical card, cutting onboarding time by 84%.
A drone picked its own target
The New York Times reported that a Russian strike in Zaporizhzhia was flown by a drone with nobody on the controls, guided from start to finish by AI running on a small off-the-shelf computer, and that three civilians were killed.
The AI helper that wants your whole phone
Instinct, a much-hyped assistant still in private testing, hooks into your email, messages, calendar, screen, audio and location, and its terms claim a perpetual and irrevocable licence over your files plus the right to sign agreements in your name.