In the News
10 Best AI Art Generators (February 2024)
At the heart of these generators is a complex process where the AI analyzes the text, understanding context, objects, attributes, and emotions conveyed.
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In The News
Taylor Swift isn't the only victim of AI porn. Can the spread of deepfake nudes be stopped?
Late last month, a series of AI-generated, sexually explicit images of pop superstar Taylor Swift circulated across the social media, drawing outrage from her fans and renewing calls for a crackdown on so-called deepfakes.
Meta says you better disclose your AI fakes or it might just pull them
/ The company is going to start watermarking AI photos across Instagram, Threads. and Facebook. And it’s going to punish people who upload realistic AI videos without disclosing it.
How VCs can assess and attract winners in a landscape that’s now crowded with AI startups
'There are only so many people who are really well-respected in the industry, and everybody does their research'
Applied use cases
A photoshop scandal and the murky ethics of AI
The altering of an image of Victorian MP Georgie Purcell by Nine News has raised questions about the use of AI technology in the media. Josh Taylor tells Patrick Keneally how this could happen and what’s at stake if AI is left unchecked.
Riding the AI Waves: The Rise of AI to Combat Cyber Threats
The evolutionary journey of cybersecurity emphasizes the relentless ingenuity of threat actors, and the need for defenders to keep well-equipped and informed.
How scientists are using AI to predict wildfires
Since 2021, the LightningCast AI model has proven a successful tool in aiding scientists who forecast wildland fire incidents.
Ethics
Biden appoints AI Safety Institute leaders as NIST funding concerns linger
On 7th Feb., the Biden administration named Elizabeth Kelly as the director of the new US AI Safety Institute (USAISI) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST.)
‘An arms race forever’ as AI outpaces election law
Dean Phillips, Joe Biden’s long-shot Democratic primary challenger, faced a crushing defeat in New Hampshire last month, losing to Biden by an enormous margin.
EU countries give crucial nod to first-of-a-kind AI law
The ambassadors of the 27 countries of the European Union unanimously approved the world’s first comprehensive rulebook for Artificial Intelligence, rubber-stamping the political agreement reached in December.
Robotics
5 Most Advanced Countries in Robotics
In this article, we take a look at the 5 Most Advanced Countries in Robotics. If you want to see our detailed analysis of the robotics industry and see the full list, you can go 13 Most Advanced Countries in Robotics.
Two Texas companies were behind the AI Joe Biden robocalls
Lingo Telecom and Life Corporation were behind robocalls that urged New Hampshire residents not to vote, according to the state’s attorney general.
Introducing CERN’s robodog
A four-legged robotic solution has completed its first successful radiation protection test inside CERN’s largest experimental area
Research
New Oxford research hub to propel transformative AI innovations
The University of Oxford is to share in a major £80 million investment announced today to develop next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) technologies.
Robot trained to read braille at twice the speed of humans
Researchers have developed a robotic sensor that incorporates artificial intelligence techniques to read braille at speeds roughly double that of most human readers.
The Use of Artificial Intelligence in Writing Scientific Review Articles
With the recent explosion in the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and specifically ChatGPT, we sought to determine whether ChatGPT could be used to assist in writing credible, peer-reviewed, scientific review articles.
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